Training on Negotiations, Communication, and Dialogue Facilitation: Developing the Capacity of Civilians and CIMIC Officers to Engage in Productive Dialogue in Conflict-Affected Ukraine

Training on Negotiations, Communication, and Dialogue Facilitation: Developing the Capacity of Civilians and CIMIC Officers to Engage in Productive Dialogue in Conflict-Affected Ukraine To ensure effective facilitation of civil-military dialogues in the conflict-affected communities of eastern Ukraine, CIVIC conducted a course on negotiations, communication, and dialogue facilitation based on the Harvard Negotiation Project method. Training…

Сivil-Military Dialogues: Improving the Protection of Civilians in eastern Ukraine

Сivil-Military Dialogues: Improving the Protection of Civilians in eastern Ukraine As a part of CIVIC’s EU-funded project “Building Capacity of Civilian Protection in Eastern Ukraine,” we worked to implement civil-military dialogues in six communities of Donetsk oblast from October 2020-March 2021. Civil-military dialogues are critical for improving cooperation and trust between the military and residents…

The Way to Become Good Neighbors: Why and how civilians and the military need to better coexist in Eastern Ukraine

This post is co-authored by Yevheniia Korotka and Suleiman Mamutov Armed conflicts entail a long list of risks and losses for those who do not directly participate in the hostilities: civilians. To lower these risks, parties to armed conflicts should create and promote an environment that is conducive to the protection of civilians. Issues that…