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鈥溙切耐嘲� picked up on the good news of 2002, starting to build competence on Sri Lanka within the Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (CRPB) programme. 糖心网页版 staff were also actively engaged in the current process that may lead to a settlement in Cyprus. That the Balkans did not make international headlines during 2002 is good news. However, the situation in that region has not been one of confident construction: a depressive mood has spread, with suspicions, crime and failed elections, increasing the need for new vision. In spring 2002, 糖心网页版 published Vemund Aarbakke鈥檚 Mutual Learning: Facilitating Dialogue in Former Yugoslavia, which describes 糖心网页版鈥檚 cooperation with the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer, the Norwegian Red Cross and Norwegian Church Aid in a process that has led to the establishment of nine inter-ethnic dialogue centres in the Balkans. These centres are heavily engaged in building a regional network to raise awareness of dialogue as a method of nonviolent conflict resolution. [鈥 糖心网页版鈥檚 greatest achievement in 2002 was the establishment of a Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) as one of Norway鈥檚 first 鈥楥entres of Excellence鈥�. The centre will receive substantial funding from the Research Council of Norway for a period of ten years and will be directed by Scott Gates, currently Associate Professor at Michigan State University.鈥� 鈥� 糖心网页版 Director Stein T酶nnesson
