EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS

ROME CONFERENCE 2001

Back to CIFITALIA

E -Mail to Cifitalia

Rome Conference Menu

Workshops definition

We firmly believe in the wealth of professional experiences existent in CIF, maybe not always expressed at its utmost potentials. In this Conference we don’t think to give clear-cut answers or solutions to the query on diversity, we definitely would like to solicit a discussion on how diversity can be viewed and lived; moreover, the way it can affect us as individuals involved in the helping professions, hoping that everyone will share his/her invaluable experience in this context.

 Thus, we see the workshops as the opportunity to help us achieve this goal, by structuring them in three different phases (unless otherwise indicated) corresponding broadly to the three sessions foreseen in the programme: A speaker will introduce a particular topic and experience to stimulate discussion. Here we have tried to use CIF resources as much as possible, so your facilitator might be an “old friend” worth listening to; Secondly, we truly hope to have an intense and open exchange of knowledge and experiences where everyone participating can delve into, “...receiving and offering as much as he/she is willing to give...”, as the “CIF song” says; Thirdly, each workshop group should produce a short summary of the discussion that took place, reporting on the valuable experiences and ideas emerged to the plenary session.

Each workshop group will be autonomous in the discussion and the reporting, choosing its moderator and reporter. We provide the structure and the facilitator; you run and manage your workshop!

 Below you will find the list of workshops that we have arranged for you, with a brief description on its content. Notice that CIF Slovenia will present two of them, as you know for the past six years they have worked very closely with us, running a week programme after ours, therefore, this is a way to confirm and express the value of such joint venture

In order to distribute as adequately as possible the participation to each workshop, according to the total number of delegates, it might be necessary to set a limit not to exceed in the single groups, therefore, if you have a specific interest make sure you sign up as soon as possible,  as the criteria of “first come first serve” will also apply here.