CURRICULUM, METHODOLOGY & PRACTICE

The methodology that forms the school design is based on a mix of lectures, working groups, workshops and readings. Basic information about OSCE organisations and organisational structures will be made available or otherwise recommended in advance in order to help participants prepare for the lectures. Lectures will use primarily the case study approach and will especially focus on recent developments and activities of the OSCE and related governmental and non-governmental organisations. Working groups will give participants the opportunity to consolidate subjects dealt with in the lectures. Workshops will be held in order to enhance communication skills and intercultural understanding and to learn how to deal with one’s own role within a team and vis-à-vis conflicting parties. Participants will practice conflict analysis and resolution skills and gain experimental knowledge of different concepts through interactive exercises, such as role-plays and simulation exercises.

Evaluations are scheduled for the end of each week in order to facilitate integrating lectures, working-groups, workshops and readings into a coherent basis for discussing what has been learned. The programme will also include excursions (e.g. Vienna).

For further information on the programme itself, you may refer final reports of previous Summer Academies on OSCE.