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2026 Annual Peacebuilding Training
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Description
"Grounding Peace: Deepening Roots in Fragile Contexts"
The Annual Peacebuilding Training is a three-week training program organized and conducted once every year by MPI. It is part of the Institute’s Education and Training Direction that aims to capacitate individuals and their institutions in the field of peacebuilding, which began in the year 2000. Through this training, you will gain deeper knowledge and practical skills in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, climate justice, and related fields, while learning alongside participants from across Southeast Asia and beyond through rich context exchanges.
From May 18 to June 5, 2026, at the Mergrande Ocean Resort, Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines, the training will consist of nine courses taught by long-time experienced facilitators from Asia-Pacific and North America. Three new courses will also be offered: Tech for Peace: Using Digital Tools for Conflict Transformation in Week 1; Psychosocial Trauma Healing and Resilience for Peacebuilders; and Culture, Arts, and Indigenous Wisdom in Practice: A Field-based Course in Week 3.
Submit your applications on or before April 20, 2026. A 5% discount is available for applicants who submit their application on or before March 20, 2026 (terms and conditions apply). You may visit our website and download the information packet for the full details: https://mpiasia.net/mpi2026
Location
Mergrande Ocean Resort
How to Join
Admission Criteria
- Can effectively communicate in English (oral and written)
- Have at least two years of experience in peacebuilding or related areas of development or human rights
- Able to clearly outline objectives/strategies for applying the lessons and skills learned from the training to one’s work situation or specific context in a Statement of Intent (to be completed in the Application Form)
- Able and committed to fully participate in the courses
- Open to dialogue with people of other faiths and cultures
Application Process
- Complete the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM (preferred) or DOWNLOAD THE FILLABLE APPLICATION FORM and upload it along with the required documents listed in item #2 at https://www.mpiasia.net/mpi2026docupload.
- Submit the following required documents:
- Curriculum Vitae/Résumé
- Letter of Recommendation
- A copy of your Passport ID Page (for international participants)
- A copy of your Philippine Visa Page (for international participants living/working in the Philippines)
- ONLY FULLY ACCOMPLISHED APPLICATIONS WITH COMPLETE DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROCESSED. The deadline for receipt of discounted-fee applications is March 20, 2026, and for regular applications is April 20, 2026. Applications not completed by the deadlines will be automatically canceled.
- Once your application is reviewed by MPI, you will receive an ACCEPTANCE LETTER and a BILLING STATEMENT, which will be sent either to you for individual payment or to your sponsoring organization, if applicable.
- Upon receipt of your full payment, you will receive a CONFIRMATION LETTER securing your spot in the training. ACCEPTANCE ONLY MEANS YOU HAVE A TENTATIVE SLOT IN THE COURSE(S). RESERVATION and CONFIRMATION of your slot will only follow once your full payment has been received by MPI.
