Washington Workshops International Conflict Resolution Seminar: Itinerary

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

*Please note that this is a sample itinerary. We will update this itinerary with an actual itinerary as the seminar draws closer.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 – WELCOME: WASHINGTON, D.C.
Dress: Casual - Meals: D
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Individual arrivals to Washington D.C.

Seminar check-in and room check-in at Georgetown University
Dinner at Georgetown University
Introductions and Orientation
Speaking Event: “The Importance of International Conflict Resolution: Speaker TBD”
Introduction and overview of the Problem Solving Workshop

11:00 p.m. - Curfew

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 – Introduction to the case study
Dress: Business Casual - Meals: BD

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Visit Embassies
Lunch
Visit and research time at the Library of Congress
Guest Speakers and site visits: Different Perspectives on the conflict (case study)
Dinner at Georgetown University
First session of Problem Solving Workshop

11:00 p.m. - Curfew

MONDAY, JUNE 18– The Field of conflict resolution, Track 2 – Unofficial organizations
Dress: Business Casual - Meals: BD

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Visit the US Institute of Peace
Visit the Institute for Multi Track Diplomacy
Lunch at Reagan Food Court
Visit Carnegie Endowment for Peace Center
Visit Search for Common Ground
Dinner
Speaking Event: Speaker TBD
Evening Problem Solving Workshop

11:00 p.m. - Curfew

TUESDAY, JUNE 19 – Track 1--Official Conflict resolution
Dress: Professional - Meals: BD

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Visit US State Department
Visit Pentagon
Lunch
Visit United Nations Information Center, DC
Visit Just Vision
4-6pm Guest speaker: Andrea Bartoli, Director of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Dr. Bartoli is also well known for the role he played in Mozambique’s peace process.
Dinner
Evening Problem Solving Workshop

11:00 pm - Curfew

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 – Foreign Aid
Dress: Business Casual - Meals: BD

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Visit World Bank
Lunch at the World Bank
Visit USAID (US Agency for International Development)
Different perspectives on AID
Visit US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Speaking Event: Guest speaker on foreign aid and dependency
Dinner
Evening Case Study Work

11:00 p.m. - Curfew

THURSDAY, JUNE 21 – Academia
Dress: Business Casual - Meals: BD

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Final Problem Solving Workshop Session
Lunch
Visit the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Visit the School of International Service, American University
Dinner
Special Evening Event

11:00 p.m. – Curfew

FRIDAY, June 22 – FAREWELL: DEPART FOR HOME
Dress: Casual - Meals: B

Breakfast at Georgetown University
Individual departure for Washington area airports

Seminar Includes:

• Campus housing – Safe and superb academic setting with recreational facilities at Georgetown University
• Breakfast and dinner each day of the seminar
• Chartered motor coach transportation in and around the Washington, D.C. area
• Full-time presence of trained seminar staff to provide interpretation, facilitation and supervision
• Entrance fees and tickets for all scheduled events

Designing an Intervention:

One of the students’ tasks will be to design an intervention strategy to a real international conflict. It will be an opportunity to learn through case study and role play the difficult task of tackling major global conflicts and the process of planning an intervention. Each evening, students will divide into small groups to discuss and design their intervention. On the final evening the groups will present their intervention strategy with their groups and have a dialogue on the whole process.