Kasandra Says “Thank You”!

Kasandra Says “Thank You”!

By Kasandra Kachakji, Communications Intern, Generations for Peace The Advanced Training 2014 has flown by! Over five days, I have met some of the most inspiring people, taken a thousand photos, laughed until I cried, ate delicious food (and more cookies than I would...
From Transcriptions to Birthday Cakes: My Time at GFP

From Transcriptions to Birthday Cakes: My Time at GFP

By Josh Wizman, Intern, Generations for Peace Working as a Generations For Peace intern over the past month, I was constantly reminded of Advance Training: “Oh wait till the Advanced Training”, or “You’ll see at Advanced Training”. Last Saturday these words began to...
Advancing our Training: What have We Learnt?

Advancing our Training: What have We Learnt?

By Edward Beswick, Research Coordinator, Generations For Peace Institute It is the final day of Advanced Training 2014 and I decided to devote the last blog post to finding out what people had gained from the experience. Starting this evening, participants will be...
A Day with His Royal Highness

A Day with His Royal Highness

On the final day of the Advanced Training, focus was placed on future GFP programmes. The Pioneers took turn raising and discussing possible obstacles to the implementation of successful programmes. Examples of such obstacles included insufficient human resources,...
The Best Things about Home

The Best Things about Home

By Edward Beswick, Research Coordinator, Generations For Peace Institute For today’s blog post I wanted to find out a little bit more about the Pioneers and the countries they are from. The diversity of cultures present at Advanced Training has certainly been a...
Advancing Monitoring and Evaluation: Building on the Basics

Advancing Monitoring and Evaluation: Building on the Basics

The first sessions of today were very focused on participatory monitoring and evaluation. This vital component of GFP programming is something most of the participants at the Advanced Training had previously requested more in-depth knowledge of. Working in countries...