In Seeking Peaceful Change:
> Understand that conflict is natural
> Respect that others are different
> Be aware of prejudices you carry
> Know your own needs
> Suspend judgement
> Avoid scapegoating
> Listen Actively
> Investigate what is important for the other
> Seek small steps
> Look up: you are not alone
> Honour the spiritual as part of the path
“I find the DPC toolkit not only very
useful in my everyday life but also
when I deal with property conflicts.
The main secret of DPC is in
listening. One should avoid making
judgements and putting words
in people’s mouths.“
Zimbabwean facilitator
“On my way home after I followed
the DPC Training I came across a
conflict between a bus driver and
a passenger. It was interesting that
all the stages of mediation were
practiced in a single meeting by me
and the conflicting parties. Now
whenever I see a conflict I feel my
responsibility to play my role being
member and facilitator of DPC.”
Pakistani facilitator
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Please contact us for more information on
DPC International and DPC in your area:
TIDES Training
48 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast,
BT9 6AZ, Northern Ireland
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P.O. Box 19170
NL – 3501 DD Utrecht
Netherlands
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Conflict is natural.
Learn how to deal with it…
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What is dpc?
DPC is a global coalition, dedicated to creating
safe spaces to overcome division through a
structured and skilled process of mutual
empowerment. DPC Training welcomes people
with a diverse background including nationality,
faith, life and work experience.
Conflict is a normal part of life
All through our lives we experience
the challenges of living and working
with others and this can result in
conflict. As a child we experience
this in the playground, at home and
at school. In adult life, we also face
conflicts regularly in our daily lives
regarding issues in the home, work
and within our communities.
>Some
conflicts are constructive
and help us grow and learn
>Other conflicts can seriously
hamper relationships and
development
>In DPC we look at practical
ways to manage all aspects
of conflict before they intensify
“I have always thought that
transformation wasn’t possible
without blood. Now I think it might
be possible.” Filipino facilitator
Get involved in DPC
How to become a DPC-facilitator
As a capacity building methodology DPC has several development phases for
participant learning, advancement and accreditation.
Our core training programme is the Training of Facilitators.
This training covers four distinct areas of learning:
1. Foundation Training includes the first two
modules of Understanding Conflict and Tool
Building.
2. Facilitator Accreditation; this adds the third
core element of Formal Mediation Training
and leads to a “DPC Facilitator” accreditation
status being awarded.
3. DPC Facilitators are then offered opportunities for attending advanced training to build
experience and fluency in the DPC
methodology and its application. These
programmes may either be designed to
“fast-track” capacity building or may be offered as opportunities to access training in wider
international settings globally.
“Since I completed the facilitator
training, I have tried to incorporate
aspects of what I learned from DPC.
I would say that this has been
useful and practical.”
Northern Irish facilitator
4. Once Accredited Facilitators can evidence
sufficient fluency and experience in the
application and delivery of the methodology,
they can apply to become part of a Training
of Trainers programme. This programme
commences with a training module.
Those who successfully complete this
programme are awarded an Associate Trainer
accreditation. An Associate Trainer is then
allowed to co-train with a DPC trainer who also
carries a Coaching Accreditation.
5. Following facilitating and teaching on a minimum of two full Training of Facilitator programmes under Coaching support, the Associate
Trainer will then apply to the Coaching panel to
become an Accredited DPC Trainer. An Accredited Trainer may be invited to train with other
DPC Trainers on programmes internationally.
6. The final phase of Development is to become
part of the DPC coaching team helping train
new Associate Trainers.
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The participants
experience a variety of
activities, reflections
and lectures which
enable them to
consider their own
understanding of their
experience of conflict.
The participants learn
the key conceptual
framework of DPC
which includes models
which locate and
explore the drivers of
conflict, peacebuilding
and mediative
behaviour.
The participants then
learn a variety of tools
which will add to their
previous knowledge
and skill sets in order
to enhance their work
in conflict situations
within the community,
the work place and
within their own social
networks.
The tool kit includes;
conflict mapping,
pillars work on framing
issues and dynamics,
mediative communication and processes,
conflict phasing and
strategy planning re
preventative, intervention and harm reduction, formal mediation
and informal mediative
and conflict transformation strategies.
The participants then
have the opportunity to
apply these new skills
through:
a. Intensive coached
role play on mediation scenarios that
are based on realistic
local conflicts
b. Identifying and
recognising need to
build and strengthen
existing or new
patterns of intra
and interagency
cooperation and
collaboration to
impact synergy,
problem solving and
enhanced learning
to generate a wider
added value of the
The Nature of
Conflict
“Participants who had said they
would never work together were
reconciled to working together for
the good of the community.
Old perceptions, rivalries, barriers,
prejudices and even the sense of
hopelessness were set aside.
We were all very excited about getting back to the table and talking
about how we would move forward.”
American facilitator
What we do
We work worldwide in the field of
conflict management and change.
We offer concrete tools, developed
by practitioners working in national
and international conflict settings.
We train and coach people who wish
to apply DPC in their own lives.
The Conceptual
Framework and
Models
Other areas we work on are
>Education & training
>Processes in communities
>Forms of cooperation
Different ways of experiental learning…
The Tool Kit
The Practice and
Application
social and economic
investment of
the programme.