Benguela — A workshop on how to solve conflicts, leadership and development, promoted by the U.S. non governmental organisation, Search For Common Ground (SFCG), in partnership with the embassy of Holland in Angola, is being held since Wednesday in the south-western Benguela Province.

The seminar directed to youths of different social background, mainly aims at developing the skills of youths, in order for them to take part in the process of decisions that affect their lives, promoting peaceful socialisation and the interaction between youths of different organisations, viewing their participation in the process of consolidation of peace and development of the society at all levels.

The upgrading course, conducted by the co-ordinator of SFCG's project for youths, Manuel Figueiredo Mateus, analyses topics about "The Role of Youths In Time of Peace and the Country's Development", "The Five Types of Conflicts" and "Mechanisms for Solving Conflicts".

The workshop, ending today afternoon, will also discuss topics such as "The participation of youths in the plan of executive support to youths", "The problem of juvenile delinquency", "The importance of communication", "The seven elements in negotiation" and "Perspective of negotiation".

During the opening session, the governor of Benguela, Dumilde Rangel, considered as important the topics being discussed because it trains youths, with a view to the forthcoming general elections in the country, scheduled for 2006.