Establishing the infrastructure for alternative practices in solving conflicts inside the Romanian society

Description

The project meets the need to develop the capacity for synergy in conflict transformation activities by building the I4P Romania Network. It also aims at transferring to Romanian organizations the capacity to operate with restorative practices. The objectives of this project are as following: I. Developing the capacity for complex analysis of conflict, for performant design interventions dialogue, mediation, conflict transformation, and for reconciliation through restorative practices; II. Strengthening the capacity of NGOs to address various types of conflicts; III. Develop advocacy capacity in recognizing at political level the importance of creating Infrastructure for Peace (I4P); IV. Establish Romania Chapter of International I4P. The expected results of the project: 90-120 employees/volunteers from NGOs, trained in conflict transformation and alternative dispute resolution; 3 thematic guides, approaching conflicts generated by a) identity, b) participation and c) social-historical processes; 1 White Paper to be written; I4P Romania network to be established. Means: training, transfer of good practices and by advocacy actions.

Summary of project results

The project aimed at developing the capacity for synergy in conflict transformation activities by building the I4P Romania Network and transfer to organisations from Romania the capacity to operate with restorative practices approaches. The long-term goal that the project was aiming for was establishing and ensuring the functionality of the I4P Romania Network, and it has been accomplished by involving 15 NGOs from various domains in the network’s activity. Also, 6 think-tanks are active under the umbrella of I4P Romania. Among the project results and products, could be mentioned: I. Toolkits on 3 topics: Conflicts’ Complex Analysis; Intervention Design for Dialogue, Mediation and Conflict Transformation; Reconciliation through Restorative Practices. All these products have been published online and are available in Romanian. II. Three guides for approaching and resolution for different types of conflicts: identity nature (ethnic, racial, gender, religious/confessional), participatory nature (cultural, media, environmental, work, displacement and negation of history), procedural nature (denial of participation, indoctrination and bigotry, social-political-religious-nationalist, fear and terror). Regarding advocacy activities and the needed recognition at public level, 6 petitions were launched, one White Paper was published and 12 advocacy activities were carried out. The training toolkits and the guides were seen 4,000 times at https://issuu.com/i4p3. Also, 94 participants have been trained and actively participated in trainings and in the piloting modules of the guides. The knowledge and the experience achieved in the trainings and in the pilot modules has been multiplied towards 456 employees and members from 157 organisations.

Summary of bilateral results