by Larissa Alles, Germany Coming mostly from Western countries, few of us have ever thought to differentiate between peace and justice or vice versa. Why should we, since we often have both? Yet, when listening [...]
by Jenn Buxton, Canada We are now almost done our second week, but what an awesome week it has been! I am in shock by how quickly the time is passing by. Soon I will [...]
by Hamdi Aden, Somalia There is a surreal experience when you sit listening to a talk by someone whose work you have often quoted (in the hurried pages of the many essays you have written) over [...]
by Emma Hodder, New Zealand After a full day simulation on Tuesday it was nice to have a day of academics today. We spent the morning brainstorming the key aspects for a successful negotiation with Wilburt Perlot [...]
by Alex Hong, United States of America We are in the second week of the IPSI Symposium in Bologna and have been given the opportunity to learn from Dr. Joyce Neu. With over twenty years [...]
by Hamdi Aden, Somalia Week two is promising to be an exciting challenge and learning opportunity for participants as Dr. Joyce Neu took to the lectern yesterday morning. Participants listened enthusiastically as Dr. Neu discussed [...]
by Alex Hong, United States of America We've been in Bologna less than one week for the IPSI Symposium but it feels like we've been here two or three. We had the honor of hearing Roshan [...]
by Diogo Galvão, Brazil This first week of 2012 Bologna Symposium has exceeded my expectations. After quite a few busy days, full of discussions, insights, simulations and practical training, Roshan Paul, Senior Change Maker at Ashoka, [...]
by Shashi Regmi, Nepal The fourth day of the Symposium continued with the facilitation workshop organized by Michael Shipler and Rajendra Mulmi, from SFCG. A question from a participant about how to build trust between [...]
by Kiran Peter, Pakistan The IPSI symposium started yesterday with Michael Shipler, the Asia Director at Search for Common Ground and Rajendra Mulmi, the Director of Programs at Search for Common Ground Nepal, facilitating various [...]