.So what happened in the seminar???
Let us see together,,,

As mentioned above, the seminar was held in the Shepherd’s Valley Tourist Village (SVTV) in Beit Sahour for the period 6^th – 8^th of April 2000.  A total of 22 persons joined the seminar.  There were 9 participants from PCR and 5 from Reut/Sadaka in addition to 4 coaches (2 from each organization) and the PCR Coordinator joined the seminar.

First Day, Thursday April 6^th 2000

The participants arrived at around 8:30 p.m. where there was a welcoming session.  Then the group had dinner together at the campsite and we did a short ice breaking session on dinner to introduce names.  After dinner there was an introduction to the program in general and the concept behind it and an explanation for the next day’s program.

Second Day, Friday April 7^th 2000

The morning sessions contained three workshops as follows. 

The first one was to set ground rules to the seminar that all the participants agreed upon.  The second workshop was about the hopes and concerns about the program.

The third workshop was in communication skills that the coaches thought it is useful to start with since there should be a good communication among the participants.  Active listening and nonverbal communication skills were the main two subjects of these workshops.

Around Lunch, as scheduled, we had a tour in Bethlehem.  The tour was meant for two reasons.  First, knowing about the area in terms of the surrounding settlements and the by-pass roads and to see the landscape in Bethlehem.  Therefore, they had a short tour in the bus, passing by Deheisheh Refugee camp and Road 60 on the way to Solomon’s Pools where we spent about an hour.  Second, it is a kind of relaxation and getting out of the camp’s atmosphere to get ready to the next sessions.

The afternoon session was mainly assigned for Stereotypes.  A two-hours workshop was done about stereotypes, where the participants had learned about the images people draw in their mind about individuals because they belong to a certain group of people.

In the evening, there was an evaluation meeting for the past two days, where everyone expressed some comments about problems that occurred so far.  This has considerably improved the performance of the next day.  

Third Day, Saturday April 8^th 2000

The day started as usual with break fast at 8:00 and then the activities started at 9:00 am.  The focus of this day was on Stereotypes and their relation to conflict resolution.  Therefore, the workshops were mixed between working against stereotypes and Conflict Resolution techniques.  Two workshops were held with this regard.  Games were one of the major forms of training beside the workshops and the discussions.

One lasted for one hour and a half and the other was divided in two parts, before and after lunch. 

After that, there was a summary session where a summary of the whole three days was presented.  An evaluation and reflections session for about one hour was also conducted to where some advice were given to the participants about how to keep up with the things they learned, and we focused on the continuation of the project.