Nansen Dialogue Network

Practitioner from civil society organization

Name of Practitioner:

Nansen Dialogue Network

Website:

http://www.nansen-dialogue.net/

www.facebook.com/nansendialoguenetwork

Contact Information:

Nansen Dialogue Network Coordination Unit
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsonsgt. 2
N – 2609 Lillehammer – Norway
Norway & Western Balkans,
Phone: +47 61 26 54 00
Email: contact@nansen-dialogue.net

Practitioner’s aims, programs of activities and fields of expertise:

Founded in 1995
NDN is member of EPLO (European Peacebuilding Liaison Office) Steering Committee
Our vision is of a world in which:
- Societies are peaceful, inclusive and functional
- Diversity is an asset
- Every person respects and enjoys human rights
- Integration, and not segregation, is a core value
- Conflicts are transformed into opportunities through dialogue
Our mission: To support actively and effectively intercultural and interethnic dialogue processes at local, national and international levels with the aim of contributing to conflict prevention, reconciliation and peace building
Awards
2011 – Awarded by OSCE with the Max van der Stoel Award (NDC Skopje)
2011 – Award of the Presidency of the Republic of Croatia (NDC Osijek)
2011 – Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
2010 – Livia Foundation Award
2009 – Nomiated for Nobel Peace Prize
2004 – Bridge-builder Prize
1999 – Amalie Laksov Prize for the Protection of Human Rights (1999)
Products
- Local community reconciliation projects.
- Establishment of and support to Dialogue Centers.
- Projects & policy advice on school/educational issues.
- Design of multicultural school curricula.
- Projects supporting inter-ethnic municipality cooperation for the improvement of citizens’ lives.
- Training and knowledge/experience sharing initiatives (courses, seminars, workshops, etc.).
- Development of training materials.
- Information and sensitization actions targeting public opinion, civil society, local and national authorities and international community.
- Research.
- Publications

Resources and Publications available:

Go to NDN Publications Section @ http://www.nansen-dialogue.net