Kindly find the invitation to our Role of Dialogue in Multilateral Affairs Webinar on 12th (Thursday) October from 15.00-16.30 CET. 

During this event former senior officials in the UN, OSCE and ICGLR will share their views and experience in using dialogue for addressing sustainably the challenges, in particular the pursuit of human rights and the risks of extreme crimes when shaping an inclusive multipolar world and multilateral system.

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In his introductory intervention Mr Harald Weilnböck (Cultures Interactive, 6:58 - 25:05) argues for the need to replace the concept of extremism and term of prevention in favour of dialogue, education and skill building. He explained while dialogue builds bridges and connections, extremism and prevention tend inspire a habitus of intercepting, fighting and countering, while looking for dangers and enemies, hence tends to break off potential bridges and connections. It often even generates discrimination. Mr. Weilnböck points out we need a change of paradigm in order to better support democracy. Furthermore, Mr. Weilnböck shortly argued for the alternative concept of Group focused enmity/hatred, and Authorianism used in Germany and shared some good practice standards. 

Mr. Mario Giro  (29:04 - 45:45) calling himself as non-institutional mediator gave an overview of his peace making activities. He explained through concrete cases the difficulties and weaknesses of  track 1.0 and track 2.0 diplomacy, argued for the combination of the state-guaranteed diplomacy and the flexible peace initiatives of the civil societies and spoke about the dilemmas of track 1.5 diplomacy where he was involved through Sant’Egidio Community. By referring to various conflict situations, he questioned the concept of ''war as a solution for conflicts'' and shared some lessons learned during his activities whilst highlighted the differences between peace agreeements and societal reconciliation. 

Mr. Steinar Brynt (48:45 - 1:13:10) spoke about the dilemmas and similarities of the war of thenineties in Western Balkans and the war between Russia and Ukraine since 2014. He pointed to the fact that through the intensification of the conflict situation between the two countries dialogue became increasingly difficult and ultimately stopped. He touched upon issues of nation states, revival of traditionalism, possibilities and limitations of dialogue, the relationship building methodology, why we do not embrace dialogue, can dialogue be counterproductive under conflict and the need for finding a common language with those representing other concepts. 

Mr. Gyorgy Tatar (1:35:05 - 1:48:35) highlighted the background and main objectives of the draft Statement circulated prior to the webinar. He initiated the establishment of an international Alliance of Dialogue for institutionalization of the tool of dialogue in international and national decision- making processes and inclusion of dialogue-related issues in the national educational curricula as well as the enhancement of collaboration of dialogue practitioners. Mr. Tatar invited the participants to give feedback on the initiative in the next few weeks.  

Prominent practitioners shared experiences on the significance and methodologies of dialogue as well as the challenges of dialogue facilitation in the Middle East, Western Balkans, Cyprus, and Germany.

The examples highlighted dialogue as an effective tool for preventing extremism and transforming hostile and complex conflict situations into sustainable peaceful processes.

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Szeretettel várjuk a harmadik Párbeszédfa ünnepélyes ültetése alkalmából december 16-án 12:00-kor a második kerületi Bibó István téren! Ide kattintva elérheti a meghívót.

Please feel free to read the article and watch the panel discussion below which raise the awareness that the ongoing religious cleansing in Nigeria is practically genocide, and it is not due to climate change.

The International Community should make concrete steps to halt the mass atrocities in Nigeria.

You can access the article here and the panel discussion

Szeretettel várjuk a Párbeszédfa ünnepélyes ültetése alkalmából április 22-én 10:00-kor a Teleki téren!

Ide kattintva elérheti a meghívót.
A Párbeszédfa ünnepélyes ültetésére március 26-án 11:00-kor kerül sor a Tabánban (teniszpályák és a focipálya közötti terület). Az alábbi linken érheti el a meghívó emlékeztetőjét.
Please see attached the unofficial translation of an initiative launched by the Budapest Centre in cooperation with the municipalities of Budapest and its First District to plant a "Dialogue Tree" in Buda side of the city. So far I know, that will happen for the first time in Europe and most likely in the world.

Please feel free to disseminate and implement the idea! The Budapest Centre will feel privileged to engage in cooperation with you!

You can find the attachment here!