Barcelona (E), October 2012 - As of October, the UOC School for Cooperation will validate subjects on the Master's in Conflictology in English for United Nations personnel who are studying in any of the courses on the UNITAR training programme. Thanks to this institutional collaboration, many of the workers on peace missions will be able to gain a UOC university qualification.
This is a two-way agreement that will also benefit UOC students wishing to take any subjects in the UNITAR course catalogue, as their credits will be validated. Consequently, students taking the Understanding Conflicts and Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution courses in the Peacekeeping Training Programme will automatically obtain recognition of the Introduction to Conflictology subject on the UOC's Conflictology Master's.
Practice in the field
Another of the possibilities offered by the agreement is the ability to undertake practical placements with UNITAR. UOC students who apply for it will be able to take part in the conflict resolution programmes run by the United Nations and in peace operations and other post-conflict peacekeeping processes.
UNITAR is the United Nations' professional training and research institute and has, since 1965, been meeting the training needs in the areas of the environment, peace, security, diplomacy, and government of the UN member states. The UNITAR peacekeeping training programme has extensive experience in the design of eLearning courses aimed at civilian, military, and police personnel serving on peace operations.
