a series of online workshops
PEACE LAB
civic peacebuilding with international experts and practitioners
Recent events
April' 16
Goran Lojančić
Dialogue as an approach and a practice of peacebuilding
Upcoming workshops to be announced later
civic peacebuilding
We use it as an umbrella term that includes grassroots diplomacy, antiwar activism, reconciliation work, dialogues, collective trauma healing, and more. Our key interest is in what can empower people and local communities (including across the lines of conflict) to collectively act for peace.
Peace Lab is:
1. A series of online workshops with experts and practitioners from diverse backgrounds: from academics to grassroots activists. Those are monthly meetings held in English. We are originally a Russian initiative, yet we invite the global community to join.
2. Interactive sessions facilitated by us in between the workshops. They are meant for networking, reflection and processing the takeaways from the workshops.
3. Part of our dream is the global community of peace activists that exchange experience, practice solidarity and support each other.
About the project
You are registering for the workshop with Goran Lojančić on 16.04.2024.
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After submitting you'll be redirected to the page with the zoom-link to the event and the payment method.
Previous workshops
Mary Kaldor
Human Security, civil society and new wars
Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, author of the book “New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era”, co-founder of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly.
How do we conceptualise modern hybrid complex wars? And more importantly, how do we rethink the global security in the world based not on “national security”, but rather human security. What role does civil society play in peace-building, what can it do and where does the modern peace-building movement stand.
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Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, author of the book “New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era”, co-founder of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly.
How do we conceptualise modern hybrid complex wars? And more importantly, how do we rethink the global security in the world based not on “national security”, but rather human security. What role does civil society play in peace-building, what can it do and where does the modern peace-building movement stand.
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Innocent Musore
Reconciliation dialogue in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda
Innocent is a peacebuilding activist in Rwanda, the Founder and the Executive Director of GER-Rwanda, facilitator of forums and trainings for youth on post-genocide reconciliation.
How was the Rwandian society reconciling after the genocide in 1994. What were the driving factors. Healing the transgenerational trauma and working with youth. Constructing the new narrative. Using “Worldwork” method. Forgiveness and personal commitment to leading difficult conversations.
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Innocent is a peacebuilding activist in Rwanda, the Founder and the Executive Director of GER-Rwanda, facilitator of forums and trainings for youth on post-genocide reconciliation.
How was the Rwandian society reconciling after the genocide in 1994. What were the driving factors. Healing the transgenerational trauma and working with youth. Constructing the new narrative. Using “Worldwork” method. Forgiveness and personal commitment to leading difficult conversations.
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Goran Lojančić
Dialogue as an approach and a practice of peacebuilding
Goran Lojančić is a conflictologist and peacebuilder from the Balkans, an independent facilitator, and former director of the Nansen Dialogue Network in Belgrade. Organizer and facilitator of dialogue peacebuilding programs and workshops in Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, as well as in Russia and Ukraine after 2014.
How does the dialogue approach help to reconcile and find common ground with the recent enemy? What if the parties don't agree about the "basic facts"? What is the role and traits of a facilitator capable of supporting the dialogue in a post-conflict society? Stages and features of dialogue. Demo exercise.
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Goran Lojančić is a conflictologist and peacebuilder from the Balkans, an independent facilitator, and former director of the Nansen Dialogue Network in Belgrade. Organizer and facilitator of dialogue peacebuilding programs and workshops in Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, as well as in Russia and Ukraine after 2014.
How does the dialogue approach help to reconcile and find common ground with the recent enemy? What if the parties don't agree about the "basic facts"? What is the role and traits of a facilitator capable of supporting the dialogue in a post-conflict society? Stages and features of dialogue. Demo exercise.
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The project is a follow-up of some of our previous initiatives: the workshop with Adam Kahane and
the course on Civic Facilitation.
If you’d like to join the Peace Lab team, suggest a speaker, a topic or another idea – reach to us at civicfacilitationlab@gmail.com
the course on Civic Facilitation.
If you’d like to join the Peace Lab team, suggest a speaker, a topic or another idea – reach to us at civicfacilitationlab@gmail.com
Team
Vlad Sakovich is a group processes facilitator, psychologist, peacebuilder.
Co-author of the course on Civic Facilitation. Facilitator of Open forums on war
for Russians.
Co-author of the course on Civic Facilitation. Facilitator of Open forums on war
for Russians.
Dmitry Makarov is a human rights defender, trainer on human rights, citizen oversight and campaigning. Co-author of the course on Civic Facilitation. Co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
