ZOOM workshop "A word or two about interreligious dialogue" was organized on 7 th September by URI Europe together with Youth for Peace CC from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the workshop facilitators spoke about the origins of interreligious dialogue, and how it all started with emphasis on 19th century and specific event in USA. Also they tackled the existing debate of interreligious vs. interfaith dialogue and they spoke about concrete examples of interreligious dialogue, with emphasis where, how, and when interreligious dialogue happens, and which levels of interreligious dialogue exist.
Facilitators on this workshop were two members of Youth for Peace CC from Bosnia and Herzegovina Emina Frljak and Dajana Umicevic.
Emina Frljak is a program coordinator within Youth for Peace, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She holds BA in Pedagogy from University of Sarajevo. She is currently working on her MA thesis within the field of adult education and pursuing second MA in Interreligious Studies and Peace Building, a joint MA program of three theological faculties at University of Sarajevo and University of East Sarajevo. Emina is a certified facilitator within the Theodor Heuss Kolleg International Pool of facilitators. She is also an International Youth Committee member within Religions for Peace International. Emina enjoys facilitating workshops both with youth and adults and her area of interest are citizenship education, peace education as well as interreligious education.
Dajana Umićević works as Guidance counselor in Diocesan Caritas in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a longtime member and educator within Youth for Peace. Dajana holds BA in Political Sciences from University of Banja Luka. She is currently finishing her MA in Political sciences at the University of Belgrade, as well as MA in Interreligious Studies and Peacebuilding at the University of Sarajevo. Dajana is a certified trainer with over 6 years of experience working with children and youth within Youth for Peace and Diocesan Caritas Banja Luka.
More than 40 participants from all over the world took part in this workshop and workshop recording can be seen on the link below.