Conflict management

Training background:

This program was based on a collaboration between the Livelihood Support Program of FAO and the Regional Community Forestry Training Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC), GTZ- Strengthening the Management Capacities in the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry (Indonesia) and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry.

Training Objectives:

The objectives of the training programme were to increase the participants’ understanding and ability to facilitate (mediate) a process of consensual negotiations through practice. The training provided guidance on how to establish and manage this process and how to assist disputing parties in collaborative decision making and problem solving.

More specifically, the course aimed to enable participants to:

• Analyze conflicts;
• Assist stakeholders in preparing the ground for negotiations;
• Design, establish and manage negotiation/mediation processes;
• Assist parties in creating options and designing agreements on how to settle disputes

Main participants:

The training program was designed as a practical learning experience for natural resource management professionals working at the field level from the Ministry of Forestry, NGOs and the private sector in participatory/collaborative natural resource management and/or rural livelihood projects.

Participants selected from three geographical regions of Indonesia: East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi and West-Java, had practical experiences in participatory/collaborative natural resource management, in facilitation and conflict management

Training Process and Design:

The training course was divided into four distinctive stages.
Two training workshops were conducted – one at the beginning of the program and another one after three months.
In between training courses, participants applied their obtained knowledge and skills to a ‘real life’ conflict situation within their work context. During the conflict intervention stages of the training, participants were accompanied and supported by the FAO-LSP and RECOFTC international trainers.

Participants were asked to document process, methods used and outcomes of the conflict interventions in a case study format. The training program will be successfully completed with participants submitting their case studies.

Partners:

• GTZ-SMCP
• FAO
• RECOFTC
• Pusdiklat and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry