| In February 2005, OPSI started a training programme entitled
"Reconstruction after Conflict and War" for community
workers based in Northern Ireland. In the first 3-day-workshop
in Northern Ireland, the 22 participants were trained in aspects
of psychosocial work, reconciliation and conflict transformation.
After the workshop, the participants went back to apply and
test their newly gained knowledge and to write a paper about
it. The participants then had the opportunity to reflect on
their experience in a 3-day-workshop in June 2005 in Barcelona,
which included a focus on dealing with the past and vicarious
traumatisation. The course is accredited with the Open University
in Belfast. |
