FINAL CONFERENCE "Participation Needs Nonviolent Debate for Conflict Transformation"

Join youth workers, educators, trainers, and peacebuilding practitioners from across Europe and beyond for the online final conference of our Erasmus+ KA2 project dedicated to the development of the nonviolent debate approach with young people affected by conflict and war.
In a time when young people are increasingly exposed to polarization, displacement, trauma, and the consequences of armed conflict, youth work has a crucial role to play in creating safe spaces for dialogue, understanding, and constructive engagement.
During this online event, we will present the project's training curriculum on Nonviolent Debate Methodology, a practical resource developed to support youth workers in facilitating meaningful discussions, managing disagreements constructively, and empowering young people to become active agents of peace within their communities.

Date and time: 20 July, 10:00-12:00 CET. 

What to expect?

• Presentation of the newly developed Training Curriculum on Nonviolent Debate Methodology
• Insights into nonviolent communication and dialogue facilitation
• Practical approaches for using debate as a tool for conflict transformation and peacebuilding
• Experiences and lessons learned from local project activities implemented across partner countries
• Exchange of practices and networking opportunities with youth workers and organizations from different cultural and social contexts

Who should attend?

• Youth workers
• Youth leaders and facilitators
• Trainers and educators
• NGO staff and volunteers
• Peacebuilding practitioners
• Researchers and stakeholders working with young people affected by armed conflict, displacement, or war

Why participate?

By joining this event, you will discover innovative tools and methodologies that can be directly applied in youth work settings. You will also become part of a growing community committed to promoting nonviolent dialogue, social cohesion, and youth participation in peacebuilding processes.

The conference aims to reach youth workers from across Europe and beyond, creating a space for learning, reflection, and collaboration around one common goal: equipping young people with the skills to transform conflict through deep understanding of one another rather than violence.

How to attend

The event will take place online on the Zoom platform. The registered participants will get the email with the link to the conference.

SPEAKERS: 

Ilaria Zomer, the project and the curriculum

Weronika Knowska, research outcomes

Yuliya Ielfimova, adapting the method in a country actively at war/war affected region

Erion Krasniqi, how to use nonviolent debate for reconciliation 

Umut Suvari, nonviolent debate and theatre

Organisers of the conference: 

• Centro Studi Sereno Regis (Italy)
• Center for Euroinitiatives (Ukraine)
• International Youth Initiative Association (Diyarbakir) 
• Local Peace (Kosovo)
• Peace Ambassadors Poland (Poland)