Non-Violent Communication

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Conflict is inevitable, but violence isn’t. This workshop introduces practical non-violent communication techniques to help you de-escalate tension, strengthen understanding, and find solutions people can genuinely support. It’s an essential skill set for activists, mediators, team leaders—and anyone working to create positive change 🤝✨.

What you will learn 📚
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Apply non-violent communication frameworks in challenging conversations 🧠
• Express needs and feelings constructively while respecting others’ perspectives 💬
• Navigate conflict using empathy and collaborative problem-solving approaches ❤️🛠️

Meet the trainer: Isra Peralta 🌟

Isra Peralta is an international trainer with 15+ years of experience in youth work, with a strong focus on peace education, non-formal learning, and youth participation. He has worked for many years with young people, youth workers, and youth-led groups in international learning settings, supporting them to learn and turn ideas into practice.

Rooted in peace education, Isra has designed and facilitated learning processes on dialogue, non-violent communication, and conflict transformation, and developed educational frameworks used by international peacebuilding organisations. His work later expanded into facilitation skills and youth facilitation, supporting youth workers and young leaders to design and lead participatory processes in both international and online contexts.

Alongside this, he has held senior roles within EU-funded youth programmes, supporting long-term youth initiatives and alumni networks focused on participation and inclusion. Most recently, he led the educational design and implementation of the EU4Youth Alumni Network, a multi-year programme supporting several hundred young people to develop and run youth-led initiatives through sustained non-formal learning processes, with a strong focus on inclusion.

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📝 Register here

This workshop is part of the EU Youth Alumni capacity-building training series (January–April 2026)—a structured learning journey bringing together alumni of EU-funded youth programmes across developing countries. Through expert-led, interactive online sessions, the series strengthens practical skills and cross-border connections, helping alumni stay engaged beyond individual projects and grow their impact as active citizens and community leaders 🤝✨. The modules are designed using non-formal education methods and support alumni to develop competences they can apply immediately in their local work 📚🎯. Find out more about the capacity-building training-series here.

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