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In February, AO “Alternative Dialogue”, in partnership with CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, is organizing two storytelling workshops dedicated to intercultural dialogue and civic participation. The Storytelling Workshop is a space for dialog, learning and free expression in a safe and inclusive environment. If you are passionate about online or offline communication and interested in intercultural dialogue and civic participation this workshop is for you. In the workshops, participants will work with personal stories. Some of these may be recorded, filmed or published on social networks or other platforms, with the aim of raising awareness about the importance of intercultural dialogue and civic participation.

Who are the workshops for?

The workshops are aimed at young people aged between 18 and 35 from different ethnic, linguistic and cultural groups, including: young people with special needs and young people from under-represented groups.

The aim of the workshops is to develop young people’s capacity to use storytelling and digital tools to promote intercultural dialog and civic participation in the public space and online.

What you will learn:

  • What intercultural dialog and civic participation is;
  • what storytelling is and how it works;
  • how to create impact stories about intercultural dialogue;
  • how to use personal stories in advocacy and public communication;

Key information:

Running period:

  • February 19-22, 2026 – workshop in Romanian
  • February 26 – March 1, 2026 – workshop in Russian

Physical presence is mandatory throughout the workshop.

Publication will be made exclusively with the free, informed and explicit consent of the participants.

All transportation, accommodation and food expenses will be covered by the organizers.

Those wishing to register can fill in the registration form.

The deadline for registration is February 12.

Places are limited. Selected participants will be contacted by telephone.

The activity is organized in the framework of the project “Social Cohesion through Dialogue”, implemented by CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation and funded by the European Union.