“The program clearly demonstrates its uniqueness among training initiatives. It reminded me of the essential building blocks and the real-world challenges of peacebuilding. A truly thought‑provoking experience.”
FY2025 Program Associate—Mid-Career Course
The Mid-Career Course is a professional development course, designed to help mid-level professionals working in peacebuilding and international development to take stock of where they are in their careers and develop strategies for achieving their career goals. All participants must have at least seven years of practical experience in fields related to peacebuilding and international development. The course is designed to leverage participants’ experience and knowledge to further build their careers and learn the skills necessary for managerial positions.
Highlights from the FY2025 Mid-Career Course
The Mid-Career Course was held from January 7 to 13, 2026, at Hiroshima University’s Higashi-Hiroshima Campus (partly in Hiroshima City). The Program Associates came from Austria, Cameroon, France, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Nepal, and Pakistan. They had a wide range of professional backgrounds, including UN organizations, multilateral development banks, NGOs, government agencies, and the private sector.
Mr. Guillaume Foliot (Senior Advisor at the UN System Staff College) led a diverse group of facilitators from senior positions in UN agencies, the private sector, and Hiroshima University in conducting the course.
The course focused on themes such as “self-assessment,” “communication,” “team management and teamwork,” “mock interviews,” and “leadership”. The training also featured lectures from international experts, who shared the latest trends in major issues such as peacebuilding, multilateralism, the Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Nexus, and UN 2.0. The Program Associates themselves brought a wealth of experience to the training, which enabled them to share a broad range of perspectives and learn from one another—as well as from the facilitators—throughout the course.