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==Cyprus Training== | ==Cyprus Training== | ||
The [[3rd International SDDP Facilitators Training School]] was hosted by the [[Future Worlds Center]] in collaboration with the [[Institute for | The [[3rd International SDDP Facilitators Training School]] was hosted by the [[Future Worlds Center]] in collaboration with the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]] and was held in Nicosia, Cyprus, July 25-27, 2011. The program focused on the theoretical foundations of the science and included use of "The Dialogue Game", an experiential learning tool for introducing the Science of Dialogic Design. The applied sessions utilize role playing and gave participants the opportunity to practice as well as to see others performing the various roles. Webinars were used to link to the Agoras' [[Tom Flanagan]] and [[Ken Bausch]]. | ||
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==Dialogues beyond Aphrodite and Ares, Venus and Mars | ==[[Farah Lenser]] and [[Heiner Benking]] have written a special comentary [[Commentary about the 3rd International Training School for SDD|Dialogues beyond Aphrodite and Ares, Venus and Mars]].== | ||
On July 11 this year large fields of military ammunition - confiscated years ago on their way to Gaza - blew-up in a gigantic explosion on the Mari Naval base in southern Cyprus. The neighbouring recently built power-plant blew up as well, thus leaving Southern Cyprus with power-cuts for weeks and water-supply problems as transportation of water and the desalination plants are highly energy dependent. | On July 11 this year large fields of military ammunition - confiscated years ago on their way to Gaza - blew-up in a gigantic explosion on the Mari Naval base in southern Cyprus. The neighbouring recently built power-plant blew up as well, thus leaving Southern Cyprus with power-cuts for weeks and water-supply problems as transportation of water and the desalination plants are highly energy dependent. | ||
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Participants were not only students fresh to the subject or representatives from industry and academia but also experienced bi-communal practitioners. Among them the famous singer Kate Economidou who has convened hundreds of dialogues between Greek and Turkish Cypriots same as Yiannis Laouris and Chrystalla Tsoutsouki or Turkish Cypriot Idil Seytanoglu from the picturesque harbour town Kyrenia, now Turkish Girne. | Participants were not only students fresh to the subject or representatives from industry and academia but also experienced bi-communal practitioners. Among them the famous singer Kate Economidou who has convened hundreds of dialogues between Greek and Turkish Cypriots same as Yiannis Laouris and Chrystalla Tsoutsouki or Turkish Cypriot Idil Seytanoglu from the picturesque harbour town Kyrenia, now Turkish Girne. | ||
Since 1993 these members of the [[Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] (CRTG) were using the method of Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) which was introduced to them by Benjamin Broome, an old collaborator of Alexander Christakis. With us were also Laura Harris and Kate Cherrington who are working with SDD in native communities in USA and New Zealand. | Since 1993 these members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] (CRTG) were using the method of Structured Dialogic Design (SDD) which was introduced to them by Benjamin Broome, an old collaborator of Alexander Christakis. With us were also Laura Harris and Kate Cherrington who are working with SDD in native communities in USA and New Zealand. | ||
