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Concordis and Abyei

Concordis and Abyei

Concordis International has now published the summaries of the workshops that took place in El-Muglad and Agok to build consensus on Abyei.

Agok, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, Sudan:

from June 15th until June 18 this year we facilitated a State Workshop in Agok, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal, under the title Cross-Border Relations Beyond the Referendum: Challenges and Opportunities, to build consensus on Abyei.

This three day meeting brought together traditional authorities, local administrators, Abyei Area Administration officials and representatives of civil society, such as leaders of women and youth associations from Dinka Ngok communities in the Abyei Area. The workshop was an opportunity for border communities to articulate principles and proposals to help inform the management of the border and cross-border relations; and help ensure that it works in the interests of a sustainable Sudanese peace over the long term.

Please click here to download the 2-page summary of the workshop.

 

El-Mujlad, South Kordofan, Sudan:

From July 5 until July 7 this year we facilitated a State Workshop in El Muglad, Warrap State, under the title Cross-Border Relations Beyond the Referendum: Challenges and Opportunities, to build consensus on Abyei.

This three day meeting brought together traditional authorities, government officials and representatives of civil society such as leaders of youth and women associations and religious leaders, from the Misseriya tribe in the locality of Abyei. The workshop was an opportunity for border communities to articulate principles and proposals to help inform the management of the border and cross‐border relations; and help ensure that it works in the interests of a sustainable Sudanese peace over the long term.

Please click here to download the 2-page summary of the workshop.

Sudan Organization for Non-Violence and Development

This week Concordis gave an opening speech at a workshop hosted by SONAD on the future of ethnic minorities in Southern Sudan. 25 Darfurians, Southerners and Northerners are peacefully dialoguing about their future after the 2011 Referendum. This workshop is the second of a series of five consultations. Two workshops take place in Juba, two in Khartoum and the fifth will bring representatives from all workshops together. Recommendations from the workshops will be published on this website soon.

Volunteer Internships

Concordis regularly engages volunteer interns to assist with our work. As we get a number of enquiries for internship positions, we are now considering people for these positions together during specific periods.  Thus for internships starting in the period 1 January to 30 June 2011, we will invite applications to be made by 30 September 2010 and for internships starting in the period 1 July to 31 December 2011, we will invite applications to be made by 31 March 2011.

Normally the duration of these positions will vary depending on availability and expected need, but will typically be for about 3 months.  We will not pay a salary or remuneration, but we are happy to reimburse reasonable expenses.

If you would like to apply for an internship during the course of 2011, please would you send your CV with a covering letter (i) saying why you are interested in gaining experience in the peace building field and why you would like to do so at Concordis, (ii) identifying the skills and experience you have that you believe will be of assistance during the internship, (iii) indicating how you see your career developing in the future and (iv) specifying when you will be available to take up a position.  Your application will then be considered along with those of other applicants.  We will interview the most suitable candidates during October 2010 and April 2011 (as appropriate).

If you are interested, please send your CV and covering letter to office@concordis-international.org.

Update Concordis in South and North Sudan

Our teams in Sudan just came back to Juba from an intense workshop in Agok about cross-border relations in Abyei. The resolutions have been drafted and the report is in the process of being finalised. Whilst waiting for the publication of our latest report, please read here about the preceding workshops of our Cross-Border Relations Project in Unity State, Upper Nile State, and White Nile State.

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Workshop for Ethnic Minorities in Juba

This week Concordis gave the opening and closing speeches at a workshop hosted by SONAD on the future of Sudanese ethnic minorities in Southern Sudan together with the Deputy Chairman of the South Sudan Peace Commission. 25 Darfurians, Southerners and Northerners dialogued peacefully about their future after the 2011 Referendum. 

   

Arabic Resources

Concordis International is in the process of designing a section for resources in Arabic. We want to provide reports of our workshops in Sudan in Arabic, because that is the language in which most of them took place. The summary of the first report of the Cross-Border Relations Project has been translated and so has the explanation of the project. Both can be found here or via the link on the right.
 

Our Project on the Inner Sudanese Border

Concordis facilitated the first three workshops as part of the Cross-Border Relations Project with the Juba University Centre for Peace and Development Studies in Unity State, Upper Nile State and White Nile State. Click here to read a 1-page summary of this exciting project and click here to read about our workshops in Bentiu, Renk and Kosti.

   

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