Play a Positive Role During Conflict and in Peacebuilding

Created by Carmel McConnell, author of Change Activist.

Learn how to approach the status quo in your organization and how to change it to play a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding. As conflict persists across the globe, the world’s most vulnerable populations will continue to suffer without serious action. Businesses of all sizes are the keystone of the global economy and must play a central role in tackling conflict and contributing to peacebuilding.  

One Young World Academy - Play a Positive Role During Conflict and in Peacebuilding

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In this course, you will

Identify an opportunity
Identify an area in your business to play a more positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding as well as develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.
Learn from experts
Hear from Bill Browder, Founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and Fatou Bensouda, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Use the right methods
Gain a clear understanding of conflict and peacebuilding and apply a range of templates and toolkits to your guided project.
Develop relevant skills
Develop and improve a selection of key skills relevant to change activism in your organization.

5 steps to success

16-20 hours over 6+ weeks

Laptop showing in-product image of suggested Project ideas as part of 'Step 1 finding an opportunity' — *Step 1 • 2-3 hrs*
**Find an opportunity**
Identify an area in your business in which to play a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding and develop that plan with the support of your project advisor.

*Step 2 • 5-6 hrs*
**Project preparation**
Research, assess, and reflect on possible approaches you can take, then draft an actionable project plan you can talk through with your project advisor. Fine-tune it based on their feedback.

*Step 3 • 6-8 hrs*
**Complete your project**
Work through your plan to achieve the outcome(s) defined in your project goal set at the beginning of your course.

*Step 4 • 2 hrs*
**Review how it went**
Discuss the results with your project advisor and highlight areas of success that your business can scale-up and use with a greater impact in the future.

*Step 5 • 1 hr*
**Showcase**
Use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action and Results) model to illustrate your achievements and key conclusions, then share them with your team.

Help is always available

Project advisor support

Invaluable insider insights from your project advisor.

Up to 3 hours of 1-2-1 support.

Guides & resources

Switch on to our online library to access authentic case studies, proven business models, and practice scenarios that will help you test and deliver your plan.

Up to 4 hours of content.

Power skills you will develop

Collaboration icon — Collaboration

Incorporate the ideas, needs, and priorities of stakeholders to identify a plan of action that represents a win-win for everyone.

Communication icon — Communication

Make a compelling case for your plan using what you know about your stakeholders’ needs and priorities. Communicate your project plan appropriately, tailoring what and how you share information with your organization.

Critical thinking icon — Critical thinking

Collect evidence about your organization’s current approach to playing a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding. Gather information on the resources your organization can offer you for your project. Describe how you will evaluate the success of your plan of action.

Problem solving

Identify and explore the problem of how your organization could organization could play a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding. Develop a well-researched plan to help your organization to play a positive role during conflict and in peacekeeping.

Social responsibility icon — Social responsibility

Describe why it is important to play a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding and identify what personally motivates you to do that. Create a project plan that has measurable outcomes for playing a positive role during conflict and in peacebuilding.

On completion you will have

Discovered ways to play a role in peacebuilding

Demonstrated live project experience around a key opportunity in your business that improves conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

Transferable skills to use across your business

Gained proficiency in critical skills fundamental to change activism that supports your career development.

Resources you can turn to again and again

A structured business plan with templates that you can download and use in future projects.

Credly badge

A Credly badge that certifies your competence in resolving conflict and peacebuilding.

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