Stephen Shashoua

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About Stephen Shashoua

Stephen is a programme designer, trainer and capacity-building specialist working at the intersections of the arts, identity and culture in order to promote better social relations and inclusion. He is Co-Director of the Caravanserai Collective, an intercultural intermediary and consultancy whose CERITA Storytelling and Dialogue programme has engaged more than participants in Europe and Southeast Asia since 2017 As former Director of the UK based 3FF (Three Faiths Forum now Faith & Belief Forum) for over 10 years, he led it’s development building it from a staff of 2 to a team of 18 to innovate, design, and deliver a wide portfolio of award-winning social cohesion programs that encourage interaction and learning between people of different faiths and beliefs in the UK and internationally. He is a Yale World Fellow, a KAICIID International Fellow; a participant of the European External Action Service's ‘Global Exchange on Religion in Society’ (GERIS); a member of the IF20 Educational Working Group; a Trustee of Keshet UK; an Advisory Board member of Standing Together Against Domestic Violence SAFE Programme; a Strategic Advisor to New Horizons in British Islam; and a UNAOC Global Expert. Having moved to the UK from Canada in 2003, he is now based in Lisbon, Portugal and works internationally.