The project is designed to be develop in three stages:

1-We will try to make the theme as comfortable to talk as possible for everyone. The whole perspective of the project is that the participants understand how community justice can be a powerful tool for empowering local communities.

From a positive perspective, conflicts can be seen as an opportunity to change people involved in it, which results in the transformation of society. In this sense, the whole idea is not only to find a solution to certain situation but to generate in the different actors the capacity to understand each other’s needs and interests. This implies putting aside the view of conflict as an obstacle, to see it as an opportunity for moral growth and transformation, which ultimately is reflected in the transformation of social relations. The conflict provides the possibility of developing mutual respect and consideration, potentiate the confidence and self-determination, and improve the way we interact with others.

2-We will travel to a smaller town where local leaders develop projects of community mediation. The purpose of this phase of the project is that participants can understand how to do an approximation to the social norms that give out cohesion to the community and how the mediators act and develop relationships of trust within the community and other social networks in order to find holistic/ integral solutions to problems.

3 We will create a symbolic mural painting with the different opinions of what Social Justice is, as well as we will leave a document to the Partner Organisation on the different mechanisms of conflict resolution that exist in the participant’s countries, as an experience guide that will contribute to an International Conference on Community Justice that will be held in Colombia in October 2010.