The Peacebuilding & Development Institute (PDI) aims to provide cutting-edge training, research, and capacity-building opportunities for practitioners and scholars in the areas of development, humanitarian assistance, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. In addition, the Institute provides practical opportunities for students to complement their academic work while connecting peacebuilding and development actors via research, symposia, and forums. PDI has several components: Trainings & Symposia, the Summer Institute, the Children and Youth Division, the Peacebuilding Forums, and International Programs. These components integrate policy, practice, and theory to create new approaches to conflict-sensitive and transformative peace practice. One current example is the Humanitarian Practice & Training Program. This program comprises a series of professional skill seminars to provide humanitarian and relief workers with innovative and cutting-edge tools and techniques for providing effective, efficient, and accountable aid to beneficiaries.  

For more information and the next seminars, please visit http://www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding