October 11—16, 2024
NoBorderSpace
Dialogue Facilitation School in Gori, Georgia
Requirements to apply
Applicant's occupation
Social researchers and historians, activists and social workers, journalists and bloggers, publicists and artists etc.
Citizenship
Applicants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus and Russia, including those living/residing in the South Caucasus or EU countries
Experience
Experience in dialogue or facilitation is considered as an advantage but not required. We welcome all those who are motivated to use dialogic and facilitation skills in their professional or volunteer work.
Application deadline
By 12 August 23:59
Started in 2023, the project NoBorderSpace provides a platform to discuss complex and relevant issues such as the history of the relationships, intercultural contacts, imperial and colonial legacies, memory and the politics of history, nationalism, and contemporary conflicts. It also explores methods, approaches, and prospects for their peaceful transformation. Participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Belarus joined a series of dialogues held in Baku, Yerevan, Batumi, Tbilisi, as well as the autumn school “International Dialogue for Understanding and Cultural Exchange” in Telavi.
Project overview
Dr. Sevil Huseynova
Project Coordinator
Started in 2023, the project NoBorderSpace provides a platform to discuss complex and relevant issues such as the history of the relationships, intercultural contacts, imperial and colonial legacies, memory and the politics of history, nationalism, and contemporary conflicts. It also explores methods, approaches, and prospects for their peaceful transformation. Participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Belarus joined a series of dialogues held in Baku, Yerevan, Batumi, Tbilisi, as well as the autumn school “International Dialogue for Understanding and Cultural Exchange” in Telavi.
Application deadline — 12 August
Main language — English
Approach
The autumn school will consist of a series of interactive workshops and lectures designed to develop skills in facilitating dialogues that address the complex issues of the impact of armed conflicts on affected communities.
The School will combine different formats of collaborative learning, such as dialogues, group discussions, lectures, and workshops. This implies the peer-to-peer exchange of experience, methods, and practices.
We are inviting scholars, journalists, artists and activists with experience working on peace and conflict. Participants will learn how to facilitate dialogues about traumatic pasts, popular ethno-historical myths, and taboo topics; how to create a space for an open exchange of opinions on complex conflict issues; and how to discuss challenging issues of relations within and between societies.
The School will contribute to forming a sustainable transnational and cross-border network of professionals willing to collaborate on a variety of challenging contemporary topics.
The main objective is to give participants an understanding of peace and conflict transformation dialogues and how they can be organized. Our team and invited experts will present different approaches and methods for facilitating these dialogues.