Communication and
Learning in
Inter -
Cultural
Contexts
Dates: May 17th 18th 2007
Time: 14: 00 - 20 : 00
Location: PATRIR
Language: English
This two-day training programme addresses the basics of inter-cultural
communication in a enjoyable and inter-active way using discussions,
real-life examples music and theatre to illustrate: inter-cultural
differences mapping, skills and tools for inter-cultural learning and
communication.
Among the themes of the trainings are:
"What is (my) culture(s)"
Inter-cultural toolkit
"Conflicting cultures'
Needs and contexts for inter-cultural communication
Exercise: Mapping the multi-cultural Cluj
Trainer and the organizers
Andra Tanase - the trainer and facilitator for these two days has
lived and traveled on four continents gathering experience and stories
from countries such as Romania, Brazil, Japan, Costa Rica, Italy, US,
Moldova, Spain, Colombia, Morocco etc. She is the Director for the
International Peace and Development Training Center and a PATRIR
-affiliated trainer. She currently is engaged in other activities such
as work on a peacebuilding and developing civil society mission in
Moldova-Transdnistria, the Development Education Forum steering group
of CONCORD, IDC working group at PATRIR and Peace Education activities
within Romania and abroad. Having graduated from the UN-affiliated
University for Peace in Costa Rica with a Degree in International
Peace Studies specializing in Economic Development Her research focus
areas include Development, Human/Minority Rights and Peace Education,
interests which she pursued through research papers such as: Work,
Religious and Ethical Values: The Unique Case of the Roma Population,
Economics of Happiness: Attempting to Answer the Debate Between
Civil/Political Rights and Economic/ Social Rights, Breaking Shadows:
A study of identity in post-conflict Bosnia (work in progress) and The
Romanian "Razboi": An Analysis of the Various Types of Capital
Available in Romania.
PATRIR The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania
PATRIR is one of Europe's leading training and expert centers for
conflict transformation and peacebuilding and with strong programs on
gender and development. As host to the International Peace and
Development Training Centre developed in cooperate with TRANSCEND,
PATRIR has provided training in peacebuilding and related fields to
more than 3000 participants from over 60 countries, both at the Centre
and in requested programs internationally. PATRIR is also actively
engaged in peacebuilding, development, and post-war recovery, and has
been active in the Middle East, Central America and Colombia,
Moldova-Transdnistria, Nepal, Somalia, Aceh-Indonesia, Burma, and
Southern Thailand. ( www.patrir.ro )
