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==Executive Summary== | ==Executive Summary== | ||
Between fall of 1994 and summer of 1995, a core group of thirty-two Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot conflict resolution trainers members of [[Project Leaders I]] and [[Project Leaders II]]participated in problem-solving and design sessions focused on peace-building efforts in Cyprus. Groups met on a weekly basis, and occasionally on weekends, both in separate community meetings and in bi-communal settings. A group design process called Interactive Management was used to guide the groups through three phases of problem solving: definition of the situation, vision of the future, and development of a strategic set of projects for promoting peace-building activities in Cyprus. | Between fall of 1994 and summer of 1995, a core group of thirty-two Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot conflict resolution trainers members of [[Bicommunal Conflict Resolution Group (Leaders I)|Project Leaders I]] and [[Bicommunal Conflict Resolution Group (Leaders II)|Project Leaders II]] participated in problem-solving and design sessions focused on peace-building efforts in Cyprus. Groups met on a weekly basis, and occasionally on weekends, both in separate community meetings and in bi-communal settings. A group design process called Interactive Management was used to guide the groups through three phases of problem solving: definition of the situation, vision of the future, and development of a strategic set of projects for promoting peace-building activities in Cyprus. | ||
In the first phase of group work, each community worked separately to identify the obstacles to their work and to structure these into a problematique, or system of problems, surrounding the peace-building process. In the second phase, participants again worked in separate community groups to construct A vision statements for their peace-building efforts, and they came together in a bi-communal setting to construct a collective vision statement. In the third phase, during which all sessions were bi-communal, participants proposed a total of 241 possible projects designed to work toward their vision, and they eventually selected 15 of these projects for implementation during the following year. They held [[The 1995 Agora Peace Bazaar]] to which they invited others who had expressed interest in joining them in peace-building efforts. <br> | In the first phase of group work, each community worked separately to identify the obstacles to their work and to structure these into a problematique, or system of problems, surrounding the peace-building process. In the second phase, participants again worked in separate community groups to construct A vision statements for their peace-building efforts, and they came together in a bi-communal setting to construct a collective vision statement. In the third phase, during which all sessions were bi-communal, participants proposed a total of 241 possible projects designed to work toward their vision, and they eventually selected 15 of these projects for implementation during the following year. They held [[The 1995 Agora Peace Bazaar]] to which they invited others who had expressed interest in joining them in peace-building efforts. <br> | ||