Conflict Analysis – 3Ps

From Peacebuilding

Contents 1 Note 2 Purpose 3 Time 4 Participants 5 Materials 6 Process 7 Debriefing 8 Source

Note

With this activity participants are asked to apply a tool for conflict analysis to their context, i.e. to the context of conflict where they live/work in. When participants to your workshop come from different places you might like to form work groups based on their provenience, in order for them to be able to work on the same conflict.

You can also choose to apply the tool on a fictional conflict, using a case study, or to a conflict not connected with participants’ background.

The process described below refers to participants coming from the same context and analysing their conflict.

For a quick introduction to "why conflict analysis?", click here.

Purpose

Provide an introductory tool for analysing conflict.

Time

90-120 minutes.

Participants

At least one group with 3-6 individuals.

Materials

• Flip chart papers;
• Markers;
• A flip chart page reproducing the 3Ps triangle, as follows:

Process

I) Introduce the activity with a presentation on conflict analysis, specifically on the 3Ps tool. For the content you can refer to Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual (see below), pp. 60-61. Draw the 3Ps triangle on a flip chart page as shown below as visual aid.

• • • Incoude Image 3Ps Triangle ***

II) Divide the plenary into work groups of 3-6 individuals and assign their task: to apply the 3Ps tool for conflict analysis to their conflict (the context of conflict they live or work in, local, national or regional).

III) Start group work and assign sufficient time (60 min.). Distribute flip chart papers and markers to each group and ask them to take note of their findings.

IV) After group work, have groups return to the plenary and facilitate reporting and discussion.

Debriefing

During sharing and discussion you can point out to differences in analysis. Be careful to focus more on the process of using the tool than on the actual findings. The purpose of this activity is not to obtain a thorough conflict analysis, but to introduce the tool and learn how to it.

Source

Adapted from Fast, Larissa, Neufeldt, Reina, et al., [A Caritas Training Manual], Vatican City: Caritas Internationalis, 2002. The activity has been originally inspired from Lederach, John Paul, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies, Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1997.