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13/06/2023

Clingendael Academy organised its first-ever training on the nexus between climate change and conflict resolution. This was done in partnership with the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and 🌱☮️

The training took place in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Participants developed their skills in conflict analysis, using negotiations for conflict resolution, designing project activities from a do-no-harm approach, and storytelling for effectively communicating climate data.

The Academy looks forward to expand this line of work, as the interrelated effects of , conflict, and inequality demand a response in many of the contexts it works in.

06/06/2023

Clingendael Academy teamed up with International Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Development - IPHRD Africa to organise two back-to-back trainings for young peacemakers from the Horn of Africa ☮

Ambitious individuals from Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya came together in Nairobi for a packed programme of experience-based learning.

Over intense days, the refresher training sharpened their conflict resolution abilities, equipping them to be effective change agents in their own communities. Through immersive simulations and role plays, participants delved into the intricacies of negotiation and mediation, gaining invaluable experience in real-world scenarios.

The next week, a select group of participants started a five-day Training of Trainers (ToT). This advanced programme equipped them with the technical know-how to design, develop and implement their own training initiatives.

The trainers-to-be designed creative curricula that tackled vital topics such as trauma and mental health, UNSCR 2250, 2419, and 2535, conflict analysis, storytelling, and negotiation and mediation techniques.

They practiced with using a combination of simulations, exercises, and role plays in their curricula, allowing them to build a solid foundation for their future training endeavours.

We look forward to following and supporting their progress as they implement their trainings and continue to play important roles in conflict resolution and peacebuilding in their communities.

23/05/2023

Ukrainian officials trained at Clingendael

On the morning of the 16th of May, Clingendael Academy received a group of high-level officials from Ukraine. They are involved in negotiations and coordination of some of the most important legislative areas for Ukraine’s harmonisation of EU laws, including energy, agriculture, transport and digital affairs.

In two days, Clingendael guided the participants towards a comprehensive understanding of what EU accession entails.

They were brought up to speed on the fine prints of EU enlargement by professor Antoaneta Dimitrova. Previous EU-accession negotiators Milica Delevic from Serbia, and Marko Mrdak, Montenegro, shared their extensive experience.

Clingendael Director Monika Sie welcomed the participants, trainers Teun Janssen and Christiaan Nelisse discussed the political context and negotiation dynamics for Ukraine’s road to EU membership.

The second half of the training will take place in June, where the participants will acquire practical skills through an EU accession simulation, a session on EU interest representation for third countries, and a networking event with representatives of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The participants were actively engaged and highly motivated to work hard for an ambitious path towards European Union membership. Clingendael noticed their professionalism and awareness of political and technical trends.

This training was commissioned by the Ukrainian Diplomatic Academy and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

17/05/2023

Think tanks Clingendael and Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI hosted the third edition of the Van Wittel/Vanvitelli dialogue 🇳🇱 🇮🇹.

In the bilateral dialogue together with foreign ministers Wopke Hoekstra and Antonio Tajani we discussed ways to cooperate on energy security, open strategic autonomy & fighting international crime.

“We live in an era of transitions. Italy and the Netherlands have much more in common than what divides us. Let's strive for more effective policies”, said Monika Sie, Clingendael Director.

The event was co-organised with the Dutch & Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam.

Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale

01/05/2023

We are proud to be able to make a contribution to the humanitarian sector in their important work of supporting people in need.

🔎 Click below for a sneak peak of the results of our impact survey.

🔎 If you're a humanitarian and would like to learn more about our programme, visit https://lnkd.in/gc3Vnbd

18/04/2023

Nederlanders uit het hele land waren op bezoek bij Clingendael om met Minister Wopke Hoekstra te praten over de oorlog in Oekraïne en het Rusland-beleid.

💬 Minister Hoekstra - Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken: "Ik vond de mensen zeer betrokken, ook verstandig in de afweging van de dilemma’s. Want het zijn precies de dilemma’s zoals ook wij die bespreken."

💬 Aart uit Dronten: ,,De doorsnee Nederlander vraagt zich af: hoe kun je nou kinderen ontvoeren, bommen gooien op flatgebouwen.’’ Hanekamp ‘hamert’ niettemin op de gang naar de onderhandelingstafel ,,Ik denk ook aan mijn kinderen en kleinkinderen. Desnoods geven we ze de Krim. Als je ruzie met iemand hebt, moet je het toch een keer bijleggen.’’

💬 Monika Sie, Clingendael-directeur : "Eerst keken veel mensen met een culturele bril naar Rusland, nu doen ze dat door een geopolitie­ke bril."

🔎 Lees het gehele verslag van de ochtend in het AD

https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/burgers-ondervragen-minister-hoekstra-over-oekraine-beleid-denk-ook-aan-mijn-kinderen-en-kleinkinderen~a2a8656f/

De groep mensen had meegedaan aan de Clingendael Buitenland Barometer, een opinieonderzoek waarin regelmatig aan een representatieve groep Nederlanders wordt gevraagd hoe zij aankijken tegen internationale ontwikkelingen en het buitenlands beleid van Nederland.

27/03/2023

🇪🇺 Hoe doorgrond je het Brusselse doolhof?

In maart dook een groep in alle ins en outs van de EU tijdens de cursus 'Masterclass EU'. Binnen twee dagen ontwikkelden zij kennis en vaardigheden over de Europese beleidsprocessen, politieke krachtenvelden en dynamieken achter de schermen.

We danken de deelnemers voor hun inzet en wensen hen veel succes!

🎓 Wil jij ook goed van start gaan in of met Brussel in je dagelijkse werk? Dit jaar staat op het programma ⤵️

April
- Onderhandelen in de EU (voor rijksambtenaren)

September
- EU third-country engagement
- Masterclass Europese Unie

Oktober
- Belangenbehartiging en lobbyen in de EU

November
- EU voor lokale overheden
- Inzicht in Europa (voor rijksambtenaren)

Bekijk de pagina met de trainingen, methodes en onze EU-trainers:

https://www.clingendael.org/training-program/european-affairs

25/03/2023

Diplomats and officials from the ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat completed the seventh edition of the Clingendael training programme on the Law of the Sea, in cooperation with the Netherlands’ Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS). The programme included lectures by NILOS experts and skills sessions by Clingendael trainers on intercultural communication, international negotiation, and scenario building.

Participants visited the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the strategic partnership between the Netherlands and ASEAN and its Indo-Pacific Strategy. They also paid a visit to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) where they not only spoke to practitioners about the structure and the types of cases before the PCA but also engaged in a conversation with International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Judge Liesbeth Lijnzaad on the work and importance of ITLOS within the field.

The training concluded with a symposium where participants presented and discussed the role of international law and diplomacy in resolving the conflicts within the South China Sea.

The two-week programme was successful in improving the participants’ knowledge and skills as international professionals working on the Law of the Sea.

20/03/2023

"I believe being a skillful negotiator is something that is needed for every humanitarian aid worker", says Rasha Alhusban.

She and María Romero tell you about how the humanitarian negotiation skills training has strengthened their confidence.

🔎 Learn more

https://www.clingendael.org/training-program/humanitarian-negotiation

💬 Want to hear more about our humanitarian negotiation project in person? Meet our Academy Fellows Evelien Timmermans-Borgman and Leela Koenig at the European Humanitarian Forum in Brussels.

The conference takes place in the context of increasing humanitarian needs, changing geopolitical realities, and shrinking humanitarian space.

https://europeanhumanitarianforum.eu/

EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid

18/03/2023

The 2011 revolution in Tunisia, and the regime that preceded it, had negatively shaped relationships between citizens and state security forces.

As a response, the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP initiated a system of Local Security Committees: a form of community policing that brings together security forces, local and national authorities, and civil society, with the aim of bridging the gap between security actors and the civilian population.

Last month Clingendael Academy provided a three-day negotiation training to Tunisian Local Security Committee members from Ben Guerdane and Zarzis, in collaboration with the UNDP.

A reflection from a participant:

“𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓.”

This was the first training of a long-term collaboration between Clingendael Academy and UNDP Tunisia to provide various Local Security Committees.

🔎 Read the full article

https://www.clingendael.org/news/negotiation-skills-training-local-security-committees-tunisia

08/03/2023

Clingendael is celebrating International Women’s Day and is very proud to support women negotiators and mediators who are leading the way in diplomacy, conflict resolution and peace negotiations ☮.

We would like to showcase the work of some of the (future) female negotiators and mediators Clingendael has worked with, who strive towards a more equitable and just world every single day ⤵

https://lnkd.in/ezamSfkW

And we invite you to read our publication 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔.

https://lnkd.in/evt8EEub

07/03/2023

Negotiating effectively in stressfull situations is vital to provide humanitarian assistance for people in need, whether you work in the field, on the frontline or in HQ. Are you a humanitarian?

📺 Our trainers and alumni explain all about our humanitarian negotiation training.

🔎 Learn more about our humanitarian negotiation programme and upcoming courses ⤵

https://www.clingendael.org/training-program/humanitarian-negotiation

06/03/2023

🌍 Clingendael is looking for a talented junior research fellow for their Early Warning, Early Action (data and analytics) line of work.

This team quantitatively explores the risk of conflict, instability and violence, assesses implications for international actors and converts the early warning data points into policy-relevant analyses.

🔎 Do you have a quantitative background, and are interested in international relations?

Find out more https://www.clingendael.org/job/junior-research-fellow-early-warning-early-action

Please tag or forward to anyone who might be interested.

🔴 Application deadline 19 March

04/03/2023

Looking back at a special event 'Multilateralism in Europe at a crossroads' in the Peace Palace. 7️⃣ 5️⃣ years ago, over 750 delegates from around Europe took part in the historic steps towards European unity at the Congress of Europe in The Hague.

Against this background, the speakers reflected upon the geopolitical balance in today’s international relations – particularly following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

🙏 Thank you for your inspiring contributions -> Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General of the Council of Europe DG Human Rights and Rule of Law, Franc Weerwind, Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Martin Eyjólfsson, Permanent Secretary of State of Iceland, Barbara Oomen, Professor in Human Rights at Utrecht University and President of the HZ University of Applied Sciences, Bob Deen, Senior Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute.

Moderated by Teun Janssen, Academy Fellow at the Clingendael Institute.

Co-organised with Netherlands delegation to PACE and the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Dutch MFA)

23/02/2023

23/02/2023

Op 24 februari 2023 is het exact 1 jaar geleden dat Rusland buurland Oekraïne binnenviel en een oorlog begon. Graag nodigen we je uit op deze dag te reflecteren op 1 jaar oorlog samen met onze Clingendael-experts ⤵

🔵 Bob Deen is hoofd van Clingendaels Russia and Eastern Europe Centre en duidde meerdere keren per dag de oorlog in de media

🔵 Niels Drost bestudeerde meer dan 500 speeches van Poetin

🔵 Julia Westerveld-Soldatiuk doet onderzoek naar de Oekraïense bevolking en politiek, en komt zelf uit Oekraïne

🔵 Tony van der Togt publiceerde verschillende onderzoeken over de relaties tussen Rusland en de EU

🔵 Myrthe Wijnkoop onderzoekt de Oekraïense ontheemden, en hun plek in Nederland

Rem Korteweg is de moderator.

❓ Stel jouw vraag via de comments of via het aanmeldformulier.

https://lnkd.in/eyMVXQdh

22/02/2023

🌎 De inschrijving van de 78e Leergang Buitenlandse Betrekkingen (LBB) is geopend! De LBB is al sinds de eerste editie in de jaren 60 een begrip ⤵

Heb je als beleidsambtenaar of als medewerker van een ngo, universiteit, denktank of in het (internationale) bedrijfsleven een internationaal georiënteerde functie? Of wil je je carrière een nieuwe richting geven? Dan biedt de LBB je een unieke kans.

Je verbreedt en verdiept je kennis van internationale betrekkingen, versterkt je vaardigheden op het vlak van onderhandelen, effectief beïnvloeden en intercultureel communiceren, en vergroot je netwerk van experts.

📅 19 Sept - 8 Dec 2023

🔎 Kijk snel op de website voor meer informatie

https://lnkd.in/eP-uGsu

🎓 Ben je pas afgestudeerd? Bekijk de eisen op de LBB-pagina om in aanmerking komen voor een studiebeurs.

https://lnkd.in/eP-uGsu

❓ Heb je interesse, vragen, twijfels of wil je eerst kennismaken? Stuur een mailtje naar [email protected]