With a preparation time of several years, Provision functioned this past July as local coordinator to the organising team, alongside both the national NVC association (ACNV) and the international NVC association (CNVC) for the biggest event we have ever helped to organise: an International Intensive Training (IIT) in NonViolent Communication!  Robyn was one of the five international certified NVC trainers, bridging local to global. This special event took place in our neighboring village of Sancraiu.  All together, there were 85 people from 21 different countries who were directly part of the event: including 73 participants, 3 support trainers, 3 organisers, 5 trainers and 1 assessor.  AND, the whole village was implicated through 11 family-run guesthouses in which the participants were housed.

Provision, alongside DaVincze Tours were the local logistics organisers, and the guests ate food cooked by Dan Todea and his team at the Püspök Panzio.  We chose to help organise this IIT as a strategy that would meet Provision’s need to contribute toward seeding Nonviolence and Agroecology both locally and globally.  We did this by bringing together this group of people who were all interested in sharing and learning together how we wish to continue building more diverse, inclusive and equitable societies that include the needs and care for our more-than-human world as well.  It was not easy to do, and it asked a lot of all.  Among the things we are glad to have accomplished includes sharing material resources through payments to 11 families in Sancraiu.  There was also interaction between the international guests and local villagers with a local dance troupe who  both gave a performance and led us all in dancing together!! We are also glad to report that, with a lot of extra effort, Lars was able to find agroecological food producers who could provide local and organic products for this event.  It was not at all easy, but in the end, a ton of learning and experience was gained and relationships were surely strengthened on the local level, and also on the global level as well….

This film of the Romanian IIT was made by Martin Schneider-Lau for the global NVC community.

(Besides the event, it features the beautiful setting of our village community and surroundings as well as Robyn singing a song which she especially composed for this IIT)

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