Youth participation and their role in conflict transformation

This session is organised as pilot session in the framework of the Dialogue Café Subotica project. 

It aims at sharing knowledge on how to develop and to create opportunities for promoting youth participation and active role in managing conflict situations by strengthening their social skills, capacity of dialogue, mediation, negotiation and cooperation. 

In this framework, good practices and tools implemented in this field by international organisations, NGOs, local and national authorities, will be presented during the session in order to promote mutual learning and good practices exchange. 

Programme

Moderator: Aleksandar Bojic, UNA Serbia - Dialogue Café Serbia team member

Dialogue Café Cidade de Praia (Pedro Pires Institute): 
• Djalita Fialho, Pedro Pires Institute for Leadership
• Pedro Lopes, B-Right Generation
• Representative of UNFPA Cape Verde

Dialogue Café Lisbon (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation):
• Helena Barroco, Global Platform for Syrian Students
• Rui Gomes, Head of Division Education and Training of the Council of Europe 

Dialogue Café Novi Pazar (Centar Duga): 
• Fatima Durovic, Centar Duga Director and Manager of Dialogue Café Novi Pazar
• Ajsa Bahovic, Front Foundation
• Representative of the Youth Office of the City of Novi Pazar

Dialogue Café Subotica (The Open University)
• Bojana Perović, Representative of the Ministry of Youth and Sport 
• Srđan Vlaškalić, Representative of the Sombor Education Centre (SEC) and the National Association of Youth Workers (NAPOR)
• Ana Bašić, Representative of the Youth office in Subotica.

At the session the participating groups of young members from Novi Pazar and Belgrade that have participated in the activities of the Dialogue Cafes in the two cities. They will with the youth of Subotica share their experiences participating in the DC activities, as well as have an intercultural meeting from the different cities and regions in Serbia.

Contact us (daliasendra@casadoregalo) or (unaserbia@gmail.com) for further information.