Irishman Joe Kearns worked as a software engineer and businessman before turning to the intercultural field. Today he is the director of Carmine Training, an intercultural consulting firm. He served for several years as SIETAR Ireland’s representative on the board of SIETAR Europa and was the driving force behind the creation of the SIETAR Europa Special […]
Migration and asylum are sensitive issues. They create emotions and opinions that do not always reflect realities. The blog “Facts instead of Myths” (Fakten statt Mythen/Des faits plutôt que des mythes) contributes to ongoing debates by discussing generally taken-for-granted assumptions by means of verified facts. A collaboration between the Swiss Refugee Council and the Swiss […]
My introduction to intercultural training was in a refugee camp in Thailand in 1983, running training courses for Cambodian families who had been granted asylum, to prepare them for their new life in the U.S., Canada, or Europe after fleeing the Khmer Rouge’s ‘Killing Fields’. I was a student volunteer, and it was an impactful […]
