Tools for Changemakers: Rebuilding Trust in Europe

‘Tools for Changemakers: Rebuilding Trust in Europe’, 14-18 July 2019, Caux, Switzerland. A unique mix of conference and trainings on the theme of identity, trustbuilding and social cohesion in Europe, addressed to grassroots practitioners and changemakers interested/engaged in Europe’s future.
Building on the five-year vision of Addressing Europe’s Unfinished Business, Tools For Changemakers strengthens its training component while embarking on a three- year journey of exploration of the link between personal and collective identities in Europe, the rise of populism and nationalism in different European regions, the need to belong for old and new community members, unaddressed collective traumas, and the urgency to work with these issues in order to build more trust and cohesion in Europe.

Programme: https://www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/tools-changemakers

Confirmed speakers:
Senator Bogdan Klich, Minority Leader of the Polish Senate, Former Minister of National Defence of Poland
Agnes Otzelberger, Trainer / Facilitator / Researcher / Founder of TheGoodJungle.org, UK
Arshalouys Tenbelian, Communication Specialist / Co-Chair at the Armenian Kurdish Turkish Peace Initiative, Lebanon
Burak Han Çevik (LL.M.), Immigration Lawyer / Consular Officer Dutch Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Richard Werly, Journalist / France and European affairs correspondent, Le Temps, Geneva, Switzerland
Kerim Yildiz, Chief Executive Officer Democratic Progress Institute, United Kingdom/Turkey
Amina Dikedi-Ajakaiye, President of Creators of Peace International, Nigeria/ United Kingdom
Jean Brown, Trainer and Facilitator, Creators of Peace International, Australia
Louie Gardiner, Director of Presence In Action Collective CIC and Potent 6, Lead PIA Practitioner & Learning Partner, Change Consultant & Trainer-Facilitator, UK
Omar Alshogre, Public Speaker, Syrian war survivor, Syria/Sweden

‘The saga of a Jewish family between Budapest and Geneva’, a one-man show by and with Marc Isserles

Training Tracks:
1. REAL Change Starts Within. Trainers: Louie Gardiner, UK (Director of Presence In Action Collective CIC and Potent 6, Lead PIA Practitioner & Learning Partner, Change Consultant & Trainer-Facilitator) and Su Riddell, UK (Facilitator and Local Coordinator Oxford, Initiatives of Change UK)
2. Sustaining your Spark - The science and practice of staying sane and engaged in a world that gets you down. Trainer: Agnes Otzelberger, UK (Trainer / Facilitator / Researcher / Founder of TheGoodJungle.org)
3. Advocating for a New Story - What story do you want your life to tell? Trainers: Anne-Claire Frank-Seisay, France/Netherlands/USA (Creators of Peace International Facilitator) and Jean Brown, Australia (Trainer/Facilitator, Creators of Peace International)
4. It Starts with Me – Using Drama and Artistic Methods for Changemaking. Trainers: OlenaRosstalna, Ukraine (Artistic and stage director of Youth Drama Theatre “AmaTea”, actress, drama facilitator, PhD, assistant professor) and Olha Boiko, Ukraine (actress, drama facilitator, youth worker, teacher of multidisciplinary courses combining art, photo, and drama for children and young adults)

Integrated programmes:
Young Ambassadors Programme: https://www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/young-ambassadors-programme-yap-2019
Learning to be a Peacemaker: https://www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/learning-be-peacemaker-2019
Armenian-Kurdish-Turkish Dialogue: https://www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/armenian-kurdish-turkish-dialogue
National Costumes Doll Project: https://www.iofc.ch/experience-caux-forum/main-events/national-costume-dolls-project

Register: https://www.iofc.ch/registration-form-caux-forum-2019