Do No Harm-Training of Trainers

The Do No Harm-Training of Trainers consists of two parts – the training itself and a practical application.

After a session on the first evening, the training will start with a full-day Do No Harm-Introductory Workshop which will serve as model. On the following days this model training design will be reflected and practiced by the participants in small groups.

The revised "Do No Harm Trainer's Manual" will be issued but participants will be invited to develop their own adaptations and new ways of teaching Do No Harm.

Additionally participants will gain an overview of selected learning theories, principles of adult education as well as selected training concepts like Action Learning.

The practical application is essential for the learning process and will be accompanied by the trainers. Participants will prepare and conduct as a team their own one-day Do No Harm-Introductory Workshop with a real external audience in Hamburg.

The ToT concludes with an evaluation of the practical application and subsequent inputs by the trainers to further improve the training skills of the participants.

Upon completion a certificate as Do No Harm-Trainer will be issued.

The Do No Harm-Training of Trainers addresses everybody who not only wants to use the Do No Harm-Approach in managing projects but also wants to teach others how to use this tool. Prior experience in conducting trainings in a participatory manner is necessary.

Prior knowledge of the Do no harm-Approach is not a requirement as the training will start with a profound introduction to Do no harm.

The focus of the training is mainly on conflict transformation and peace work. However, participants with a background in development work or humanitarian assistance are more than welcome as historically the tool comes from these fields.

The training will probably be held in English as we expect international participants. In any case the training material is in English. Thus, participants should be fluent in English.

Wolfgang Heinrich has a background of 30 years of development work with non-governmental organisations. From 1996 to 2001 he was a member of Mary B. Anderson's international team for the „Local Capacities for Peace Project“, which facilitated the development of the Do no harm-Approach. He is a Do No Harm-Trainer and engaged in implementing, testing and developing as well as disseminating it. Since 2016 he is a freelance consultant and accompanies local non-governmental organisations in South Asia and the Horn of Africa.

Jochen Neumann is a trainer in nonviolent conflict transformation and the Do No Harm-Approach. He worked on mediation and reconciliation in South Africa. From 2001 to 2004 he coordinated the implementation of Do no harm at Peace Brigades International, a human rights organisation which offers protective accompaniment to local human rights defenders. Since October 2004 he is director of KURVE Wustrow.

In December 2018 both trainers have published the revised "Do No harm-Trainer's Manual".