The executive board and staff of the Gambia Press Union on Thursday, 8th May 2020, ended a two-day training on conflict and crisis management.
The training was designed to enhance the capacity of GPU leadership in mediating workplace conflict arising among its affiliate journalist associations and in the media, in general.
The
15-participant training at TANGO Conference Hall observed social distancing in
the sitting arrangement, and in addition, face masks and sanitisers were
provided.
The event was organised and
funded as part of the Civil Society Fund of Denmark-funded project that the
Union is co-implementing together with its Danish counterparts, Gambia Media
Support (GAMES).
Lamin Jahateh, programme manager
for the Union, said he considered the training as one of the most important
trainings organised by the GPU for the fact that conflict is almost a constant
feature wherever people of different backgrounds and worldviews meet.
But, he said, the presence of
conflict is not a problem in itself. It is how the conflict is managed
that makes the difference hence the importance of a training on conflict
management for people involve in mediation.
Yankuba Manjang, executive
secretary of Peace Ambassador The Gambia, thanked the GPU for giving them the
platform to fulfil their mandate of advocating for peace and training young
people on peacebuilding.
