{"id":8443,"date":"2026-03-07T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace.no\/pockets-of-peace-alumni-gathering-lillehammer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:15:20","slug":"pockets2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/pockets2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pockets of Peace | Online Alumni Gathering | Registration Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Plans are yet to be finalized \u2013 but register now for free:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For two days &#8211; May 20th to 21st 2026, we invite members of the Pockets of Peace Alumni to a world wide online gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration and participation is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/NL8ziZpqba\">Register for PoP Online Gathering<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to two half days packed with conversations, sharing of experiences and reflections. The online gathering will bring together Pockets of Peace alumni focusing on (re)connecting and reviving the network. We have exciting news for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 1 | May 20th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.00 \u2013 12.10  Opening by Anita Rapp, director Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.10 \u2013 13.00  Getting known<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.00 \u2013 13.45  Pockets of Peace: The NCPD Alumni Community <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13.45 \u2013 14.00  Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.00 \u2013 15.30  Dialogue in praxis: Sharings from Afghanistan, Norway and Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15.30 \u2013 16.00  Reflection round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong> |<strong> May 21st<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.00 \u2013 12.30  Reflection round<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12.30 \u2013 14.00  Sharings and themes in groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.00 \u2013 14.15  Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.15 \u2013 15.15  Dilemmas in Dialogue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15.15 \u2013 16.00  Reflections and closing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pockets of Peace | Dialogue Alumni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pockets of Peace is the name of the alumni network\/community of the Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue (NCPD).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the alumni network is to gather the small and large pockets of peace in the world into a larger community. The alumni network is part of the Nansen Center\u2019s work to spread dialogical methods and perspectives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our vision is to make Pockets of Peace&nbsp; meeting place where contact is created and maintained.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A community where experiences are exchanged and where participants can receive regular professional input, material and inspiration, as well as guidance and feedback from peers.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A forum for finding collaboration partners for both long-term projects and concrete facilitation initiatives.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The alumni network is titled <strong>Pockets of Peace<\/strong> because we believe dialogue exists in pockets of peace. These can be found among people, cultures and meeting places in the whole world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the alumni network is to gather the small and large pockets of peace in the world into a larger community. Together we will expand the pockets of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To become a member of the network, members must have attended at least a course or seminar equivalent to NCPD&#8217;s basic course in dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/NL8ziZpqba\">Register for PoP Online Gathering<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>PS! Sign up for Pockets og Peace at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/156271649949608\"><strong>POCKETS OF PEACE \u2013 NCPD Alumni Network<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Save the date: PoP Alumni Gathering Lillehammer June 2027 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the Pockets of Peace alumni are welcome to the Pockets of Peace Gathering in Lillehammer, Norway in June 2027: <a href=\"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/pockets2026\/\"><strong>peace.no\/pockets2027\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Practical information<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4dcf9e07-537b-46bb-b717-a84fc8d08464\"><em><strong>DURATION:&nbsp;<\/strong>2 days 12:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3977d5dc-b81f-4f0e-84d6-9150176ad7c7\"><strong><em>VENUE:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Online<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-004f5379-97b3-4fc4-9abd-3df14df4f2f0\"><em><strong>LANGUAGE:<\/strong>&nbsp;English&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-be10cc2d-ac1e-4406-80cf-62c4d930cef5\"><em><strong>PARTICIPANTS:&nbsp;<\/strong>Max 100 persons\u202f<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-024c309f-05d2-462d-ad3b-4f8e620aaa02\"><em><strong>APPLICATION DEADLINE:<\/strong>&nbsp;May 1st&nbsp;<\/em>2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-60f2b8d2-a9ff-4260-ae15-564158f12c18\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20th &#8211; 21st 2026 | Lillehammer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":10982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8443"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11656,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions\/11656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}