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Tentative Schedule for Mediation
Training in Rwanda, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Burundi
July 9 Arrive Kigali, Rwanda Meet with David Bucura
July 10 Meeting with
Bridget Butt and David Bucura (late afternoon)
July 11/12 Training
follow-up with Universite Libre Kigali
(I trained them last year)
July 13 Free
July 14/18 Follow up
training (3 days) /Mediation Practice (2 days) Kigali, Rwanda
July 19 Travel to
Goma, Democratic Rep. of Congo (DRC)
July 20 Free
July 21-25 Follow training (3 days) Mediation Practice (2 days) Goma, North Kivu, DRC
July 26 Travel to Kigali
July 27 Travel to Bujumbura, Burundi
July 28-Aug. 1 Follow up training (3days) Mediation
practice (2 days) Uvira , South Kivu
(DRC)
August 2 Travel to Bujumbura
August 4-8 Follow up training (3days) Mediation
Practice (2days), Gitega, Burundi
August 9-11 Free
August 12-14 Regional Meeting (Follow-UP, Way Forward)
August 15 Travel to Kigali
August 16 Departure from Kigali to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
August 19 Departure Addis to US
August 20 Arrive
US.
Bridget’s explanation of the schedule
The
blocks of time designated as “Follow UP Training/Mediation Practice” are 5
day blocks during which we are tentatively proposing the following schedule: 2 days of revision and introduction to
Transformative Mediation for those who have not yet been trained in TM,
followed by 2 days of practice training with local Peace Committees (in
which you would play the role of observer), and a fifth day reserved for
debriefing of the practice mediation.
If you have alternative suggestions on how to handle the 5 day
blocks, we’d be delighted to hear them!
We anticipate about 20 participants in each workshop.
The
final 3 day Regional Workshop will bring together some of the more
accomplished trainees from all 4 program areas (Rwanda, Burundi, North
Kivu, and South Kivu). It will be an
opportunity to review and share lessons learnt in the practice mediations,
to reinforce areas of weakness and affirm areas of strength, and to think
about the way forward for the Regional Mediation program. We also anticipate about 20 participants
in the Regional Workshop.
*N.B. North Kivu and South Kivu are both in the
DRC, but have some distinct ethnic divisions and often are in conflict on a
regional basis. Travel from N. Kivu
to S. Kivu directly can be a challenge, that is partly why we’ll travel
from one to the other through Rwanda and Burundi. G.B.
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