February 15-16, 2024, the first kick-off meeting within the framework of the Virtual Exchanges Erasmus+ project "Art of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (Mediation) / ArtNoConflict" was held at the NLBA, Netherlands.  

Halyna Bohachenko, the Director of International Project Office, represented KROK University. 

The meeting was held at the Netherlands Business Academy in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The rector of the institution, Jan van Zwieten, opened the event and greeted all participants, spoke about practical experience in the field of mediation, about the activities of the academy. During the meeting, all partners made presentations of their universities and organizations, talked about their experience working with young people in the field of mediation, facilitation and negotiations. 

The participants discussed the goal, main tasks and expected results of the project, communication, rules of dissemination, reporting, financial management, requirements for the quality of results, main tasks for the next six months. 

During the second day, all participants visited the Ukrainian school in Dordrecht, which was founded with the support of Jan van Zwieten. The school is managed by Oksana Oliynyk, a graduate of the master's program "Mediation and Conflict Management" at the "KROK" University. The program was developed and implemented within the framework of the MEDIATS project "Mediation: Training and transformation of society". Oksana talked about how they combine two education systems (Ukrainian and Dutch), what help school teachers and the municipality provide to children and their parents, how conflicts are resolved, etc. 

Thanks to the organizers for a productive and interesting meeting, and to all partners of the #ArtNoConflict team for active participation!