dialogue for peaceful change

A letter from the IEPC in Jamaica

2011-05-31T11:38:00.000+01:00

Two DPC trainers took part in the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston/Jamaica. Paul Edward Muego (Philippines), who was there together with Iulia Picu (Romania), sent the following report about his experience:

"Got home Sunday evening; it was a long way (a total of more than 24 hours of flight time!). But then well and good; my wife and daughter picked me up at the airport.

the whole IEPC went well in terms of sharing and listening to the different experiences of churches and organizations in terms of peacebuilding work. These came out during the plenaries as well as the reasoning workshops. Documenting all the learning that came out in the workshops and even in the buzz groups duing plenaries is a big challenge. The IEPC could certainly have done more in this regard.

But of course in the context of the Decade to Overcome Violence, we still have a very long collective journey ahead of us. Using the TIDES as a model to look at the situation of the different churches and their myriad of initiatives, a lot of work still needs to be done. This was very evident, for example, when the IEPC statement was being discussed.

The DPC (the tools, the models) provided me with a very good framework to analyze the different initiatives as presented in the different workshops and plenaries that I participated in. For me, this shows the practical usefullness of the work that we do (the DPC)--from the micro to the macro level.

As for the DPC workshop, we didn't have the number that we expected before the IEPC started. Coming from a participant-perspective, I myself would have chosen to go to different workshops rather than stay on the same workshop stretched out in 4 days. And of course, the presence of the two "Germans" would have helped a lot in terms of promoting the workshop.

Of particular interest for me as well was the participation of a good number of people from EDAN (Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network). I attended most of their workshops. Using the FEARS, the disability sector in general are regarded as the "losers". Their struggle for inclusion within the ecumenical world, which they say formally started in Harare, still has a long way to go as well.

All in all it was a very good experience. It was great working with Iulia. We both had fun preparing for and facilitating the workshops. As well as a lot of reflections and insights shared in between sessions and plenaries.

Am very thankful, blessed, and honored to have participated in the IEPC. I say it was well all the effort and all."

Paul's pictures on Facebook

paulenmuego@yahoo.com

Upcoming DPC trainings in the Netherlands and in No. Ireland

2010-10-07T13:46:00.000+01:00

In the last months of 201, two additional DPC- trainings are planned.

1. From 22 - 26 October a Training of Facilitators is planned in the Netherlands. For more information please contact Jaap van der Sar (jvdsar@stichtingoikos.nl).
2. Between November 2010 and Summer 2011 TIDES will run four DPC Training of Facilitators in No. Ireland . The first one has just confirmed dates and will take place over two weekends in Belfast: First weekend 20 - 21st of Nov , second weekend 4 – 5th of Dec. For further information please contact Courtnae Dunn (courtnaedunn.tides@gmail.com).

Jaap van der Sar

An Award Winning Project!

2010-09-24T08:23:00.003+01:00

At his National Project Safe Neighborhoods conference, the US Attorney General, Eric Holder, presented the the Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods Most Outstanding Community Involvement Award 2010 to the Youth Intervention Network in Antioch, Ca,
The project in Antioch was nominated for this Award by the US Attorney for the of Northern District of California, Mr. Jospeh Russionello. This award distinguishes the Youth Intervention Network as a national best practice in developing effective community collaborations addressing the problem of youth violence while successfully recruiting, training and mobilizing community volunteers. Noteworthy elements of the Youth Intervention Network are:

The High Performing Community Collaboration framework - as developed by Emerald Consulting.
At risk indicators identified through individual analysis of more than 8,000 youth with legal safeguards to protect privacy.
The involvement of a high number of volunteers who do the actual support-work for the kids and their families. At present more than 100 volunteers have invested more than 20,000 volunteer hours, and completed approximately 100 hours of training each.
The application of "Dialogue for Peaceful Change" (DPC) as the so called 'software' of the system to enhance effective cooperation between involved agencies as well as the quality of the interventions, made by the volunteers in different roles.

As an effect of this award, a number of new communities showed a strong wish to have this approach replicated in their communities as well. Meetings with officials from the US government are supporting the idea that more cities in the USA can apply this approach. In the meanwhile it is also important to enlarge the group of involved people in Antioch itself. When Antioch can be sustained, the enlargement is possible. We are working on that!
Iris Archuleta, Jaap van der Sar
For more information: jvdsar@stichtingoikos.nl

DPC leaflet 2010

2010-05-09T11:06:00.001+01:00

Dialogue for Peaceful Change flyer 2010 -

DPC successfully applied in Antioch

2010-04-01T08:20:00.001+01:00

Youth violence, low test scores and grades, truancy, gang affiliation and disconnection from family and school are words with a meaning in many cities and places throughout the world. In Antioch, CA, police chief Jim Hyde and Iris Archuleta, Co-founder of Emerald Consulting decided not to just complain about the problem. Instead, they started the Youth Intervention Network. With the help of many professionals and - more important - volunteers, they utilized Emerald Consulting’s High Performing Community (HPC)- model as a positive response to the developments in their city. Through the application of DPC they were able to generate enthusiasm for a hands-on approach of the challenges.

DPC was used in at least four ways. First it appeared a very useful tool for the improvement of the cooperation between the many agencies at play. Second it is the basic approach for all volunteers in their contacts with the children as well as with their parents. Volunteers meet with parents and youth who have agreed to cooperate with the process of using mediation as a substitute for more traditional assessment tools. Volunteers get a very intense support and training before they are allowed to engage youth and families, and they continue to receive support. Third DPC created a common language and approach for many people in schools, in police-service, in social work, and in policy-making bodies. Fourth - not amazing for many who already followed a DPC-training - it had an impact on the facilitators in their personal lives. The feed back after the trainings and also after many meetings where DPC was applied, is still: ”It is life changing.“

In Antioch it also appears to be life-saving. Quite some other places want to learn from the experiences, knowing that it can't be a quick solution for an already long lasting problem. However, HPC combined with DPC appears to be a hopeful sign for a systemic change, not just regarding youth and youth violence. That would be too easy and tends to makes youth a convenient scapegoat. This approach changes the whole community and makes life better for all its stakeholders.

For more information please contact
Iris Archuleta, JD
Co-Founder, Emerald Consulting
Co-Chair, The Youth Intervention Network
iris@emeraldconsulting.com
+ 1 925-755-9291
www.emeraldconsulting.com

Faclitators, trainers and coaches for DPC

2010-03-31T11:49:00.001+01:00

At present nearly 450 persons have been certified after their participation in the DPC-Training of Facilitators. Participants of the 33 trainings so far came from very many different countries, from all continents - where just one came from Australia. The trainings have been given in 12 different countries.

As part of the trainings, which were offered, a "foundational course" was given, where the full mediation training wasn't part of the program. Due to reasons for time or participants, the program was changed into a training where the tools were applied in the way organisations can cooperate more productively. Most of the time this dealt with mechanisms to really validate the interdependence between groups and organisations.

This was also the entry-point for the many trainings in the place where most facilitators were trained: Antioch, CA in the USA - about 115 facilitators in this town and far more to come. As a result of these adopted trainings we now have 86 people who have been taught the DPC-cooperation skills and attitudes.

In the beginning of DPC we started with very few people, who were able to train. Now we have 12 associate trainers, 12 certified trainers and 5 certified trainers who also act as a coach for the associate trainers.

Most important however is the fact that facilitators report about the way they apply their learnings through DPC in daily life. It's life-changing and encouraging.

Jaap van der Sar
DPC-project-coordinator at Oikos

First DPC-training in the Netherlands

2010-03-30T10:14:00.001+01:00

Although the DPC-project started in the Netherlands with a conference, a DPC-training wasn't scheduled in this country yet. This has changed now. During two extended weekends a Training of Facilitators will take place. Doing it this way opportunities are provided for people with busy working-schedules to participate with only two 'official' working days involved.

The training will take place from 28 - 30 May and from 11 - 13 June 2010. Trainers are Ingeberte Uitslag and Jaap van der Sar. Support for the training will be given by Bart Brandsma, who applied DPC-thoughts in an approach towards polarisation.

The training takes place in Dominikanen Klooster te Huissen.
Participation fee is € 1.150; some funds are available for a reduction for a small number of participants

For more information and for registration, contact Oikos through tel +31 30 2361 500 or email oikos@stichtingoikos.nl

New DPC-training scheduled in Tatamagouche, Canada

2010-03-30T09:38:00.000+01:00

“This is the best of the many excellent Tatamagouche programs I have taken” - 2009 DPC Participant
“The program is nicely put together with a great progression of activities at the perfect pace; it is one of the most interactive and engaging programs I have taken.” - 2009 DPC Participant

“I think this program is more than a program about mediation; it challenges a person to look inside themselves, it develops skills possibly that had become “lax” and it helps you deeply look at your personal value system” - 2009 DPC participant

Early June (June 6, 7pm - June 11, 1pm)a new DPC-training is scheduled in Tatamagouche, Canada. Supported by the trainers Ishbel Munro and Steve Law, a new Training of Facilitators will take place. This will be the fourth in Tatamagouche - indicating the high value this centre gives to the training.

Price: Cost: $925, all local costs included

For information or to register contact tel. 1-800-2220 or http://tatacentre.ca/programs/details/1446

Pre-Assembly DPC Workshop in Ghana

2009-01-24T18:11:00.010Z

The Ramseyer Training Centre in Abetifi hosted from 26 - 29 November 2008 the workshop included as a pre-event before the General Assembly of ACLCA. The training team - Jaap vand der Sar, Igeme Katagwe, Iulia Picu - introduced 26 participants from all over Africa, members of ACLCA, to the content of Dialogue for Peaceful Change, with emphasis on aspects like communication, models of understanding human behaviour when conflicts are arising or present – as well as different possibilities of dealing with conflicts. Quite some time was spent on mediation, both formal and informal.Through experiential learning, the participants were led into becoming aware of their almost instinctive reactions in conflict situations and understand that they could bring their own experience and knowledge as a key-resource to the workshop.The reactions, both in a verbal round in the last plenary session as well as on paper, indicated that participants recognised the patterns, as they were taught. There was an overwhelming positive response and requests for future training to be held in other centres.

"On my part what I found striking especially from participants is the avalache of requests to hold DPC in their Centers. Two ladies from Cameroon were emphatic and made it my farewell message that I should arrange a DPC workshop for francophone Africa. I spoke to the Francophone representative, Dr Pascal Foussou, who was excited about the idea. In a nutshell life in Africa is bridled with types of conflict that can have social disruption on unwanted scale. So DPC training with its emphasis on mediative skills is appropriate. With Africa we have to widen the part of mediative behaviour because of the latent conflicts that are on the rise regarding different enthnic communities"

Igeme Katagwe

DPC Coordination Team met in Wageningen/NL

2008-12-03T19:30:00.000Z

Successful Inter-religious DPC-training in Pakistan

2008-07-21T11:39:00.004+01:00

20 new DPC-facilitators. This is the result of the training of DPC facilitators, held at the Christian Study Centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan from 12 - 17 July 2008. Participants came from different organisations from all over the country, as well as from different religious communities - Muslim and Christian. At the beginning of the training the question was raised whether DPC-methodology is applicable in the Pakistani context. The conclusion at the end of the training was: Very much so. Participants recognised that DPC offers a methodology which can be easily applied in families, in organisations as well as in relationships between groups that have conflicting views, or in the prevention stages of conflicts. DPC helps preventing to go to violent stages - that was one of the key learnings that participants took home.
Jaap van der Sar

Conflict and cooperation

2008-05-21T07:47:00.001+01:00

Recently two trainings have been given in the USA. The main focus was how to improve the way different organisations, all focused at the youth within a certain area of San Fransisco, can cooperate effectively. As in all forms of cooperation, it can be expected that tensions will arise. How to handle them? This was subject of the DPC-training, knowing that it is far better to be prepared than to be surprised.

This modification of the Training of Facilitators adds to the possibilities to apply DPC.
The same subject is now discussed in a small project in the Netherlands, where we look for possibilities to apply DPC in the diversity-discussion. Many challenges ahead where DPC offers opportunities.

Jaap van der Sar

New Trainers for DPC

2008-04-14T13:07:00.001+01:00

Last week some 8 new associate trainers passed the DPC-Training of Trainers in No. Ireland. Participants have quite a variety of nationalities: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland and England), Mexico, Zimbabwe, United States, Kenya, Romania. With this new group we have now 12 associate trainers, 8 trainers and 4 coaches. We expect to get in each category in this year.

The new people are available for the delivery of a DPC-Training of Facilitators, wherever these will be held. Through the new people we now have better possibilities to serve people in different languages, like German and Spanish. English still is the main language for DPC; the main materials for the trainings are available in this language.

Jaap van der Sar

ir. J. van der Sar
Oikos
Postbus 19.170
NL - 3501 DD Utrecht
tel + 31 (0)30 2361524(direct)/2361500(secretariaat)
fax + 31 (0)30 2364903
e-mailadres: jvdsar@stichtingoikos.nl
www.stichtingoikos.nl
www.een.nl

DPC Training at Spirit in the Desert (Phoenix, Arizona) from May 4 to 9, 2008

2008-04-09T10:24:00.004+01:00

Dialogue for Peaceful Change, May 4 - 9. Dialogue for Peaceful Change is a methodology used globally, that creates a setting and provides a pathway for overcoming division. DPC is not the goal but the instrument in a process which seeks to build the creative and practical skills of peaceful change. It’s about facilitating the road to solutions found and agreed by the people caught in negative conflict patterns. I have taken this training and highly recommend it. Contact Paul Campbell if you are interested.

Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe | Sokwanele

2008-04-05T16:51:00.000+01:00

Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe Sokwanele

Technologies For Peace » Directory of Initiatives

2008-04-01T13:44:00.000+01:00

The Stanford University Persuasive Technology Lab has this interesting blog.

Technologies For Peace » Directory of Initiatives

Interesting research? Cooperation, punishment and revenge

2008-03-11T09:32:00.001Z

"Research from The University of Nottingham has shed new light on the way in which people co-operate for the common good — and what happens when they don’t.

In a new international study of 16 countries, published in the prestigious journal Science, economists studied the extent to which some people will sacrifice personal gain to benefit the wider public, while ‘freeloaders’ try to take advantage of their generosity.

Marked national differences arose when freeloaders were punished for putting their own interests ahead of the common good. And whether they accepted their punishment or retaliated in kind depended on what kind of society they lived in, the researchers found.

In countries like the USA, Switzerland and the UK, freeloaders accepted their punishment and became much more co-operative. But in countries based on more authoritarian and parochial social institutions such as Oman, Saudi Arabia, Greece and Russia, the freeloaders took revenge — retaliating against those who had punished them.

Co-operation for the common good plummeted as a result.

In societies where the modern ethic of co-operation with unrelated strangers is less familiar and the rule of law is perceived to be weak, revenge is more common and co-operation suffers, the study found.

Economists are keen to understand the decision-making processes behind co-operation, as working together for the common good is crucial for progress in any society — not least for effectively addressing big issues such as recycling and tackling climate change.

Professor Simon Gaechter and Dr Benedikt Herrmann at The University of Nottingham and Dr Christian Thoni at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland, studied the behaviour of people in 16 cities around the world, from Boston and Bonn to Riyadh, Minsk, Nottingham, Seoul and others. Volunteers played a ‘public goods’ game in which they were given tokens and told they could either keep them all for themselves, or put it into a common ‘pot’ that would yield extra interest that would be shared out equally among all players.

If all volunteers pooled their money then all would come out with more at the end of the game. But if individuals chose to keep the money for themselves — and not contribute anything — they could keep all of it and also benefit from the generosity of others, by sharing in the pooled interest.

Levels of co-operation were remarkably similar across all 16 nations. However, behaviour changed dramatically when everyone’s contributions were revealed — and players were given the ability to ‘punish’ other players. Players could punish each other by taking tokens away from each other, although this option cost the punisher a token as well. As previous studies have shown, players were willing to part with a token of their own in order to punish low investors or freeloaders.

But the Science study also uncovered a new phenomenon. In subsequent rounds of the game, the freeloaders took revenge and hit back at their higher-paying counterparts in what is described as ‘anti-social punishment’. Or at least, they did in some cities — most notably in more traditional societies based on authoritarian and parochial social institutions such as Muscat in Oman, Athens, Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Samara in Russia, Minsk in Belarus, Istanbul, Seoul and Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine. Players in these cities showed the highest levels of ‘anti-social punishment’.

The ultimate effect of this is to decrease co-operation between individuals, bringing down contributions and earnings to very low levels..."

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New Facilitators training planned in Corrymeela

2008-02-29T09:45:00.001Z

After two succesful trainings in the last 5 months, Corrymeela has scheduled another Training of Facilitators for people, who want to learn the DPC-methodology. The training is held at the Corrymeela Centre, Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

Dates are: Sunday 31st- August Friday 5^th September 2008.
The application form can be taken from “Open events” on the Corrymeela website: www.corrymeela.org
For additional information contact Rachel Craig, coordinator of DPC at Corrymeela: rachelcraig@corrymeela.org

Jaap van der Sar

DPC experience useful in Kenyian situation

2008-01-08T17:38:00.001Z

A DPC practitioner from Kenya wrote on January 8^th, 2008:

„Dear …,

…

Kenya is is chaos. Personally I was a voter in Nairobi and it was so bad that for a period of 11days, I could not leave my house even to go to purchase grocery or airtime for my phone, lesser still to access the internet. I have never seen such wanton destruction in my entire life in the city.

Praise be to God that I am a beneficiary of teh DPC Training. I was able to get my neighbours together and we have managed to stay like brothers and sisters even though we are of different ethnic backgrounds.

What you have seen on CNN or any other channel available there in Germany is a drop of the actual situation. What is happening here on the ground is much more grevious. It will take Kenya quite some time to get back on its feet - in terms of the economy and people relations.

Well, that aside, am again happy that DPC has such plans as to organise another training. I really look forward to it because it will be an opportunity for me share with my trainers the experiences I have witnessed. Infact some of the incidences were executed so near to me if I had a Video camera I would have captured the raw scenes from a vantage point of my roof!

In the meantime, we hope the arrival of President Kufuor of Ghana for mediation will bear fruit. Otherwise in the meantime, the situation is still quite fluid.

Sir, I will be giving you updates as the situation progresses here. We are still unable to resume work due to uncertainities. Hopefully by Tuesday 15th, we shall be in the office.

Pass my regards to all the DPC Family members in Germany, Nertherlands, the USA and wherever else they are. Please let them pray for peace and stability in Kenya.

With best wishes,

…

Nairobi, Kenya."

New DPC-training

2007-12-14T14:24:00.001Z

Dialogue for Peaceful Change: Training of Facilitators in Northern Ireland

Conflicts are natural. Driving conflicts to violence is not an obligation! How can we make use of positive sides of conflicts and at the same time avoiding the bad consequences we experience quite often - either in newspapers or sometimes in our own lives.

This is at stake in the project Dialogue for Peaceful Change. The Training of Facilitators offers appropriate and practical skills to deal with conflicts and situations of conflicts more effectively.

The first ToF, which will take place in 2008, is scheduled
from    10^th February (arrival 5 pm)
to      15^th February (departure 2 pm)
in      Corrymeela, an ecumenical centre in Ballycastle, No. Ireland.
Participation fee is GBP 300 for the full training (Euro 450).
The main trainers are Rachel Craig and Liza Kelly.

Applicants should contact mrs. Oona Faloona at Corrymeela.

Contactdetails:

FAO Oona Faloona

Corrymeela Centre

5 Drumaroan Road

Ballycastle

Northern Ireland BT54 6QU

Fax: +44 (028) 2076 2770

Email: oonafaloona@corrymeela.org.
After you have sent in your application or a message of interest, you will get further information regarding travel details, payment of the fee, program and more.

Please inform Corrymeela about your interest as soon as possible, but no later than 15^th January 2008.
For further information about the program, please contact Rachel Craig (rachelcraig@corrymeela.org).

Changed dates for DPC training in Corrymeela/Northern Ireland

2007-07-13T10:12:00.000+01:00

Please note the changed dates for the DPC Training in Corrymeela/Northern Ireland: Now it startes at Sunday 2nd September 5 pm and it ends on the next Friday 2 pm.
The application form must be sent to the following address or faxed to +44 (028) 20762770.
Ms. Oona Faloona
Corrymeela Centre
5 Drumaroan Road
Ballycastle
Northern Ireland BT54 6QU
An electronic form can be sent to oonafaloona@corrymeela.org. For additional information, please contact Oona Faloona or Rachel Craig at +44 (028) 20762626.

Applicationforms for participation in DPC-trainings

2007-06-11T12:53:00.001+01:00

Applicationforms available.
In the autumn 2007 three DPC-trainings will take place in Europe (see other messages). For further information contact Jaap van der Sar or the contactperson in the center of your choice.

Tatamagouche training

2007-05-22T16:59:00.001+01:00

The DPC training in Tatamagouche (April-May 2007) is an example of DPC in it's best shape. A mixture of highly and less experienced participants in combination with the Nova Scotian setting created the atmosphere for an inspiring week. All participants recognized the surplus value of the DPC tool and illustrated this value by sharing their new insights in experiences and struggles in their work in situations of change and conflict. The combination of these stories and the new tools were the ingredients of a successful training in which every participant had their own valuable contribution. DPC thanks the Tatamagouche Center for the opportunity and support.

2007-05-03T09:40:00.000+01:00

Three DPC-trainings in the European region!

No changes without tensions
Looking for a better world requires important changes
Conflicts are natural - violence is not.
These are some of the learning's you get during the training in 'mediative dialogue'. This training, under the heading of the program "Dialogue for Peaceful Change" (DPC) has been developed in recent years. In 2007 three trainings will be given in Europe.

What is DPC?
DPC is an ecumenical project, dealing with a systematic approach of conflicts. As a result of the ongoing development in this project, we now have a Training of Facilitators (ToF) as well as a Training of Trainers (ToT). In the ToF we offer an intense and very practical training for people which normally have to deal with changes in their work or lives. Changes are always related to a certain level of conflict. The changes occur in personal lives as well in professional circumstances. DPC offers ways to deal with these changes and conflicts in a very adequate way. The ToF is a training during five full days, guided by two experienced trainers for a group of max. 16 participants.

Three Trainings of Facilitators
We are happy to invite you for one of the following three DPC-trainings for facilitators:
· 3 September - 9 September 2007: Corrymeela, Ballycastle, No. Ireland. Corrymeela has quite a reputation in dealing with conflicts. It has developed it's experience and competence during the struggle within Northern Ireland in the last decades. Corrymeela is an ecumenical centre of reconciliation for local, national and international groups. The training will be given by Mrs. Rachel Craig, working at Corrymeela and dealing with conflicts in the family- and community-level of the No. Irish society, and Mrs. Ingeberte Uitslag, working at Stichting Oikos, the Netherlands. She applies the methodology in her work as neighbourhood-counselling as well as in her work regarding development aid and the public awareness in that field. Ingeberte is a member of the DPC-Coordination team.

Participation in this training costs € 475 - the most expensive one of the three. The advantage for several people will be: lower travel costs to No. Ireland. For further information as well as for application for this training - please contact Mr. David Price at Corrymeela (tel. + 44 28 20762626, david.price@corrymeela.org).

· 30 September - 6 October 2007: Home of Hope, Brasov, Romania. Home of Hope has a history of more than 15 years and deals with questions in society. It's a protestant centre with open eyes for processes in society as a whole. Heavy changes have occurred and will occur in this country. Home of Hope participates and reflects on it as well. That's why the centre is well equipped to host a ToF for people from Romania as well as from foreign countries. The training will be given, again, by two trainers. The first is Mr. Colin Craig, director of Tides Training in No. Ireland. He has a long experience in dealing with trainings regarding conflicts. He got his experience, among others, during his work as director of Corrymeela. Colin is also member of the DPC-Coordination team. The second trainer isn't appointed yet.

Participation in this training costs € 275; the travel costs have to be paid by participants themselves. For further information as well as for application for this training, please contact Mrs. Kate Zoltani, (tel. +40 (268) 421244, zoltanikatalin@yahoo.com).

· 4 November - 10 November 2007: Valamo Lay Academy, Valomo, Finland. Valamo Lay Academy is an orthodox centre, which deals with questions and challenges within and outside the Orthodox Church of Finland. The Orthodox Church faces changes in society as well in the church itself. How to deal with them in a proper way, avoiding too heavy conflicts? This is one of the reasons to have a ToF in this centre. The training will be given by Mrs. Liza Kelly, working at Tides Training in No. Ireland, and Mr. Jaap van der Sar, working at Stichting Oikos, the Netherlands. Liza Kelly applies the DPC-methodology in her daily work as trainer and/or mediator, dealing with different target groups in No. Ireland, like the police, civil servants. Jaap van der Sar is one of the founders of the DP-project. He applies the methods in his work, for instance in real conflicts as well as in cooperation between about 50 NGO's in the Netherlands. He is also member of the DPC-Coordination team.

Participation in this training costs € 275; the travel costs have to be paid by participants themselves. For further information as well as for application for this training, please contact Mrs. Sirpa Koriala (tel. +358-50-5660809, sirpa.koriala@valamo.fi).

The prices of the training include board and lodging as well as the Hand-Out-Book for each trainee. In addition to that the costs for the trainers team and their preparations. The present trainings can be offered for these relatively low prices, due to a grant, which we have got through the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland, worked out through the Community Relations Council (CRC) in Belfast.

For general information about the DPC-project, please contact
the coordinator DPC-project
Jaap van der Sar
P.O. Box 19170
NL - 3501 DD Utrecht
tel + 31 (0)30 2361500
email jvdsar@stichtingoikos.nl