Challenges

RAHIMAH YEOP Director Academic Studies, Research And Publication Division Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia

Meanings of Conflict Confront Contradict Dispute Difference Opposition

A disagreement through which the parties involved perceive a threat to their needs, interests or concerns

Types of Conflict Personal Second Party Group

Types of Conflict

Family

Trust

Work Place

Values

Sovereignty

Culture

Methods of Solving Conflict 1. Lumping

5. Conciliation

2. Avoidance

6. Mediation

3. Coercion

7. Arbitration

4. Negotiation

8. Adjudication

Obstacles to Conflict Leadership Emotions Idealism Ego Effort

Paradigm Shift

Conflict Management Personal

Political

Family

Sosial

Work Place

Economic

Resolution 1 Compete 2 Collaborate 3 Compromise 4 Avoiding 5 Accommodating

r e s o l u t i o n

Prevention Involves attitudinal change Policy Multi-sectorial Different phases of conflict Range of actors acting independently or in concert Create mechanisms – dispute resolution

Cooperative arrangements Economic

Social

Cultural

Humanitarian

Legal systems Personal Community

Interpersonal State

National

Workplace International

Long term proactive strategies Emerging

Potential

Post mortem

Reconcile realities Multicultural

Self determination

Development

Comprehensive plan Create network of local conflict prevention specialists Systematic documentation of conflict intervention and post-conflict assessment Improved information exchange among conflict prevention practitioners Organize conflict prevention training seminars at institution

Capacity building Long term investment through publication of policy reports/handbooks on methods in risk management, conflict analysis and conflict prevention policy

Field workers and desk officers engaged in analysis of conflict-prone societies need specific analytical skills and risk assessment techniques

Training programmes that introduce people who leave in conflict areas to the theory and practice of conflict management

Analysis of consequences of different policies that improve conflict prevention effectiveness (peace and conflict impact assessment)

THANK YOU! Rahimah Yeop

E-Mail : rahimah@idfr.gov.my Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jalan Wisma Putra, 50460 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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