The Scholarship of Engagement for Politics: - Higher Education ...
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Engaging Students through Simulations<br />
Building Peace II: Successful Stories Of Civil Society, London & Colorado:<br />
Lynne Rienner Publisher. Some stories also available on<br />
www.peoplebuildingpeace.org<br />
Zelizer, C. & Johnston, L. (2005) Skills, Networks and Knowledge:<br />
Developing a Career in International Peace and Conflict Resolution ACT,<br />
Alliance <strong>for</strong> Conflict Trans<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Available at www.conflicttrans<strong>for</strong>mation.org<br />
Briefing Paper on the prevention and trans<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> violent<br />
conflict in the contemporary world.<br />
This briefing paper is designed to develop your research skills in finding<br />
out about an NGO, national government department, or regional (e.g. EU,<br />
AU, ASEAN, OAS) or international organisation (e.g.UN, IMF, World Bank)<br />
and its role in peacebuilding.<br />
You have to choose a conflict situation, then you will have to write an<br />
advisory brief <strong>for</strong> one <strong>of</strong> these organisations, as to the policy options<br />
available to the organisation. (For example a briefing paper <strong>for</strong> Oxfam,<br />
which is a large UK NGO, which may be deciding to become involved in a<br />
conflict zone managed by the UN, UN agency or UN mandated<br />
organisation, <strong>for</strong> example ECOWAS).<br />
<strong>The</strong> organisation can either be about to go to a conflict situation <strong>for</strong> the first<br />
time or already be involved in that situation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Briefing Paper’s Format<br />
Briefing papers are designed to help organisations understand the<br />
essentials <strong>of</strong> a policy issue. <strong>The</strong> essence <strong>of</strong> a briefing paper is that it must<br />
be short, must focus on the key issues at stake <strong>for</strong> the given organisation<br />
on the question raised. It must contain only the most essential analysis<br />
and evidence to buttress its conclusions.<br />
In <strong>for</strong>mat it must include the following:<br />
1. A title in the <strong>for</strong>m <strong>of</strong> Policy Options <strong>for</strong> X (organisation) on Y<br />
(policy issue).<br />
2. A description <strong>of</strong> the organisation, its aims and objectives in general<br />
and its position in relation to the conflict. If you choose a national<br />
or international organisation, then you must specify to which<br />
particular department <strong>of</strong> government or regional or international<br />
organisation the briefing paper is addressed.<br />
3. A contextualisation <strong>of</strong> the issue in terms <strong>of</strong> a brief history <strong>of</strong> the<br />
conflict, then current developments and issues, and the problems<br />
it raises <strong>for</strong> the given organisation and any relevant past stances<br />
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