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| RJ Week 2014 |
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Many events took place in Europe and beyond during the third week of November in occasion of the International RJ Week 2014. Some local organizers already informed the EFRJ, sharing pictures and small reports about their events; others are still invited to do the same! Keep on checking the EFRJ News to know more about what happened during the RJ Week 2014!
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| RJ Teaching Programmes Database |
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The EFRJ is happy to announce that the database RJ Teaching Programmes is finally available online! You are invited to consult the database and contact us if you have additional information on RJ Teaching Programmes to be added in the database.
Many thanks to our volunteers, Thomas Luyts, Ian Marder, Yutaka Osakabe, and Masahiro Suzuki, for collecting the information for this database!
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| EFRJ video: Inspiring the future of a just society for all |
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Here is the link to the video "Restorative justice. Inspiring the future of a just society for all" presented by the EFRJ during the international RJ Week 2014! Many thanks to the Hungarian Foresee Team who directed and the European Commission who financially supported the making of this short video.
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| RJ in Policing Ethnic Minorities |
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The one-day final conference "Restorative Justice in Policing Ethnic Minorities", organized within the framework of the COREPOL project, will take place in Brussels on December 4. The conference will focus on conflict resolution and peace-building between minorities within democratic societies, a topic closely related to ALTERNATIVE, where the EFRJ is one of the partners in the project.
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| World Mediation Organization Symposiums |
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The World Mediation Organization brings together scholars and professionals dedicated to promoting a culture of peace by using mediation and conflict resolution strategies between people, states and organizations. Two WMO Symposiums will take place in December 2014 in Dallas (USA) and Manila (Philippines); dates have been set also for 2015 in Turkey, Germany and Hong Kong.
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| Mediation training in Bergamo, Italy |
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A new training programme for mediators will be organized by the Italian association "La Voce" in collaboration with the RJ centre from the "Caritas Bergamasca" between January and Septermber 2015. Experts will talk about mediation in different settings, such as local communities, prisons, families, and focusing on different parties, such as victims, prisoners, and communities. Click here to view the brochure (in Italian only).
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| New blog of the ALTERNATIVE project |
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As a partner in this FP7 project, the EFRJ launched a new blog during the RJ Week 2014 for the ALTERNATIVE project. Fully in line with the spirit of their project, ALTERNATIVE is now reaching out to a much wider and diverse audience by launching this interactive communication platform. Please visit the blogand engage in the ALTERNATIVE discussions! You are encouraged to share your thoughts and experiences on this topic!
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| Workshop on RJ in intercultural settings |
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In the framework of the ALTERNATIVE project, the Norwegian project partner NOVA organises a 1.5 days regional workshop on 10 and 11 February 2015 in Oslo, Norway aiming to bring together participants interested in RJ in intercultural settings from the Scandinavian countries and beyond. More info is coming soon!
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| Course on Restorative Approaches in Youth Settings |
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The 5-day course "Restorative Approaches in Youth Settings" will take place between 19 and 23 January 2015 near Reading, Berkshire (UK). The course, facilitated by Dr Belinda Hopkins, the director of Transforming Conflict, presents a constructive approach to conflict, bullying, disruption and challenging behaviour.
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| Training on RJ and adolescent harmful sexual behaviour |
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The AIM Project focuses on using RJ in cases of child and adolescent harmful sexual behaviour. Between 18 and 20 March 2015, a skills-based training for maximum 20 practitioners will take place in Manchester (UK). The training will enable participants to have a clear understanding of restorative approaches and their use in sensitive and complex cases which involve sexually harmful behaviours.
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| International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology |
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The 15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology will be held in Perth (Western Australia) on the 5-9 July 2015. This Symposium follows the previous Symposium held in 2012 in The Netherlands, Justice for Victims: Cross-cultural perspectives on conflict, trauma and reconciliation. Registration is now open.
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| Peace-building courses (Summer 2015) |
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The Canadian School of Peacebuilding in Winnipeg (Canada) will offer several courses in summer 2015 for professional development, personal inspiration or academic credit.
June 15-19, 2015
Women and Peacebuilding
Youth Voices and Peace Activism
Human Rights and Peace
June 22-26, 2015
Train the Trainer: Working for Conflict Transformation
Friendship and Peace: The Blackfoot Way
Peace Psychology
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| Information pack for police forces |
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The UK Restorative Justice Council (RJC) has developed a restorative policing information pack. The pack aims at helping police forces to provide high quality RJ services. It targets police forces with different levels of experience on RJ. Click here to download the information pack.
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| Moment of inspiration I |
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During the RJ Week 2014, the UK Ministry of Justice supported the social media campaign "What Would You Do?" with a series of communications materials, including videos giving a voice to victims who participated in a RJ process. This is Pam and Elli's story.
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| Moment of inspiration II |
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