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SUMMARY:From Disarmament to Sustainable Reintegration: DDR across the Humanitarian\, Development\, and Peacebuilding Continuum
DESCRIPTION:Background \n\n\n\nDisarmament\, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) is a process that supports combatants and individuals associated with armed forces and groups in laying down their weapons and/or transitioning to civilian life. Its overarching objective is the social\, economic\, and political reintegration of men\, women\, and youth formerly linked to armed groups\, thereby contributing to sustainable peace and long-term recovery. \n\n\n\nThe operational environment in which the United Nations supports Disarmament\, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) has fundamentally changed. Traditional DDR programmes implemented following comprehensive peace agreements have become increasingly rare\, while conflicts have become more protracted\, fragmented and regionalized. At the same time\, the United Nations has expanded the range of DDR-related tools available across the conflict cycle\, allowing DDR support to be provided in both mission and non-mission settings. \n\n\n\nParallel to these developments\, system-wide reforms have promoted greater coherence across humanitarian\, development and peace actors through the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. The revised Integrated DDR Standards (IDDRS) and subsequent policy work position DDR as an integrated contribution to sustaining peace\, requiring closer collaboration between Resident Coordinators (RCs) and their Offices (RCOs)\, UN Country Teams (UNCTs)\, as well as International Financial Institutions (IFIs)\, and national partners. \n\n\n\nWhile these policy developments have significantly expanded opportunities for engagement\, many Resident Coordinator Offices and country-level advisers have had limited exposure to the new UN approach to DDR. In many settings where armed groups continue to affect peace and development outcomes\, DDR remains insufficiently reflected within country analysis\, Cooperation Frameworks\, local development planning\, financing discussions and joint programming. \n\n\n\nAbout the Course \n\n\n\nThe Disarmament\, Demobilization and Reintegration Branch (DDR Branch) of the United Nations Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office (PBPSO)\, with the support of the Government of Switzerland\, is organizing the course ‘From Disarmament to Sustainable Reintegration: DDR across the Humanitarian\, Development\, and Peacebuilding Continuum’\, which will take place in Stans\, Switzerland\, from 14 to 18 September 2026. \n\n\n\nThis course seeks to address the gap described by introducing the foundational concepts underpinning the new UN approach to DDR while creating a platform for practitioners from across the humanitarian\, development and peace communities to jointly identify practical opportunities for greater integration at country level. In addition\, the course will aim to strengthen the capacity of Resident Coordinator Offices\, as well as regional- and country-level advisers to understand\, integrate and leverage contemporary DDR approaches within broader humanitarian\, development and peace programming. \n\n\n\nRather than preparing participants to implement DDR programmes themselves\, the workshop aims to enable them to recognize where DDR can strengthen existing UN strategies and where their own sectoral expertise can contribute to durable DDR outcomes.  \n\n\n\nUpon completion participants will be able to:• Explain the evolution of DDR and the principles underpinning the revised Integrated DDR Standards.• Understand how DDR contributes across the conflict continuum\, including prevention\, stabilization\, peacebuilding and development.• Identify opportunities for integrating DDR considerations into country analysis\, planning processes and UN Cooperation Frameworks.• Understand the comparative advantages of humanitarian\, development\, political and financial actors in supporting integrated DDR approaches.• Explore how the HDP Nexus building blocks—joint analysis\, joint planning\, joint programming\, coordination and blended financing—can strengthen DDR implementation.• Examine innovative approaches to long-term reintegration\, including links to local development planning\, livelihoods\, social cohesion\, infrastructure investment\, private sector engagement and partnerships with International Financial Institutions.• Develop practical recommendations for strengthening DDR integration within participants’ own country contexts. \n\n\n\nMethodology \n\n\n\nThis training course will take place in person and is designed to apply a participatory approach. Participants will be required to actively engage during the entirety of the course\, including through sharing experiences and lessons learned\, reflecting on different aspects of DDR\, working in groups\, and presenting on selected topics. \n\n\n\nThe first part of the workshop provides participants with a common understanding of the evolution of DDR policy\, the revised IDDRS and the expanding role of DDR across mission and non-mission settings. \n\n\n\nThe second part shifts from learning about DDR to applying DDR through a nexus lens. Rather than treating participants as students\, the workshop recognizes the significant thematic expertise already present in the room—including governance\, livelihoods\, financing\, political analysis\, humanitarian coordination and development planning—and uses structured discussions to identify opportunities for greater integration. \n\n\n\nParticipants will work collectively to identify practical “DDR Nexus Moments” where their respective mandates and comparative advantages can contribute to more integrated responses. These discussions will focus on:• Joint conflict and armed group analysis• Integrated planning• Programming synergies between development activities and reinsertion of ex-combatants• Coordination mechanisms• Financing pathways for long term reintegration of ex-combatants• Partnerships with development actors and IFIs \n\n\n\nThe training course will be conducted in English. No interpretation will be provided. \n\n\n\nTarget audience \n\n\n\nThe workshop is designed primarily for practitioners operating outside traditional peacekeeping settings and/or in transition settings\, including:• Country and Regional Peace and Development Advisors (PDAs) and Institutional Development Advisor (IDAs)\, in RCOs• RCO staff supporting political analysis• Peacebuilding Fund Secretariats• HDP Nexus Advisers• UN–IFI Partnership Advisers• Durable Solutions Advisors in RCOs• Selected representatives of UN agencies\, funds and programmes• Regional organizations and selected development partners where appropriate• DDR practitioners \n\n\n\nAs per Security Council resolution 1325\, which sets out a clear and practical agenda for measuring the advancement of women in all aspects of peacebuilding\, including DDR\, it is the responsibility of all DDR stakeholders to work with female practitioners and actively include women in the formulation and implementation of DDR processes. As such\, nominations of women for this training are highly recommended and encouraged. \n\n\n\nLogistics \n\n\n\nThe training course is free of charge. Selected participants will have to organize and pay for their flight to and from Zurich Airport (ZRH). The host nation Switzerland will ensure the transportation of participants from and to Zurich Airport (ZRH) based on availability and will offer meals and accommodation at the venue. No transportation from and to other airports than Zurich (ZRH) and no Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be provided. All participants need to arrange their visa\, where required\, and provide proof of adequate health insurance coverage before entering the territory of Switzerland. UN Laissez-Passer holders do not need a visa to enter Switzerland for a stay of up to 90 days. A detailed Logistics Note will be shared with selected participants. \n\n\n\nApplication \n\n\n\nInterested individuals can apply using the application form no later than 21 August 2026 to Mr. Marc Schibli (email: schibli@un.org). See the application form attached below. \n\n\n\nApplication Form DDR-HDP-Nexus Course Stans SwitzerlandDownload\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll the information above can also be found in the course concept note: \n\n\n\n2026-08-13 DDR-HDP-Nexus Course Stans SwitzerlandDownload
URL:https://iddrtg.org/event/from-disarmament-to-sustainable-reintegration-ddr-across-the-humanitarian-development-and-peacebuilding-continuum/
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SUMMARY:Specialised (re)integration training course
DESCRIPTION:Transition International (TI) and the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC) are pleased to announce the Specialised Reintegration Course\, focussed on the (re)integration of ex-combatants\, returnees\, refugees\, children released from armed forces and groups and other youth at risk. The course\, which has run in the UK\, the Netherlands and Barcelona for the past 18 years\, will now be held in Nairobi\, in the framework of a new partnership between IPSTC and TI. \n\n\n\nINTRODUCTIONThis course aims to bring together practitioners\, policy makers\, researchers and donors from around the world to share experiences and develop a common understanding of innovative approaches to (re)integration. Best practices on fostering economic\, political and social (re)integration are shared by a pool of experienced trainers and further explored and challenged by the participants. \n\n\n\nSeveral targeted (re)integration\, reinsertion\, stabilization and community security interventions usually occur in parallel\, tending to create further divisions in the communities\, and often do not create lasting results in terms of sustainable reintegration. For example\, returnee programming occurs in Silo with DDR programming\, and separate programmes are provided for children which\, in many cases\, are not linked to the adults’ (re)integration programmes\, reducing opportunities for the effective use of pooled resources\, and having young people falling in the cracks. Further\, programmes are often highly centralised and thereby do not adequately respond to local contexts\, nor empower local actors to plan\, execute\, and own the processes. \n\n\n\nThis course explores these dynamics and proposes different means to build bridges between the different approaches\, programmes and its target groups. It also explores needed interventions to foster reintegration by investing in the environment and absorption capacities\, including through enhancing local security and stability\, local economic and social development\, increase in service delivery of the duty bearers\, and targeted support to the (re)integration of the different groups in their receiving communities. \n\n\n\nThe course further explores responding to new realities\, new frameworks\, approaches and practices\, including on community based and community driven (re)integration\, reintegration in ongoing conflicts\, disengagement and reintegration of people coming out of groups labelled as extremists or terrorists. The course explores applying the Humanitarian\, Development and Peace triple nexus to reintegration programming\, and the inclusion of conflict sensitivity\, localisation\, environmental security\, conflict transformation\, community violence reduction etc. in reintegration programming. In short\, the course explores with the participants\, innovative approaches for more comprehensive\, context and community driven (re)integration programming. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFOR WHO IS THIS COURSE?The course is designed to benefit government officials of locations where (re)integration programming is relevant\, civil society and private sector actors of these countries\, and staff from donor\, UN\, INGOs\, and research institutes\, supporting these processes. \n\n\n\nOBJECTIVES OF THE COURSEThe course will allow participants to assess specificities of different programming contexts\, to develop informed and coherent programmatic responses\, and to design context-driven socio-economic (re)integration support programmes. The overall objectives of the course are to: \n\n\n\n\nCreate a common understanding of the existing frameworks and approaches to (re)integration of ex-combatants\, children formally associated to armed forces and groups\, returnees and resettled people\, and other conflict affected people in need of reintegration assistance and build bridges between the participants coming from these different programmatic fields.\n\n\n\nShare lessons learned and explore ways to provide more integrated (re)integration support\, working with communities\, authorities\, the private sector\, civil society\, international organisations and donors.\n\n\n\nDiscuss the linkages of (re)integration to broader programming on the environment in which reintegration and prevention of further recruitment and forced displacement takes place\, such as community security\, local economic development\, child protection systems strengthening\, service delivery\, political participation\, dialogue and conflict transformation etc.\n\n\n\nObtain the tools to effectively assess local contexts and conflict dynamics\, profiles of communities and people in need of reintegration assistance\, and how to translate these into the design of conflict sensitive and locally led reintegration support\, while working within national or regional frameworks.\n\n\n\nExplore implementation modalities and practise with tools to design and implement context driven social\, economic and political reintegration programmes\, policies or strategies.\n\n\n\nLearn how to address cross-cutting issues\, including natural resource management\, gender and social inclusion\, disability and age responsiveness and capacity development.\n\n\n\nShare experiences and explore reintegration opportunities and challenges of people coming from groups listed as extremists or terrorist organisations. \n\n\n\nExplore and share lessons learned on Community Based (Re)integration and Security (CBRS): an integrated locally led reintegration model that includes community security and information\, counselling\, and referral systems.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTRAINING APPROACHThe course is explorative in nature. Participants will be encouraged to share experiences amongst themselves\, in addition to learning from the pool of experienced trainers. Lessons from past and recent (re)integration experiences are constantly used to illustrate theory and standards. Practical hands-on adult learning techniques are combined with more traditional transfer of knowledge. A wide variety of teaching methods are used including lectures\, background readings\, PowerPoint presentations\, discussions\, role-plays\, a 1.5-day simulation exercise\, cooperative learning\, teamwork\, etc. The course is known to be intense.FACILITATORSTI and IPSTC put great emphasis on delivering the course with a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team. The course will be led by Irma Specht\, who brings over 25 years of experience on socio-economic (re)integration programmes. Senior trainers with experience of different programmatic areas will be brought in for particular sessions\, to ensure a variety of approaches and perspectives.DATES & LOCATIONThe course will be held from Saturday 5th to Saturday 12th December 2026 in Nairobi\, at the premises of the IPSTC. During the course there will be little free time\, so participants are advised to arrive a day earlier to get rested. An optional visit to the Game park is organised on Saturday 19th\, followed by drinks in the evening of the 19th in the venue – to get to know each other. \n\n\n\nLANGUAGE & COSTThe course will be taught in English. The course duration is eight days\, and the course fee is 3000 Euros. This fee includes daily refreshments\, all course materials and a closing evening event. It does not include accommodation\, meals or the cost of insurance and travelling to Nairobi. Participants are expected to stay at the venue\, which provides nice full-board rooms for only around 100 USD per night. Staying together will stimulate teambuilding and avoids stress due to traffic. Some evening session are also included. Cost reduction can be negotiated when the same organisation supports more than 4 trainees. Staff members of national NGOs and self-funded participants are granted a partial reduction of the course fee to 2500 Euros. \n\n\n\nAPPLICATION PROCESSThe application deadline is October 15th 2026\, but acceptance onto the course will be granted on a rolling basis. To register for the course\, please express your interest to operations@transitioninternational.com. You will consequently be contacted to fill the application form. If you are accepted we can provide logistical assistance and letters in support of participants’ visa applications upon request. Payment arrangement information will be included in acceptance letters. \n\n\n\nMore information can be found in the Course Announcement: \n\n\n\nRE26 – Course announcement Specialised Reintegration Course AnnouncementDownload
URL:https://iddrtg.org/event/specialised-reintegration-training-course-5/
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