Egypt: Understanding and Analysing Non-state Armed Groups” in Cairo from 7-10 March 2017.

UNSSC is are holding the next edition of the 3 ½ days training course on “**Understanding and Analysing Non-state Armed Groups” in Cairo from 7-10 March 2017**. We are currently working on the final agenda taking recommendations from past editions into account. The first day of the course will focus primarily on NSAG context, challenges working in such environments and issues at stake. The second and third day will focus on tools and methodologies to understand and analyse NSAG drawing from wide ranges of disciplines ranging from political economy, anthropology, conflict resolution, psychology, intelligence, humanitarian, and development lenses as well as social media tools and open source information. The analytical framework will be applied throughout then to a concrete case (Yemen) examining also sub-regional /regional implications and on the last day we will culminate with discussing the link between analysis and operational imperatives and be able to better articulate not only the “what” – but also the “how” across the peace-development-humanitarian nexus. Other cases (reality checks) shared throughout the course to link theory with practice are Libya, Somalia, Colombia, Syria, Mali to name a few.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will:

• Apply enhanced capacity to analyse and understand non-state armed groups;
• Benefit from strengthened ability to analyse the evolution, composition, motives and interests of armed groups;
• Be equipped with country examples and good practices in analysing non-state armed groups.

Course Contents

The first two days of the course will establish the theoretical and analytical foundations to understand the genesis and evolution of unconventional armed groups. The training will use concrete country cases and real life examples to look at recruitment strategies, rebel governance, economic incentives underlying group formation, the role of rituals and memory in forging group cohesion, and a whole range of new inquiries looking at the micro-elements of armed organizations. The third day and a half will be devoted to the practical application of the analytical framework to a real situation.

Course dates: 7-10 March 2017

Course venue: Cairo

Training Team: UNSSC, DPA, DPKO, WFP and University of Oxford

Registration: http://bit.ly/2gbfEI0