Joachim Fulda, Germany

Описание: Andreas H. Landl 1' interviews of the Members of the "Competence Network", Workshop for
human rights and democracy learning,
development of the civil society,
sustainable ecology,

all in all in the broad field of the "Culture of Peace"
Vienna, Austria - November 06 -- November 12, 2009
Don-Bosco-House in Vienna


The "Competence-Network" is a newly initiated project by the Konfliktkultur association, organized by Susanne Jalka. Konfliktkultur is a non profit NGO, founded 1998, promoting and organizing various projects and workshops, publishing material on constructive conflict handling and on peace education.

Further information on: www.konfliktkultur.at

The objective of the project "Competence-Network" is to organize a workshop in Vienna and to invite representatives of organizations from Eastern and Western countries which had been separated by the Iron Curtain. We want to initiate a reflection process which will hopefully be followed by netthinking and networking between former separated cultures. It seems to us, that too often the old separations still exist in our minds.

Our partner in Austria is the "Austrian Network for Peace and Non-violence" which was founded as a contribution to the International Decade 2001-2010 for Peace and Non-violence for the children of the world. Together we hope to initiate and to support the development of good relations at the planned workshop in Vienna, which will take place from 6th till 12th of November 2009. And we have in mind that further joint actions should follow...

We want to invite representatives of groups and organizations

engaged in peace work,
*in the development of democracy and civil society,
human rights and sustainable ecology.

The workshop will be about
coming to know each other,
investigating reality dependent on direct experiences and
exchanging specific cultural competences.

We also want
to share knowledge and
development in present projects.

It will deepen
our mutual understanding,
aiming to foster international communication and
developing ideas for support among participants.

This seems to be especially interesting for people from
Eastern and
Western parts of Europe,
since the relations between these historically fragmented regions are not yet remedied.

The workshop was offered in the format of dialogue as a form of creative communication, connecting to what emerges from the inner primary knowledge.

It took place in the Don-Bosco-House in Vienna, which offered comfortable rooms and all working facilities.

All costs for participants, also travelling expenses, have been covered by Konfliktkultur association. Konfliktkultur (Conflict Culture) applied to the European Union to support this project.

The whole project is documented and was accompanied by scientific research and evaluation.
Organizations were invited for future networking.