ISFiT Dialogue Groups

«If Arafat and Netanyahu had participated in the Dialogue Groups it would not have been a conflict in the Middle East anymore» (Israeli participant, 1997)



The ISFiT Dialogue Groups is an initiative by the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) to peace building in practice. The ISFiT Dialog Groups invites students from different sides of conflicts to meet on neutral grounds for sharing of experiences and dialogue. Through dialogue, communications exercises, role-play and social activities the participants and the facilitators explore the consequences of the conflict and the opportunities for the future. 

The ISFiT Dialogue Groups were first established in 1997. Since then the Dialogue Groups have gathered students from the conflict areas of South Africa, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Kosovo, Kashmir, Israel/Palestine, Sri Lanka, Balkan, USA/Iran, Russia/Chechnya, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Sudan and Great Lakes-region (Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda). This year students from Jerusalem, Georgia/Abkhazia and Cyprus have been invited.