Training Program for the Border Personnel – Israelis and Palestinians
The program was designed to train the Israelis and Palestinians who work together at the checkpoints. The program provided skills that enabled the participants to resolve conflicts and solve problems in a cooperative way. It is a joint effort to facilitate the process of problem solving at the border passes. We conducted workshops in Gaza, and Tel-Aviv, Karni, Allenby Border Pass and Jericho. We were to start working at Erez and Rafa border crossing when the Intifada started and our work was interrupted.
The program was supported by Yad Hanadiv Foundation.
1998-1999. Training in Gaza
Program For Young Negotiators – Israel
The “Program for Young Negotiators” was developed by Jared R. Curhan at Harvard University and was very successful in many school systems in the USA. The program is designed to train students in negotiation at the junior high school levels, in the Jewish and Arab schools in Israel and aimed at developing skills for resolving conflict – including those of ethnic, religious and cultural origin- in a non- violent way to strengthen tolerance among school students.
The program was adapted to the local culture of the two ethnic communities, and published in Hebrew and Arabic.
1998-2000. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education with the support of Yad Hanadiv Foundation.
Negotiation in Schools – Israel and the Palestinian Autonomy
This program was aimed at training teachers in the Palestinian Autonomy and Israel in the model of Interest Based Negotiation, so that they can introduce it in their schools.
1998-2000. ICN in cooperation with IPCRI received seed money from REPTEC for a pilot project in “Training Negotiation for students” in Palestinian Schools in Gaza and the West Bank. ICN and the Palestinian NGO CCRR received money from the program “People To People” sponsored by Norway to train teachers
Jewish and Arab Women leaderships in NGO’s
ICN trained Jewish and Arab women leaders in negotiation and mediation skills. The women leadership learned to cope more effectively with difficult people, and deal with issues of negotiation and conflict management.
1999-2002. The Israel fund supported this project which trained women in many Arab and Jewish towns .
Intercultural Problem Solving Dialogue (Jews and Arabs)
A group of facilitators Arabs and Jews was trained in an integrated model of Problem solving Dialogue and the Narrative Dialogue. The team of facilitators, Jews and Arabs was trained to bring the communities together, facilitate the normalization of relations between the communities, which will contribute to joint problem solving of economic activity for the benefit of both communities.
The dialogue process will help the communities to understand each other, deal with identity and cultural issues ,understand each other’s fears, concerns and needs, and improve the Arab-Jewish community relations.
We are grateful to our trainers who devoted their time, Knowledge and energies to the project:
Prof. Eileen Babbitt, The Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Shirli Kirschner – Resolve , Australia.
Dr. Pam Steiner, Harvard University
2003-2006. Yaad- Miyar, Tamra-Mitzpe Aviv, Yuvalim-Sachnin, Kfar Veradim-Yanouk
See related articles:
https://www.beyondintractability.org/audiodisplay/babbit-p-9-negotiation1
Combining Empathy with Problem Solvin
Partners for Regional Leadership –Jewish, Palestinian & Jordanian youth
We participated in the program “Partners for Regional Leadership: A Peer-Leadership Program for the promotion of non-violent conflict resolution tolerance and mutual understanding (PRL)”.
We provided the Mediation and conflict resolution workshop.
2015. Beit She’an, Run by the Konrad Adenauer foundation.