The European Federation of Conflict Management in Education and Care (EFeCT) is a network of people who believe in strength based programmes for working with young people; we have a particular interest in the Life Space Crisis Intervention model and the work of Reclaiming Youth International.

In recent years our annual event has been held in Blankenberghe, Belgium (2008), Amsterdam, Holland, (2009), Munich, Germany (2010) and Ghent, Belgium (2011).

We are delighted to host the 2012 Conference in Paisley. This is the first opportunity to attend this international conference in the United Kingdom and we hope it will lead to the development of much fruitful collaboration.

The theme of the conference is CONFLICT MANAGEMENT: STRENGTH BASED APPROACHES. We have assembled a number of leading thinkers and practitioners who will be speaking on the main conference day, Thursday 22nd March.

We are also offering all conference attendees the opportunity to spend a day seeing and discussing the resources at Kibble Education and Care Centre; this will be an additional benefit.

Friday 24th March will be focussed on though not restricted to, trainers in LSCI and their experiences over the last year, as well as looking ahead to the future. It will include a presentation by Professor Ana Muntéan and Dr Mihaela Tomita on their DAPHNE project in Romania.

We will also be offering entertainment, including meals, whisky tasting and a ceilidh for those who wish to broaden their experience!

Finally – this event will be run in tandem with a Child and Youth Care International event at the same venue and also hosted by Kibble. Details are currently being finalised and will be posted soon.

Also happening at the same venue - CYC-NET; The way ahead www.cyc-net.org 19th-21st March