At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Locate relevant resources for the analysis of conflicts;
• Compile information and data on a conflict for the purpose of conflict analysis;
• Recognize latent and observable causes of conflict;
• Differentiate between structural and proximate causes of conflict as well as triggers and catalysts;
• Apply various conflict analysis tools and evaluate their strengths and weaknesses;
• Identify actors in conflict as well as the role that they play;
• Distinguish actors that contribute to the resolution of conflicts;
• Identify the role that ethnic and religious motives may play in conflicts;
• Trace the dynamics of conflict;
• Identify the build-up phase, the outbreak of violence and the existence of a deadlock;
• Distinguish signs of ripeness and potential dynamics of de- escalation;
• Analyze the key phases of a conflict;
• Identify the ways in which responses to a conflict can fuel hostilities;
• Develop scenarios regarding the evolution of a conflict;
• List strategic and programmatic recommendations for responding to a conflict;
• Point to the different ways in which women and men are affected by conflict;
• Identify the different levels of gender- sensitivity.