-I look forward to this collaboration! Our new council and board have a high level of professional expertise and can assist with a lot of positive work in the peace work, says director Alfredo Zamudio. The new names are Benedicte Bull, Laila Bokhari, Mina Gerhardsen, Nassima Dzair and Assefa Faris.Poland: “We gained hope for change and energy to act”
“Poland is witnessing conflict situations, polarity between different social groups and a preference for force-based solutions. These are difficult times, and the development of social dialogue can be a great support in the prevention of further divisions,” writes attorney Karolina Szulc-Nagłowska.
How do we get out of a conflict if we don’t have a map?
If you don’t have a map for the future, dialogue helps you to find a safer route. In its purest description, dialogue is a tool to rebuild trust and an aid to finding lasting solutions.
New Nansen Training – Dialogue in Conflict
This training is finished (Lillehammer, Norway, March 2nd – 6th 2020)
Do you need tools to analyze and transform conflicts? This training will help you to understand the elements and potentials of dialogue.
Dialogue – a cheap and effective tool for preventing armed conflicts
«Mediation and dialogue are the most effective and cheapest tools for preventing and resolving armed conflicts,» writes Davis Makori, an advocate and campaigner working on the protection of civilians in African armed conflicts.
The Polish model: big business invests in peace
The business sector and the civil society are working together for peace and strengthening democracy in Poland. In this interview, Orange Poland explains why a telecommunications company would use its resources to support dialogue and the social fabric.
Rethinking Dialogue
My first encounter with dialogue as a process of conflict transformation was in 2008 shortly after the post-election violence in Kenya that left over 1,200 dead and thousands of others displaced.
Annual report 2018 – Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue
We do not need more walls or lies between people. We need meeting points and more cooperation.
A world of dialogue
The International Summer School at the University of Oslo is gathering hundreds of students from all over the world. Some of them came to the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue, to learn the art of asking questions and to understand how to manage conflicts through dialogue.
Dialogue for empowerment and change
