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At the end of April, representatives of Ukrainian civil society participated in a series of meetings and public events in Stockholm, organized in cooperation with international partners. The Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners was represented on this visit by Natalia Bezhlibna, Director of Strategic Development and Advisor on Peacebuilding Initiatives. The key event was the open discussion “En kväll för Ukraina”, organized by Civil Rights Defenders, the OSCE Network

How Elizaveta Koval's journey began, from a regular school student to an expert in youth work and a specialist in the field of mediation and peacebuilding. Today, Elizaveta Koval is a member of the Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners, a dialogue facilitator, a trainer in dialogue practices, a school mediator, a trainer and methodologist in the All-Ukrainian educational project Peaceful School, co-author and compiler of the module “Prevention of Bullying” in the onli

In cooperation with the Kyiv School of Economics, a certificate program “Development of conflictological competencies, skills in preparing and applying dialogic and facilitated approaches” was implemented. The training was conducted by experts from the Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners — Maksym Yeligulashvili and Yelyzaveta Koval. The program was most popular with students majoring in Social Psychology and Memory Studies and Public History. These specialists work

Any humanitarian, development or peacebuilding intervention inevitably transforms the existing context. The only question is whether it acts as a resource for cohesion or creates new social tensions in environments affected by war and crises, in particular in Ukraine. We continue the conversation about context sensitivity that we have been having on our resources in recent months. Based on 10+ years of practice working with conflicts in Ukraine, we have formulated our vision

The Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners welcomes a landmark event for our entire professional field — the presentation and implementation of the “Methodology for Evaluating Facilitated Dialogue.” This development is the result of a long discussion about what exactly constitutes the effectiveness of dialogue and how to measure its impact on social processes. The approval of the methodology is a step towards building an evidence-based approach in the field of conflict

Can humanitarian aid provoke conflict? Unfortunately, yes. A typical example: helping only one group in a community (for example, IDPs) without considering the needs of local residents in the community can create resentment and alienation. Even a perfectly designed project can have unpredictable results if the environment in which it is implemented is not taken into account. That is why, on February 23, members of the Ukrainian Community of Dialogue Practitioners - Tetiana K

On February 7 and 14, we held a two-day offline training for students of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. For us, such meetings are first and foremost about meaningful engagement and developing practical dialogue skills that can be applied in academic settings, professional environments, and everyday life. We worked through experiential exercises, real-life case analysis, and facilitated group discussions. Participants explored their own cases and practiced too

This publication is the result of analytical work carried out in response to a request from communities: how to build a systematic, sustainable, and humane model of support for those returning from war. The handbook summarizes reintegration practices and places a comprehensive approach at the center — understanding (re)integration as a multidimensional process that includes psychological and mental health support, physical rehabilitation and medical care, legal guidance and s

Many wonderful initiatives aimed at making the world a better place or providing assistance to those in need often disappoint in their results or have unintended negative effects. Even if a project or program is written in the best possible way and risks are accounted for, the actual effect of the planned activities can yield completely unpredictable results. This is precisely why the context-sensitive approach was developed to foster awareness of the impacts of project...

When we talk about rebuilding communities, it's not just what we do that matters, but how we do it—how sensitively, attentively to the context, to people and their stories. Recently, the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv hosted the official presentation of the Context Sensitivity Hub in Ukraine, an initiative aimed at developing a sensitive approach to humanitarian, stabilization, recovery, and reconstruction work in Ukraine. This event was the starting point of a partnership between