Rafael Tyszblat

Background

About Rafael Tyszblat

I am a consultant, program designer, mediator, facilitator and trainer in the fields of conflict resolution and inter identity dialogue. I am the Innovation and Design Specialist at Soliya (soliya.net), an online based NGO promoting the field of Virtual Exchange (online intercultural dialogue), within the Virtual Exchange Coalition to offer a deep cross cultural experience to an ever increasing number of youth as part of their education. I design and leads dialogue programs between youth from North America, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East as well as within European societies between members of antagonistic communities. Between 2012 and 2022 I was the Director of Programming at the Muslim-Jewish Conference, a grassroots interreligious organization connecting young Muslims and Jews from around the World. I am the president of the non-profit Connecting Actions (connectingactions.net) to reinforce the professional field of dialogue and recently launched a European coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Intercultural and Interconvictional bridge building: the European Institute For Dialogue (eifd.eu). With 20 years of experience, from interreligious dialogue to mediation in the school, family, corporate and social sectors as well as post conflict interventions, I have trained and supported thousands of youth and adults to equip them with effective communication skills. I received my Master’s in Philosophy in International Relations from Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University and my MA in Conflict Resolution from University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. I received another MA from Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences-Po). I am trained in several schools of conflict resolution and my praxis combines Carl Rogers’ Person Centred Approach, emotional intelligence, the teachings of neurosciences, Transactional Analysis and Non-Violent Communication. My interventions challenge communication habits, help understand identity dynamics and promote a different way of dealing with our relations. Publications: “Dialoguer en situation conflictuelle asymétrique“ - https://tinyurl.com/5t3cbreb “Enhancing Online Discourse through Virtual Exchange: An International Model - https://tinyurl.com/5ebh69yf “Taking dialogue online “ - https://tinyurl.com/mrtxekwb