Fw: espacio abierto (report, a bit long)

[Carol Daniel]

 Dear Florian,

 My name is Carol, I'm a facilitator for Israeli Palestinian dialogue
groups,
 and a new OS facilitator. I loved your story and I want to ask you to use
 some parts of it for the first Part of the OS training for Palestinians
this
 summer. I feel that the description of things in your report is very close
 to my reality here and it can be a very good example to how OS can be used
 to make a change.

 Thank you,
 Carol

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> From: "florian fischer" <florianfischer at FF-WEY.COM>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 04:17
> Subject: espacio abierto (report, a bit long)
>
>
> > dear friends,
> >
> > two weeks ago I opened and held space
> > for an international meeting in the province of almeria, spain.
> > as far as I know that was for the very first time
> > OpenSpace (Espacio Abierto) was offered at andalucia
> > (the autonomous region in the south of spain).
> >
> > let me say my lot of thanks to all of you working as  my background
> > in facilitating groups (as well in facilitating myself in everydaylife).
> >
> > special thanks to horst steinmeier from mexiko,
> > gerard muller from denmark and ian barber from madrid
> > for sending help  enabling me to facilitate in spanish language.
> >
> > the meeting was
> > sponsored by the local working Partida Independiente Comarca de Nijar,
> > intending to activate people for to take part at the regional-elections
> > in the month of  may. for the first time not only spanish people
> > but as well people from other european countries (EU) have the right
> > for voting in the regional elections where they are living full- or
> > parttime.
> >
> > when I came in contact with the party they had already started
> > with meetings to present themselves in every village of the region.
> > they did it in the the usual manner with
> > two or three speakers in front of  an audience:
> > "the programm of the party is to listen to the people. please tell us,
> > what is going wrong in your village, what is to be changed"
> > people stood up accusing the actual government about a lot of things,
> > the speakers wrote it in their notebook, some of the audience
> > shouted against others in the audience --   it got louder and louder,
> > .....
> >
> > when I took part in one of those meetings I asked them
> > instead of accusing the actual government and
> > instead of promising change as a possibly new government
> > to enable people for to develop solutions themselves,
> > using the government afterwords mainly for to serve in realizing the
> > solutions.
> > as a way for to start into a new manner of development
> > I explained Espacio Abierto.(I had to avoid any american word,
> > because of the language of the acting american president).
> >  they invited me to go ahead together with them in preparing
> > a meeting in the manner of OpenSpace.
> > as headline for the invitation they decided:
> > »my life as people of nijar (mi vida como nijareño y nijareña)«
> > which is to say, that beside the nationality of birth
> > everyone living in the region of Nijar is a Nijareño.
> > in the view of spanish people that seems rather provoking, because
> > there is not any experience in integrating immigrants from abroad.
> >
> > the OpenSpace took place on sunday   6th of april
> > from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. with handwritten
> > reports for every of the 40 participants at the end.
> > (including the essentials and the origin of OS)
> > four people appointed going ahead as a working-group for solutions
> > in the main conflict of whole the region
> > between agriculture, tourism and protecting the nature.
> >
> > at the end the sponsor marked that day
> > as »the beginning of a new area for whole of andalucia,
> > because for the first time in this country had been proved  that people
> > are able to discuss even deep touching conflicts in a peaceful way.
> > the party will go ahead as well after the elections using Espacio
> > Abierto
> > for the development of the region.«
> > it is ripling.
> > florian
> > ----------------------
> > florian fischer
> > begleitung im wandel
> > muenchener 6
> > 10779 berlin
> > fon 0049.30. 2116752
> > fax 0049.30. 2115943
> > mailto: info at ff-wey.com
> >
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