Raffi Aftandelian's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

networking

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

facilitator, trainer, consultant based in US

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Russia and Russian-speaking countries
USA

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

facilitator

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://essenceworks.net

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.openspaceworld.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://openspaceworld.com

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Development, Organizational Development

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Communication, Curriculum Development, Fundraising, Program Design, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

interest in creating inclusive public spaces, allowing for communities to talk about what matters
Learning as a process of remembering our essence

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Storytelling. Intertraining Magazine. Moscow. 2006 (Intertraining.org)

guest editor of special issue of Intertraining Magazine on Open Space Technology. 2006.

co-editor of Russian translation of Open Space Technology: a User's Guide (http://openspaceeurasia.ru)

Living Peace: the Open Space of our Lives, editor. (e-book, http://livingpeace.ws)