CURRICULU VITAE Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen

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1 CURRICULU VITAE Kai Frithjof Br-Jacobsen GENERAL INFORMATION Family name Given names Job title Br-Jacobsen Kai Frithjof Director, Department of Peace Operations (DPO) Peace Action, Training Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) LANGUAGE SKILLS (Indicate competence in all languages used by the research team. E = excellent; G = good; F = fair.) Language Read Write Speak Underst English E E E E French G F F G Norwegian G G G G Romanian E F G E WORK EXPERIENCE Lead Researcher Director - "Searching for Peace in Iraq" 01/10/ /10/ Strategic Conflict Assessment: Assessing key aspects of the conflicts, conflict dynamics, actors, sources, pillars, enablers, blockers using an integrated SCA methodology 2. Cumulative Impact Assessment: Assessing lessons learned cumulative impact of civil society engagements for peacebuilding in Iraq to underst the cumulative impact of projects carried out by a wide-range of actors including NGOs, community-based organisations, international NGOs, local authorities others, to realistically appropriately assess achievements shortcomings, to identify key areas for further work while learning lessons from what has been done 3. Strategic Peace-building Proposals: Recommendations to civil society actors, donors, national international agents involved in peace-building nonviolent work in the region to improve the quality impact of their programs their strategic direction. Develop research methodology for the three components of the research program; lead a team of three researchers plus two support persons; carry out two research missions to Iraq. Department of Peace Operations - PATRIR & NOVA Ion Ghica 30, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Director - Department of Peace Operations (DPO), PATRIR 01/05/2007 Development of the Department; Lead Expert on Peacebuilding Missions Consultancies; Implementation of 1. Strategic Conflict Analysis

2 2. Cumulative Impact Needs Assessments 3. Development of Strategic Peacebuilding Proposals Recommendations for Country Programs 4. Policy Advocacy Strategic Relations with conflict parties partner institutions 5. Design Development of DPO Roster of Peacebuilding Experts Practitioners Department of Peace Operations - PATRIR & NOVA Ion Ghica 30, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) International Facilitator - Systemic Peacebuilding NI 14/01/2009 Meet with full spectrum of conflict parties actors including political leadership, ex-combatants, statutory bodies, NGOs, academics, businesses, local authorities, other relevant sectors; facilitate multi-sectoral, multi-actor process for (1) Assessing Lessons Learned Experiences gained in Peacebuilding in Northern Irel; (2) Cumulative Impact Needs Assessment of Peacebuilding in Northern Irel; (3) Customized Program Delivery, Training, Institutional Development Organisational Strengthening for key sectors to strengthen / enhance their peacebuilding capacities engagements; (4) Facilitate Dialogues Engagement with key stakeholders; (5) Facilitate Support development of a strategic peacebuilding framework for Northern Irel developed through a multi-sectoral, multi-actor joint consultation design process. Mediation Northern Irel 83 University Street, BT7 1HP Belfast (United Kingdom) International Consultant & Team Leader - Enhancing Commonwealth Early Warning Prevention Capacities - Organisational Strengthening Institutional Development Consultancy 01/06/ /07/2010 To conduct a full review of all Commonwealth operations-- including Commonwealth Secretariat (both Political Affairs Division Technical Cooperation Support - GIDD) Commonwealth Foundation -- to strengthen Commonwealth contributions to early warning, violence prevention, good offices; to carry out a full organisational review needs assessment; to develop practical recommendations policy proposals for organisational development institutional strengthening for early warning prevention; to provide customized training professional development support to CW staff; to design Operational Toolkits for the CW assist in their internalization integration into CW work practices; to provide accompaniment on-call support to the CW Secretariat over 1 year to enable effective strengthening development of CW capacities for early warning, prevention good offices. Commonwealth Secretariat Marlborough House, Pall Mall, SW1Y 5HX London (United Kingdom)

3 Lead Researcher, Head of Mission - Improving Civil Society Peace building Strategies, Design, Impact in Israel-Palestine 01/01/ /11/2009 Conduct: (1) Cumulative Impact Needs Assessment of Nonviolence, Peacebuilding Peacemaking initiatives in Israel-Palestine from ; (2) Conduct current Strategic Conflict Assessment of Israel-Palestine; (3) Develop Strategic Peacebuilding Proposals targeted to (i) European Union Parliament, Commission Member States; (ii) local national civil society peacebuilding organisations; (iii) international state civil society peacebuilding organisations; (iv) donors. Review pages of literature, project reports evaluations, publications on the Israel-Palestine conflict nonviolence/peacebuilding/peacemaking engagements. Conduct field visit to Israel- Palestine carrying out more than 100 interviews consultations with stakeholders state non-state organisations. Department of Peace Operations - PATRIR & NOVA Ion Ghica 30, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Advisor, Peacebuilding & Crisis Management - All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues, British Parliament (UK) 01/07/2007 Advise parliamentary members of the APPG British Government institutions -- including the Department for International Development the Foreign Commonwealth Office -- on key issues in peacebuilding conflict transformation, managing of current conflicts crisis, support for peace processes. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues British Parliament UK appgci@gmail.com Member, Steering Committee - European Network for Civil Peace Services (EN.CPS) 30/05/ /05/2008 Policy Review, Development Advocacy on Civil Peace Services within the EU internationally. Facilitate enhanced cooperation amongst European Network Members. Representation of EN.CPS at international meetings seminars. European Network for Civil Peace Services (EN.CPS) -- European Network -- Institutional Development Organisational Strengthening (IDOS) Consultant - One Text Initiative, Sri Lanka 01/02/ /03/2008 Conducted an Institutional development organisational strengthening consultancy for One-Text Initiative, Sri Lanka - a high-level political peacemaking initiative involving all key conflict parties in Sri Lanka funded by SIDA Norwegian MFA. Consultations with political conflict party representatives, analysts, practitioners, key state non-state actors stakeholders in the OTI process; development of an organisational review, analysis assessment with

4 recommendations proposals for enhancing organisational effectiveness improving the OTI mediation methodology; customized training for OTI staff leadership for political party actors key stakeholders. Department of Peace Operations - PATRIR & One Text Initiative, Sri Lanka Colombo (Sri Lanka) Course Director (Associate Faculty) - Royal Roads University, Canada 03/11/ /11/2006 Course Director for International Organisation, Structure Management; Human Security Peacebuilding Program. Focusing on: Peacebuilding; Early Warning Early Response; Roles Functions of Local, National International Institutions; Violence Prevention Systems; Peace Processes Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Member, International Governing Council - Nonviolent Peaceforce 17/05/ /10/2007 Governance of the Organisation; Strategic Planning; Development of Policies; Decision- Making at the Governance Level for Mission Deployments Nonviolent Peaceforce International Office, 205 rue Belliard, 1040 Bruxelles, BELGIUM Course Director - United Nations University (Tokyo) 01/06/ /06/2005 Course Director: Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation. Topics: Tools Methods for Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation; Case Studies; Practical Experiences in Applied Peacebuilding United Nations University Centre, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo , Japan Associate Editor - Peace Encyclopedia (Oxford University Press) 01/10/ /10/2009 Identification Selection of Entries; Authoring Selected Entries; Review of Entries Oxford University Press International Peace Encyclopedia Oxford University Press Great, United Nations University Centre, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo , Japan, Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP

5 Course Director (Associate Faculty) - European Peace University 18/06/ /06/2007 Course Director: (1) Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation; (2) War to Peace Transitions; (3) Political Economy of Globalisation Peacebuilding European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Rochusplatz 1, A-7461 Stadtschlaining/ Austria Thematic Advisor, Peacebuilding Development - Norwegian People's Aid International Department 01/09/ /05/2000 Streamlining Peacebuilding into the Organisation; Development of Conflict Sensitive Programming Project Implementation Norwegian People's Aid, Storgt. 33 A, Oslo, Norway ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS International RPP Consultant 15/06/ /06/2009 Principal subjects / occupational skills covered type education training Training in Organisational Peacebuilding Project Evaluation Assessment using the Reflecting on Peace Practice Methodology developed by Collaborative for Development Action (CDA) Collaborative for Development Action (Training for CDA Consultants) (Swtizerl) Master of Sciences 18/08/ /09/1999 Principal subjects / occupational skills covered type education Peacebuilding Development; Conflict Transformation; Early Warning Early Response; Conflict Mapping; Case Studies; Mediation Peacemaking European Peace University (European Peace University)

6 Level in national or international classification MSC - Masters of Sciences Undergraduate Studies - Honours Degree Program 09/09/ /05/1998 Principal subjects / occupational skills covered type education Level in national or international classification Strategic Studies; International Conflicts; Political Economy; Political Philosophy Carleton University 4th 5th year courses: University Studies Post-Graduate "Peace Research" Course 28/06/ /08/1997 Principal subjects / occupational skills covered type education Level in national or international classification Title of qualification awarded Peace Research; Comparative Peace Processes; Conflict Analysis International Summer School University of Oslo Graduate Level Credits Trainer Training in Conflict Transformation Peacebuilding 30/06/ /07/1999 type education Central European University Level in Certified Trainer

7 national or international classification Certificate - Democracy, Human Rights Peaceful Conflict Transformation 20/08/ /11/1996 Principal subjects / occupational skills covered type education Level in national or international classification Wars Conflicts in Former Yugoslavia; Peacemaking Mediation; Negotiation Skills; History of former Yugoslavia Norwegian Foreign Ministry in cooperation with the Fritjof Nansen Academy, Norway Certificate CREDENTIALS 1. International Facilitator Systemic Peacebuilding NI Invited by the Strategy Group of the Systemic Peacebuilding NI process made up of key conflict party stakeholders, statutory bodies, ex-combatants, analysts business community to serve as the International Facilitator of the SPB NI process one of the largest most comprehensive engagements of multi-level, multi-sectoral stakeholders in NI to carry out a systematic review lessons learned of peacebuilding engagements, current strategic conflict analysis risks assessment joined-up strategic planning. 2. International Research Director, Improving Civil Society Peacebuilding Strategies, Design, Impact in Israel-Palestine Invited International Research Director of the 12 months Improving Civil Society Peacebuilding Strategies, Design Impact in Israel-Palestine project to provide a compressive review evaluation of peacebuilding peacemaking initiatives in Israel-Palestine. 3. International Consultant & Team Leader - Enhancing Commonwealth Early Warning Prevention Capacities Selected by the Head of the Political Affairs Division Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat to assist the Commonwealth in developing their early warning, prevention good offices capacities. Involves development of conflict analysis methodology, good offices tool boxes instruments, professional development training of senior ComSec staff political affairs advisors. 4. Advisor, Peacebuilding & Crisis Management - All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues, British Parliament (UK) Invited as a leading international expert in peacebuilding conflict analysis to provide nalysis policy advice to the British Parliament 5. Lead International Trainer, International Peace Development Training Centre (IPDTC) Invited globally the UN, governments, conflict parties, OSCE, Commonwealth Secretariat others to

8 provide advanced trainings, professional development programmes, Executive Leadership trainings in conflict war affected situations. 6. Invited Speaker at numerous national international conferences inter-governmental meetings on peacebuilding conflict issues FUNDED RESEARCH 1. Searching for Peace in Iraq Pilot Project Catalan Development Agency, Spain (2009 present) 2. Crimea Policy Dialogue Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finl (2009 present) 3. Systemic Peacebuilding NI OFM/DFM Belfast, Department of Foreign Affairs Dublin (2009 present) 4. Improving Civil Society Peacebuilding Strategies, Design, Impact in Israel-Palestine Spanish Development Agency (2009) 5. IMPACT Analysis of the Social, Economic Political Costs of Conflict Opportunities for Peace Dividends in Moldova-Transdniestria DFID ( ) 6. ARCA Evaluation of Lessons Learned Professional Training of Adult Practitioners in Peacebuilding European Commission ( ) PUBLICATIONS Palestine Israel - Improving Civil Society Peacebuilding, Strategies, Design, Impact. DPO PATRIR/NOVA (2010) Peacebuilding: The State of the Field in Ricci, Andrea, From Early Warning to Early Action?: The Debate on the Enhancement of the EU s Crisis Response Capability Continues, (Vol. 3) Publications Office, Brussels (2010) Peacebuilding: 12 Dynamics, in Marc Pilisuk Michael N. Nagler, (Eds.) Peace Movements Worldwide: History, Psychology, Practices, Praeger, Santa Barbara (2010) Contributions to: Matveev, Denis. Iurie Ataman Svetlana Baldenkova. Civil Society Peacebuilding Guide for Moldova-Transdniestria. JCDC/PATRIR (2009) Conflict Analysis in Young, Nigel (ed), Peace Encyclopedia. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2009) Early Warning & Prevention: Quick Reference Guide, DPO-PATRIR Commonwealth Secretariat (2009) Civil Peace Service Policy Paper EN.CPS (2008) No Fist is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Power of Nonviolence. Rupesinghe, Kumar (ed), Nonviolent Coexistence. Colombo: Foundation For Co-Existence Lessons Learned Report. Paths to Peace Education in Europe: Experiences, Lessons Learned Opportunities. Associations Resources for Conflict Management Skills (ARCA) Peace Studies, Peace Movements, Peace Praxis, DPO (2004) Somalia: Proposals for Strengthening International Support for Reconciliation. Nairobi: Novib. (2004) Toolkit for Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation in Nepal. GTZ/PATRIR (2003) Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Nepal: Towards a Comprehensive Strategic Framework. GTZ/PATRIR (2003) Br-Jacobsen, Kai (et al), Searching for Peace: The Road to TRANSCEND. London: Pluto Press (2002) Poverty War with Carl Jacobsen, Seminar Paper for Pugwash 1999 Our War Cultures Defining Parameters. ICL Research Paper #24. (1999) Beyond Security: New Approaches, New Perspectives, New Actors. ICL Research Paper #23. (1999) Israel-Palestine: A Call to Action. TRANSCEND (2001) Israel-Palestine: The Need for a Just Peace. Nordic Peace Research Institute Research Paper/TRANSCEND. (2000) Beyond Mediation: Towards Holistic Approaches to Peacebuilding Peace Actor Empowerment. ICL Research Paper #19. (1999) Kosovo/a, Yugoslavia, the World: A House in Flames. ICL Research Paper #20. (1999)

9 Das Scheitern von Friedensverhlungen oder imperialistische Strategie? in Zeitung fur Politische Okologie, No. 10, April/May (1999) Transcending the State: New Visions, New Actors, New Realities. ICL Research Paper #16 (1999) Cultures of War/Cultures of Peace: Perspectives from Afghanistan. ICL & Cooperation for Peace Unity in Afghanistan, Joint Research Paper. (1998) Afghanistan: A TRANSCEND Perspective. TRANSCEND ICL (1998) Peacebuilding Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Afghanistan: A Three-years Strategy Document for Cooperation for Peace Unity in Afghanistan. CPAU (1998) PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCIES 2010 Searching for Peace in Iraq Pilot Project: Iraq (NOVA & DPO) 2010 Strengthening Systemic Peacebuilding: Northern Irel (Mediation Northern Irel) 2009 Strengthening Systemic Peacebuilding: Northern Irel (Mediation Northern Irel) 2009 Improving Civil Society Peacebuilding Strategies, Design, Impact Israel-Palestine (DPO & NOVA) 2008 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission Training Programs: Moldova- Transnistria (Cooperative Peacebuilding Project & Project IMPACT) 2008 Training for Leadership / Authorities Representatives Working Group Experts from Chisinau Tiraspol Confidence Building Measures Process (OSCE) 2008 Training Government Ministry Officials: Strategic Planning Scenario Development for Decisions Makers: Moldova (GCPP, British Embassy, Moldova) 2008 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Sri Lanka (OTI) 2007 Institutional Development Organisational Strengthening (IDOS) Consultancy, One Text Initiative: Sri Lanka 2007 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Oaxaca-Mexico 2007 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Moldova-Transnistria (Cooperative Peacebuilding Project) 2007 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Burma 2006 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Oaxaca-Mexico 2006 Nonviolence Regional Training Capacity Building: Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Syria 2006 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Colombia 2006 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Burma 2006 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Moldova-Transnistria (Cooperative Peacebuilding Project) 2006 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Southern Thail 2005 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Burma 2005 present: International Advisor to the International Initiative for Departments of Peace 2005 present: International Governing Council, European Representative, Nonviolent Peaceforce 2004 Rapid Assistance Programme (RAP) Expert Advisor on Reconciliation to the Somali Peace Process (UN, EC, NOVIB*) 2004 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Aceh-Indonesia (Terre des Hommes*) 2004 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Regional Mission: South Asia (Terre des Hommes*) 2004 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Somalia (UNICEF*) 2004 Developing Community-Based Peacebuilding Inter-Community Conflict Transformation: Burnley, UK (Lancashire Council Burnley Youth Council*) 2004 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Missions: Colombia (Cooperacion Colombia*) 2003 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Missions: Burnley, UK (Lancashire Council*) Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Missions: Nepal (GTZ & National Human Rights Commission*) 1998 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Afghanistan (Cooperation for Peace Unity in Afghanistan*)

10 1997 Peacebuilding Conflict Transformation Country Mission: Yugoslavia (International Committee for War Crimes in the Balkans*) TRAINING PROGRAMMES PROVIDED 268 training programmes provided(between 2 9 days each) for participants, including UN staff, diplomats, government officials, aid development workers, international national NGO staff, IGOs, scholars academics, teachers, journalists, community-based development workers, in 36 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America Europe in: peacebuilding, violence prevention, conflict transformation by peaceful means developing peace processes war to peace transitions developing integrated approaches strategic frameworks for peacebuilding, conflict transformation, postwar recovery, reconciliation rehabilitation strategic planning development post-war recovery reconciliation healing after violence strengthening local capacities for peace social mobilisation empowerment people centred participatory development nonviolent action peace development analyses