How to Plan and Conduct a Dialogue Effectively

Facilitating dialogue on conflict-prone issues requires genuine understanding of local realities as well as skills to ensure effective communication with parties to dialogue. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports the development of a Ukrainian community of dialogue practicioners and offers an opportunity to participate in an-person training "How to Plan and Conduct a Dialogue Effectively" which complements the online course of that name.

In the course of the training participants will gain:

• practical skills of managing conflict situations;
• communication techniques for the establishment of mutual understanding;
• skills to plan and conduct a dialogue.

If you wish to participate in the training, please fill out an application form . The application deadline is 28 March 2019, all the requirements for candidates  and additional information are in the attachment.

Contact information

Should you have any questions, please contact Ms. Roksolana Melnyk, Senior Project Assistant of the Project “Dialogue for Reform and Social Cohesion” of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, at e-mail: Roksolana.Melnyk@osce.org.

Dialogue is a process of organized and professionally managed communication aimed at transforming relations among and between people and institutions. Dialogue is not about striving to achieve agreement or uniformity of views. Its purpose is to help participants with diverse or even conflicting views understand each other's perspective, thus enabling them improve relations, accept divergences, and interact in a constructive and peaceful way, towards seeking solutions. For more information of the Co-ordinator’s efforts to promote dialogue culture in Ukraine, please download our factsheet. 

This activity is part of the Project “Dialogue for Reform and Social Cohesion in Ukraine”, implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with financial support from the Government of Bulgaria, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Lithuania, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the United States of America, Japan.