At JVTI:
We deliver accredited Diploma and Postgraduate programs designed to equip learners with practical skills, industry relevant knowledge.
We deliver accredited Diploma and Postgraduate programs designed to equip learners with practical skills, industry relevant knowledge.
Diploma in Peace and Development
A Diploma in Peace and Development equips learners with essential knowledge and skills to understand the causes of conflict, apply effective resolution strategies such as mediation and negotiation, and integrate development practices into peacebuilding efforts. The course emphasizes ethical values, critical thinking, and cultural sensitivity, preparing students to actively contribute to peace processes and sustainable development at local, national, and global levels.
This diploma explores the interconnection between peace and development, emphasizing the root causes and consequences of conflict and how they influence social, political, and economic stability. Learners gain both theoretical and practical skills in conflict analysis, negotiation, mediation, and reconciliation. The program covers key themes including social justice, human rights, gender and conflict, humanitarian intervention, and post-conflict reconstruction.
• Understand Conflict: To provide a foundational understanding of the dynamics, causes, and consequences of local, national, and international conflicts.
• Conflict Analysis: To develop students’ ability to critically analyze conflict situations and identify appropriate peacebuilding and conflict resolution strategies.
• Peacebuilding Skills: To equip students with skills in mediation, negotiation, reconciliation, and other conflict transformation techniques.
• Ethical & Cultural Awareness: To foster ethical awareness, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to human rights in addressing issues of violence and injustice.
• Promote Participation: To empower participants to engage effectively in peace processes, humanitarian interventions, and community-based initiatives.
• Apply Knowledge: To enable participants to link theoretical knowledge with practical applications to real-world peacebuilding challenges.
• Advocacy & Policy: To prepare students to engage in research, advocacy, and policy formulation related to peace and security.
By the end of the Programme, learners will be able to understand and analyze conflict dynamics, apply effective conflict resolution and peacebuilding strategies, promote ethical and human rights–based approaches, support conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction, and actively contribute to peace and sustainable development initiatives at community, national, and global levels.
Module 1: Basic Understanding of Conflict
• Definition, Causes, and Types of Conflict
• Conflict Theories
• Phases in Conflict
• Conflict Analysis
• Conflict Transformation
Module 2: Dynamics Of Conflict
• Relationship between Perception and Conflict
• Language Barriers in Conflict and Resolution
• Early Warning and Early Response Mechanisms
• Arms Control and Demilitarization
• Peace and Education
Module 3: Trends In Global Issues
• International, Continental, and Regional Organizations in the Pursuit of World Peace
• Peaceful Methods of Conflict Resolution I
• Peaceful Methods of Conflict Resolution II
• Coercive Means of Conflict Resolution
• Gender Issues and Humanitarian Intervention
Module 4: Conflict Resolution — Models and Applications
• Introduction
• Conflict Analysis
• Understanding Conflict
• Dynamics of Conflict
• Conflict Prevention and Early Warning
• Conflict Interventions
• Conflict Management Styles
• Third-Party Interventions
• Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Format: Self-Paced and Distance Learning
Language of Instruction: English
Duration: 6 months
Level: Intermediate
Learners will be evaluated through:
• Assignments: 60%
• Research Project/Term Paper: 30%
• Final Examination: 10%
Successful candidates will be awarded a Diploma in Peace and Development Certificate and Transcript by Jocy Visionary Training Institute (JVTI).
Fee: USD 800
We deliver accredited Diploma and Postgraduate programs designed to equip learners with practical skills, industry relevant knowledge.
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Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Weekend & Public Holidays: Closed
Call: +254 707 431 490
Email: info@jocyvisionaryinstitute.com
Location: Flame Tree Building, 2nd floor, Uhuru street. Thika