Overview : The Government of Malawi is in the process of establishing a National Peace Architecture (NPA) to serve as the national pillar for peacebuilding, conflict prevention and transformation. The NPA will functionally be represented at national, and district levels where these structures will engage in a collaborative manner with other key stakeholders in peacebuilding and transformative dialogues that foster national cohesion. In view of the above, as a first step and a test to roll out the NPA structures nationwide, three pilot District Peace Committees will be established in Karonga, Kasungu and Mangochi. The lessons that will be learnt from this exercise will be the basis of which similar structures will be implemented in other districts across the country. The establishment of these pilot district committees will be based on the provisions of the draft National Peace Policy that is now awaiting Government approval. The purpose of the assignment is to conduct training for District Peace Committees in peacebuilding and conflict transformation skills, taking into account of conflict early warning monitoring, community conflicts progression, conflict transformation, mediation, facilitation and peacebuilding. The assignment is meant to develop and enhance the conflict monitoring and intervention skills of the District Peace Committee members. The consultant will also be expected to make recommendations on how the District Peace Committees will constructively deal with conflict situations in an efficient and effective way. |