Open call: Online training on conflict analysis for the Tropenbos International network

Tropenbos International is a global network of local organisations. In our 2023-2027 Strategy, community forest management and conservation has been identified as a key impact area. Tropenbos partners across the network support and collaborate with indigenous and tribal peoples and local communities, to ensure that community-managed forest contribute to vibrant communities and resilient landscapes. The majority of this work is done as part of the Forests for a Just Future programme of the Green Livelihood Alliance.

Recently, the network partners identified conflict resolution as a joint learning goal, to strengthen their work in the community forest management and conservation impact area. After several online sessions, where we learned from experts from within and outside the network, we agreed that we need to learn more about conflict analysis, as a first step towards building on network capacities on conflict. Subsequently, a further training on conflict resolution may be developed for interested partners, but that is outside the scope of this assignment. We are therefore looking for an expert/organization who can organize and facilitate an online training on conflict analysis.

Learning objectives

Through the training, we wish to address the following learning objectives:

1. Understand how and when conflict analysis can be a helpful tool and how it can be integrated in our work.
2. Learn how to conduct a conflict analysis, including how to analyse the roles of different stakeholders and power dynamics in conflict.
3. Learn what (not) to do with the results of a conflict analysis, and reflect on the potential roles of Tropenbos International partners in understanding and addressing conflict.
4. Analyse the formal and informal mechanisms for preventing and resolving conflicts and the possibilities for using them in natural resource governance interventions.
5. Identify potential next steps for strengthening conflict resolution/transformation capacities within the Tropenbos International network.

If you are interested, please read the full Terms of References here

Deadline for proposal submission: July 24, 2023