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Nina Koevoets

born 1984  •  lives in Greece  •  speaks fluent Dutch, English
About:

n 2015 I set-up "Towards a Nonviolent World" , to organize training courses for youth workers. I assembeled the content from different sources. In 2014 I published The Peace Compass, that explains peacebuilding on the personal, interpersonal, social-cultural and environmental level. I focus on learning practical every-day-life skills, as well as understanding systemic issues.

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Current occupation

Trainer and educational development

Work experience

I've worked in (Israel-)Palestine, India and the USA and studied in Portugal, Sweden and The Netherlands. I'll list some (not all) my work experience below.

Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem
Writing project proposals, a volunteer manual, interviews, activity reports and information for the website (to create resources on nonviolence). I participated in many field-trips and also networked with different organisations in the area.

Center for Conflict Resolution and Human Security, New Delhi
I was assisting in organizing a lecture and seminar, creating a Newsletter, writing PR materials, and general support, helping to develop questionnaires for research on communal violence between Hindus and Muslims and joining a field trip to do interviews.

BayNVC -Bay Area Nonviolent Communication
Coordinating volunteers for a project to engage with people on the streets, and working on graphic design, promotion and assistance of a diversity retreat for BayNVC.
This was part of a traineeship from the Metta Center of Nonviolence in Berkeley that provided additional training next to the internship.

Workshop facilitator, in two organizations (NL).
Occasionally providing workshops in schools about stereotypes, identity and conflict and guiding youth at an interactive exhibition about the same topics. Also led an inter-faith dialogue group.

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Educational pathway

PhD program Democracy of the 21st Century, Centro de Estudos Sociais, University of Coimbra, Portugal. I finished one semester.

MA degree in Global Studies, Gothenburg Univeristy, Sweden (2011-13)

MA degree in Conflict Resolution and Governance, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2006-7)

BA degree in Psychology (major) and Cultural Antropology (minor), University of Leiden, Netherlands. (2003-6)

Fields of training expertise

  • (beginner) Bullying & Harassment
  • (intermediate) Campaigning & Awareness Raising
  • (beginner) Citizenship Education
  • (beginner) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (advanced) Communication Skills
  • (advanced) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (beginner) Creativity & Art
  • (intermediate) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (beginner) Drama & Theatre
  • (beginner) Environment & Ecology
  • (advanced) Event Management
  • (intermediate) Fundraising
  • (beginner) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (intermediate) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (intermediate) Human Rights
  • (intermediate) Intercultural Learning
  • (advanced) International Youth Work
  • (intermediate) Open Space Technology
  • (beginner) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (advanced) Peace Education
  • (intermediate) People Management & Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (intermediate) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (beginner) Training of Trainers
  • (beginner) Youth Violence & Criminality
  • (advanced) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (beginner) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (beginner) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (beginner) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (beginner) European Youth Foundation (CoE)

Working with specific target groups

  • (intermediate) Children
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (beginner) Minorities
  • (beginner) Religious Youth Groups
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Young People in/from Conflict Areas

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (beginner) Asia
  • (beginner) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (intermediate) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (advanced) European Cooperation
  • (beginner) North-South Co-operation
  • (intermediate) South East Europe

Language Skills

  • (fluent) Dutch
  • (fluent) English
  • (intermediate) German
  • (intermediate) Greek

Trainer references

  • Towards a Nonviolent World

    Awaiting validation (requested 2020-02-04)
    The training activity took place
    in The Hague, The Netherlands
    organised by SVAG - The Netherlands
    15-28 August 2015

  • Peace+ Building a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence

    Awaiting validation (requested 2019-01-31)
    The training activity took place
    in Baexem, Netherland
    organised by SVAG - The Netherlands
    19-28th of August 2016

  • Towards a Nonviolent World II

    Awaiting validation (requested 2019-12-16)
    The training activity took place
    in Newland Park, Buckinghamshire (UK)
    organised by SVAG - The Netherlands
    18-27th of November 2016

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This profile was last modified on 2025-10-29

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