Conflict Resolution Centre

I have been asked to present a conflict workshop to a group of medical practitioners, and in support of that workshop I will be doing an article on some of the relatively unique conflicts experienced by doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. Use my email address if you want to contribute any questions, experiences or suggestions to the article- as always, anonymity guaranteed

Do we have a similar organization in South Africa?

On Friday night I am one of the guest speakers at the EucA Master Meeting, where we will have an in-depth and long form discussion on conflict resolution and negotiation with a group of students.

The European University College Association (EucA) is a Brussels-based NGO that represents colleges in the promotion of skills through discussions like these, boot camps and other mechanisms. It is therefore more than just individual campuses putting together their own programs in aid of their students. I think it is an absolutely excellent idea, and if it does not exist here in SA it should be explored.

This is one of the important reasons why the conflict concept of agonism needs work and application in our South African conflicts:

When each party has fortified its self-representation as a victim and depicted the other(s) as the perpetrator(s) attached to narratives of past wrongdoings, inequitable economic conditions and political dynamics, all efforts, including peacebuilding, to transform these emotionally loaded roles generate anxiety and increase ontological insecurity

Marko Lehti