National Peace  and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) conducted a one and half day training workshop in Harare from the 13^th – 14^th March 2020  for enumerators for  conflict mapping baseline survey in  Harare,  Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East.  NPRC’s Research and Knowledge Management thematic area facilitated the training. The enumerators’ workshop looked at the various conflict epochs in Zimbabwe dating back to the 11^th Century to the current post independent period.

The workshop aimed at equipping the enumerators with basic skills for collecting data for a baseline study. The enumerators’ workshop focused on the following;

• Attributes of a good researcher
• Background to the survey
• Expected outcomes of the study
• Sexual crimes
• Social Cohesion and Reconciliation Index (SCORE)
• Conflict Early Warning Early Response (CEWER).

The workshop indicated the following as objectives of the study;

• To outline the nature, scope, causes consequences, actors and impact of conflicts in identified areas in Zimbabwe’s ten provinces
• Identify community approaches in resolving/ alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Sub-objectives were also identified as the following;

• To identify types of conflicts whose consequences communities still feel
• Alternative dispute resolution mechanism
• To identify sexual crimes committed against women and girls during conflicts period
• To identify the level  of social cohesion in the country
• To gauge visibility, awareness and impact of NPRC