Training for Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

This master thesis is the result of evaluating the Practitioner Trainings for Civil and Nonviolent Conflict Transformation that are conducted by the German NGO KURVE Wustrow – Centre for Training and Networking in Nonviolent Action. The two criteria Relevance and Effectiveness were at centre of the evaluation and data was collected via qualitative research methods such as participating observation, interviews and questionnaires. The results of the evaluation show that this measure of capacity building for international peace and movement workers is successful and relevant. Anyhow there are various possibilities and needs for change and improvement to increase relevance and effectiveness for the participants of the trainings – among them an unarticulated concept and the lack of follow-up. The results and recommendations that the researchers collected together with their resource persons, should help to improve and adjust future trainings of KURVE Wustrow and ideally other organisations which are training peace practitioners.