Our experience has shown us that dialogue can be an effective tool in reconciliation and peacebuilding. Enemy images in deeply divided societies can be broken down in face to face meetings.
The Nansen Dialogue Network gathers professionals like teachers, politicians, and journalists for dialogue about their own conflict, exploring potential solutions. Such meetings can open possibilities for institutional change, where the situation is no longer seen through ethnic lenses, but with a view to joint understanding that benefit all. The Nansen Dialogue Network believes that dialogue and work for reconciliation should be given higher priority when dealing with conflicts around the world.
“No realist politics in a civilised society is imaginable unless it is based on love of ones neighbour, mutuality, helpfulness and trust. This is the rock upon which all human cooperation must be built”
Teachers, educational authorities, children and parents from different ethnic groups in dialogue about the challenges in the educational system. Read more
The Nansen Dialogue Network gathers politicians from municipalities in the Western Balkans in inter-ethnic dialogue on important local chal-lenges. Read more
Virtual School offers online lectures and discussions on dialogue, democracy, human rights, recon-ciliation, tolerance, non-violent communication and related topics. Read more