In the framework of the project “Violence reduction through learning and training”, supported by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) , the University of Duhok (UoD) Center for Peace & Conflict Resolution Studies, in collaboration with the Alternatives to Violence Project Duhok-Team (AVP), conducted the first workshop on the “Basic Alternatives to Violence Project”. The workshop conducted at the Cultural Center of the University of Duhok on 19th to 21st July 2022. The workshop, which attended by 17 UoD students from different backgrounds and departments, was facilitated by three of AVP facilitators. In this workshop, the participants were trained on new communication skills and self expression ways as well as introduced to different methods of dealing with conflict situations,