Steinar BRYN
Date, place of birth: 21 August 1954, Oslo, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Address: Bekkefaret 8, 2613 Lillehammer, Norway
Present position: Project director of “Dialogue and Peacebuilding” At the Nansen Academy, Lillehammer; Senior Consultant "Nansen Dialogue Network; Lecturer and dialogue facilitator
Social status: Married. Four children.
Education: Ph.D American Studies, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, 1993
Curent occupation: 1996- ongoing Project director of “Dialogue and Peacebuilding.”; 1999- ongoing Senior Consultant “Nansen Dialogue Network”; 2004 spring Visiting professor in "Conflict and Communication", Pacific Luteran University, Tacoma, Washington.
As a project director for “Dialogue and Peacebuilding” my responsibilities have been 1) to select participants (potential leaders) from former Yugoslavia to participate in training programs in Norway, 2) to design the training program and 3) to conduct the seminars. The challenging part of the job has been the follow-up work, which includes dialogue seminars in the region, the establishment of ten Nansen Dialogue Centers in Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia.
As Senior Project Consultant - During the years 1997-2005 I have conducted more than 100 dialogue seminars, mainly between Serbs and Albanians from Kosovo and South Serbia, between Macedonians and Albanians from Macedonia, more general dialogue seminars in Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina., but also joint seminars with larger groups – including seminars in Betlehem and Jerusalem with Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians.
Extensive lists of publications and lectures at conferences in Europe and the United States.
Visiting lecturer at University of Texas, Austin, University of Washington, Seattle, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Amherst University, Massachussets, Columbia University, New York, Concordia College, Fargo, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, St.Olaf College, Minnesota, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, North Dakota.
AWARDS:
1998 The Nansen Academy received the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the promotion of peace and tolerance.
1999 Received Amalie Laksow’s Human Rights Prize
2004 Bridgebuilder Prize for 2004.

Boris RAONIĆ
is from Podgorica. He is educating on Law faculty in Podgorica, Department of International Law. During his studies he was engaged in a work of numerous NGOs and he founded few of them. Extensive working experience as a journalist and correspondent in Montenegrin medias (“Vijesti, “Juventas”, “Zid”, “IQ”, “Liberal”, “Montenegro Tribune”, “Free Montenegro”, www.montenegro.com), for five years.
Boris is active in Nansen Dialogue Centre - Montenegro as coordinator from May 2000. He is one of its founders.
He participated in great number of seminars that were aimed on education for future work in political parties and NGO-s. He took part in the IX group of Nansen academy in Lillehammer, in the program “Democracy, Human Rights and Peaceful Conflict Resolution” and finished number of training for trainers.
He was working as facilitator on workshops in organization of number of international and non governmental organizations.
He is married and father of Teodora.

Zorica RAŽIĆ
was born in Belgrade.
She is psychologist.
Has been involved in Yugoslav debate program since the very beginning in 1994.
Since 2001 she has been a debate program coordinator and vice president of high school debate NGO (ACCD)
She has worked in 22 summer camps for high school and university students.
Lecturer in Public Relation Agency since 1995 (communication skills)
Lecturer in Smart Communication from 1996 to 1997
Worked with refugees from 1996 to 1997.
Worked with Roma adolescents in 1999.
Lecturer and staff member at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C –July 2003, and Wake Forest University – July 2004 (South East Europe Youth Leadership Institute, SEEYLI)
Has been a lecturer in Nansen School of communication, since October 2003.