Programme Overview
Training Description
- Conflict and Context Analysts
- Programme and Project Managers
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Professionals
- Social Protection Specialists
- Livelihood and Economic Recovery Professionals
- Climate Adaptation and Resilience Specialists
- Governance and Institutional Development Professionals
- Humanitarian Coordination Professionals
- Community Engagement and Protection Officers
- Civil Society and Local Organization Leaders
- Professionals working in fragile, conflict-affected, crisis-prone, displacement-
Session Objectives
- Understand the nexus of conflict, fragility, and climate risk. Design conflict-sensitive and locally-owned resilience programs. Master the transition from humanitarian aid to long-term development. Apply tools for systemic fragility and conflict analysis. Strengthen social cohesion and institutional capacity in FCAS.
About the Course
Resilience Building in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings is a strategic training course designed to equip humanitarian professionals, development practitioners, government officials, peacebuilding specialists, and community leaders with practical approaches for strengthening individual, community, institutional, and societal resilience in environments affected by conflict, fragility, displacement, political instability, and recurring crises.Key themes include conflict and context analysis, resilience assessment, adaptive programming, social cohesion, community engagement, institutional capacity, humanitarian-development-peace approaches, climate and disaster risks, livelihood resilience, protection, early warning, and recovery planning. The programme emphasizes working effectively in complex environments while avoiding approaches that may unintentionally reinforce conflict or inequality.
Through case studies, scenario exercises, stakeholder analysis, and practical resilience planning activities, participants will develop the ability to design and implement sustainable resilience-building strategies that strengthen local capacities, reduce vulnerability, support recovery, and contribute to long-term stability.
Curriculum & Topics
7 Topics | 35 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1: Definitions and frameworks for fragility and resilience
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Workshop 1.2: Political, economic, and environmental stressors in fragile contexts
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Workshop 1.3: Characteristics of resilient communities and institutions
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Workshop 1.4: Conflict cycles, shocks, and adaptive capacities
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Workshop 1.5: Frameworks from the OECD, UN, and World Bank
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Workshop 2.1: Tools for multidimensional risk analysis
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Workshop 2.2: Conflict mapping and actor analysis
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Workshop 2.3: Climate, displacement, and livelihood stressors
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Workshop 2.4: Use of participatory assessments and local knowledge
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Workshop 2.5: Integrating resilience indicators into planning
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Workshop 3.1: Do No Harm and conflict sensitivity principles
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Workshop 3.2: Inclusive stakeholder engagement and co-design
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Workshop 3.3: Adaptive programming for uncertain and volatile environments
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Workshop 3.4: Designing interventions that bridge relief and development
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Workshop 3.5: Examples from stabilization and peacebuilding programs
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Workshop 4.1: Rebuilding trust in institutions and public service delivery
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Workshop 4.2: Supporting local governance and civic participation
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Workshop 4.3: Addressing grievances, marginalization, and exclusion
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Workshop 4.4: Strengthening civil society and accountability mechanisms
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Workshop 4.5: Institutionalizing resilience in governance systems
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Workshop 5.1: Market-based programming and job creation in fragile settings
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Workshop 5.2: Ensuring continuity of essential services
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Workshop 5.3: Empowering youth and women through livelihood support
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Workshop 5.4: Public-private partnerships in resilience building
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Workshop 5.5: Financial inclusion and access to resources
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Workshop 6.1: Humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus in practice
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Workshop 6.2: Roles of donors, governments, UN, and NGOs
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Workshop 6.3: Joint risk and resilience frameworks
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Workshop 6.4: Collective outcomes and multi-year planning
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Workshop 6.5: Multi-sector coordination and integrated strategies
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Workshop 7.1: Developing M&E systems in complex settings
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Workshop 7.2: Indicators of resilience, peace, and sustainability
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Workshop 7.3: Incorporating learning loops and feedback mechanisms
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Workshop 7.4: Scenario-based planning and contingency frameworks
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Workshop 7.5: Real-time monitoring and flexible programming