OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes inter-ethnic reconciliation among youth
(OSCE)Participants of a youth leadership conference in Struga experience perception in a new way through a trust building excercise, November 2005. (OSCE) Photo details
SKOPJE, 29 November - Thirty high school students of different ethnic backgrounds from Tetovo have been participating in a youth leadership conference in Struga.
The event, designed to strengthen inter-ethnic dialogue and improve leadership, communication and mediation skills, was organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Centre for Conflict Management.
"The programme is designed to give participants the opportunity to experience and reflect upon the issues of inter-cultural dialogue and solidarity, develop inter-ethnic relationships and enhance their leadership abilities," said Albert Hani, of the Centre for Conflict Management.
Veton Nasufi, one of the participants from the multi-ethnic school, Niko Nestor, said: "I believe this seminar helped us overcome many prejudices and misperceptions about each other."
This is the fourth year that the Centre for Conflict Management has organized such conferences. Participants from previous years are now leading the event for a new generation.
With the support of the European Commission's Youth for Europe programme, ten of this year's participants will travel to Bosnia on 30 November to take part in a conference of young people from the Balkans and Western Europe.
The event, designed to strengthen inter-ethnic dialogue and improve leadership, communication and mediation skills, was organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Centre for Conflict Management.
"The programme is designed to give participants the opportunity to experience and reflect upon the issues of inter-cultural dialogue and solidarity, develop inter-ethnic relationships and enhance their leadership abilities," said Albert Hani, of the Centre for Conflict Management.
Veton Nasufi, one of the participants from the multi-ethnic school, Niko Nestor, said: "I believe this seminar helped us overcome many prejudices and misperceptions about each other."
This is the fourth year that the Centre for Conflict Management has organized such conferences. Participants from previous years are now leading the event for a new generation.
With the support of the European Commission's Youth for Europe programme, ten of this year's participants will travel to Bosnia on 30 November to take part in a conference of young people from the Balkans and Western Europe.