Number 5, Spring 1997
Empowerment and training at the
European conference on conflict prevention
by Guus Meijer
Differences in language, culture, class and power become highly relevant particularly, though not exclusively, when the setting for the work is at the "grass-roots" level.
Dignity among the ruins of the
North Caucasus
by Roswitha Jarman
He asked me for medicine for his wife, which of course I did not have. In private, I gave him some money for medicine, which he refused to take. When I slipped it into his pocket he began to cry. He said he felt ashamed to take the money and to cry in front of a woman. I put my hand on his back and cried with him.
Abkhazia conflict resolution
training workshop
by Anna Matveeva
For decades Ossetians and Ingush lived side by side in the villages of the Prigorodnie District. In the war of 1992, 65,000 Ingush were forced to leave. The Prigorodnie District and parts of Vladikavkaz are disputed territories, claimed by both Ingushetia and North Ossetia.
Beyond training: report of a
workshop held in Croatia: February 24-28, 1997
by Diana Francis
Among the concerns voiced were dealing with trauma; finding the courage to introduce political issues; daring to address real conflicts within training; the applicability of theory and techniques to "hard conflicts", and trainers' own inability to apply them in areas of their own lives and organisations.
Organising on the fly in Varna
by Paul Clifford
There was a lot of interest in Responding to Conflict's 11-week course on Working with Conflict. There was an appreciation of the in-depth approach and a deal of frustration with the short courses (3-4 days) that many organisations put on.
King Baudouin Foundation backs
an eclectic mix of small projects
by Guus Meijer
The relatively low ceiling for grants makes it
attractive and accessible for organisations and groups
which, because of their size and often low degree of
institutionalisation, cannot easily get access to larger
funders, such as the European Union or the Council of
Europe.