Hungary 2025
Nonviolent Communication By Nature
International Intensive Training (IIT) by the Center for Nonviolent Communication
Audience: Open to All Experience levels
You are welcome to join us as we practice Nonviolent Communication and create together a community based on cooperation, noncritical honesty and empathic presence.
BRIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE DIVIDED
We wish to pass along to you both what we have learned from Marshall Rosenberg, as well as our own experiences in living the process of Nonviolent Communication.
Though practicing NVC does not always prevent conflicts, we agree that it does give us tools to keep growing bonds of connection and cooperation even when conflicts are present. This IIT may even offer a real-life experience of that, as we intend to embody how to resolve conflicts by showing how we resolve our own differences (thereby sharing our learning on as many levels as possible).
SHAPING OUR EXPERIENCE TOGETHER
The contents - how we show up in this IIT. Building, restoring and cultivating loving and supportive relationships is both an art and craft that we invite you to come and explore and learn together with us for nine days. Be your own best supporter and sign up to become an explorer and practitioner of nonviolent relationships; become a peacemaker both in your own life and with others around you.
The container - how nature awareness will be called into this IIT. Embedded in nature, the venue invites us to develop our “natural” relationship with ourselves, other humans as well as the more-than-human beings surrounding (and supporting) us. The organizers of this event are orienting toward the goal of "zero waste" as well as facilitating a balance between quality of life and a reduced ecological footprint. Creating, implementing and maintaining as-ecological-as-possible systems will be part of the work and play that we do while we are together…
Meet the organizers
9-day residential retreat in Nonviolent Communication
We want to offer you the NVC theory you need to bring your practice to life!
We will offer the IIT standard learning structure: community time in the morning and evening, and sessions led by the IIT Certified Trainers team who share both the core curriculum of IIT as developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, as well as their own unique applications. In the mornings and evenings, spaces are offered for self-organized sessions of all kinds, including for movement and fun. We invite you to reflect on your goals before you arrive as well as to make conscious choices while you are present as strategies to manage the intensity of this training. We expect a group of approximately 70-80 participants (in addition to the trainers and organizers below) from different countries, cultural backgrounds, professions and walks of life.
LANGUAGE
This IIT is open to those who do not speak English well enough to express their feelings and needs. Therefore, we will offer translation during community meetings and at least one workshop per session into Ukrainian, Hungarian and English (consecutively). 🎉
We are looking for volunteer translators, who have significant experience in NVC and whose English is also level to the task. We promise that each day, at least one session will be translated, and trust the universe that whenever a translator is needed someone will be there.
The cost of this training includes two components: 1) Tuition; and 2) Room and Board. Click below for details.
Tuition (USD)
We want to enable as many people as possible to participate in an IIT, regardless of their financial position. At the same time, we care that the cost of organizing the event is covered, CNVC (as a sponsor for this training) is sustainably funded, and that trainers and organizers can be adequately remunerated. Holding care for all these elements, the tuition fees have been set as follows:
- $2,175 - Early Bird (make your payment through 26-Mar-2025) - convert to another currency
- $2,495 - Standard (27-Mar-2025 and after) - convert to another currency
Discounts available include (contact us to get a discount code):
- 10% if you participated in (and paid for) a previous intensive training with CNVC
- 10% if you have been a Supporting Member of CNVC for 6 months or more.
- 15% for registered Certification Candidates
- 25% if you are an active Certified Trainer with CNVC - Note, that there is also a limited number of tuition-free spaces available for Certified Trainers, granted by a committee. You can find more information here.
Note: only one of these discounts may apply; you may combine it with the Early Bird price.
Room and Board (USD)
This IIT will be held at the Three Treasures Valley in Bátonyterenye, Hungary.
Three Treasures Valley strives to provide an ideal environment for anyone who likes nature, space and good vegetarian food. The center is 90 kilometers from Budapest and is designed following the rules of Feng Shui lies on five hectares in a secluded valley and offers excellent opportunities for self-development and group training.
Room options include:
- EUR 850 Double Room with Private Bathroom (you will have two roommates)
- EUR 630 Double Room with Common Bathroom (you will have two roommates)
- EUR 565 Quadruple Room with Common Bathroom (you will have three roommates)
- EUR 525 Dorm (you will have 5-8 roommates)
- EUR 415 Bring Your Own Tent
Notes:
- Room and Board prices include your room and all meals throughout the event beginning with dinner on the first day and ending with lunch on the final day.
- Rooms and types of rooms are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis; we encourage you to book your housing as soon as you complete registration and payment for the IIT.
- If you choose a double room or a quadruple room, you can choose your own roommate(s) or we can assign them based upon any preferences you have.
- Bed linen will be provided.
- Towels will not be provided in any rooms.
- The rooms do not have AC but fans are available and the old super thick wall provides a comfortable temperature.
3 STEPS TO YOUR IIT EXPERIENCE WITH CNVC:
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STEP ONE — PREREGISTERPlease preregister even if you're not sure you can attend. ZERO OBLIGATION.
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STEP TWO — REGISTER AND PAYAfter pre-registering you receive instructions for how to register and pay.
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STEP THREE — DETAILSAfter paying you receive more details about the IIT and the venue. At this point we'll ask you to share more about yourself, such as your dietary preferences, etc.
FUN FACT
IIT training team for Hungary 2025
IIT organizing team for Hungary 2025
THE 3 MAIN GOALS OF CNVC'S INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE TRAINING (IIT)
Personal and Professional Relationships
- Increase connection and closeness with the people you love.
- Speak in a way that inspires compassion and understanding.
- Initiate difficult conversations with more ease and confidence.
- Remain centered and peaceful when receiving difficult messages.
- Express and receive anger fully, safely and respectfully... yet powerfully.
- Resolve long-standing conflicts and heal painful relationships.
- Parent children from the heart and move beyond power struggles into cooperation.
- Translate criticism, judgments and blame into life-serving messages.
Inner Transformation
- Shift patterns of thinking that lead to depression, guilt and shame and that perpetuate pain.
- Transform anger into self-understanding, thereby increasing inner peace.
- Enliven yourself by expressing and receiving gratitude.
- Learn to embody unconditional love.
Contribution to others and Social Change
- Share NVC in ways that transmit and model its power to transform and inspire others.
- Create educational systems where students love learning and teachers love teaching.
- Learn to engage in effective, lasting nonviolent social change in the tradition of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Facilitate meetings and support group decision making in a power-sharing, collaborative, and consensus-based ways.
- Support holistic and human-based workplaces.
- Engage with others at work and in the community to foster openness, trust and authenticity.
- Support mutual understanding and connection when working in colonized countries.
- Foster restoration and harmony by mediating conflicts and helping to resolve differences among others.
You wanted to attend this event, paid for it, and then something changed in your situation. That is when this Cancellation and Refund Policy becomes important!
We value flexibility and understand that “life happens” and sometimes people need to change their plans. At the same time, we want to acknowledge the financial commitments and other plans made by CNVC, the Organizer, and the venue.
We have established the below policy to take into account all of these needs:
A. If we cancel:
You receive a 100% refund of all tuition and/or room and board payments (alternatively, if you wish, you can apply your money to another CNVC intensive training within 2 years).
B. If you cancel:
Tuition
30 days or more before the start date, you have two options:
- Transfer 100% of your payment to a future CNVC intensive training within 2 years (starting the date you canceled); or
- Receive a refund on tuition fee minus a nonrefundable 10% cancellation fee
Between 30 days and 4 days before the IIT start date you have two options:
- Transfer 75% of your tuition payment to a future CNVC training within 2 years (starting the date you canceled) - we retain 25%; or
- Receive a 50% refund of your tuition (we retain 50%).
From 3 days before the IIT start date, no refunds and transfers are available.
You will notice that the closer to the start date, the lower your refund. This is to acknowledge the financial commitments that CNVC makes in the planning process. E.g. We are often required to pay for a venue, whether or not you show up. We also put considerable human resources into the organization of an IIT and some of these costs are not recoverable.
Since last minute cancellations are mostly because of an injury or a health issue, we recommend that participants take their own insurance to cover these cases.
Refunds will be issued within 10 business days after you cancel.
Room and Board
Refund of the hotel costs for food and lodging is dependent upon the unique contractual factors with the venue. Please contact the Local Organizer for details.
Note: these discounts only apply to tuition payments (not to room & board or other expenses)
10% if you participated in (and paid tuition for) a previous Intensive Training with the Center for Nonviolent Communication
10% if you have been, or will have been, a Supporting Member of CNVC for 6 months or more before the first day of the IIT
15% if you are a Certification Candidate registered with CNVC. The discount applies only to people who are officially registered candidates.
If you are not sure if you are officially registered as a Certification Candidate, email us at [email protected]. If you're not registered yet, ask your Assessor if it might be possible for you to become registered before the IIT.
If you are not registered as a candidate at the time of payment, you can pay the full price without this discount, and if you become a registered certification candidate by the start date of the IIT, we will refund you the difference (the 15% discount amount).
25% if you are an active Trainer certified with CNVC
The discount applies only to active Certified Trainers. "Active" means that in the last year, you have completed the renewal steps including filling out the Annual Trainer Survey, making an Annual Trainer Contribution, and signing the Trainer Agreement if applicable (if it has been updated).
Note, that there is also a limited number of tuition-free spaces available for Certified Trainers, granted by a committee. For more information, visit this page.
Financial Assistance for International Intensive Trainings
We realize that life situations make it difficult for some people to raise enough funds to participate in one of our intensive trainings. If this is the case for you, we strongly encourage you to to ask for financial assistance, and we will do our best to support you to participate in this IIT.
Since money can be a loaded topic in our world, for many people asking for financial support is challenging and uncomfortable. If you are inspired to attend an IIT, we invite you to join us in a mutual process to explore possibilities.
HOW IT WORKS:
After applying the available discounts, if you are not able to afford the tuition, you can request financial assistance to further reduce your tuition fee. (Note: We do not offer assistance for Room and Board, which is a direct expense for the venue). We have a limited amount of financial assistance available and we prioritize people who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Actively collaborating with others in the NVC network.
- Can use what they learn in this training to make an impact such as in education, government, environmental sustainability, equity and inclusion, or with an NGO or community-based organization.
- From a region that has fewer in-person NVC trainings.
- Part of an economic system that offers less access to financial resources.
- Come from a disadvantaged group (race, ethnicity, origin, religion, gender identity, class).
- Willing to search for other sources of financial support such as their workplace, family, or organizations they are involved in (in order to be in partnership with us about finding the resources to host this training while including as many people as possible).
Instructions for how to request financial assistance will be provided after you submit the IIT pre-registration form.
We are happy that you will participate in a 9-day Nonviolent Communication training – the International Intensive Training (IIT) sponsored by the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC).
In order to create an environment that is supportive and that offers predictability -- and supports you in making choices for your wellbeing -- we ask you to make a series of agreements.
1. If I complete this training, I will receive a Certificate of Completion, which is different from being authorized or certified as an official trainer of the CNVC. If I share NVC, unless I am already a Certified CNVC trainer, I agree to present myself as a student, supporter, or candidate for certification (if I am a registered candidate for certification) rather than as a CNVC Certified Trainer. Also, I agree to follow the “Guidelines for Sharing NVC for Individuals who are not Certified Trainers.”
2. All materials that I will receive are the property of the Trainers who created them. I agree to use these materials only for my personal use -- and refrain from copying or sharing with others -- unless I receive explicit consent from the creators.
3. I understand that while this training might be healing and therapeutic in nature, it is not a substitute for mental health therapy or psychiatric care.
4. I am responsible for my own behavior the entire time I participate in this event. I understand that some activities could be mentally and emotionally challenging. My level of participation in the activities is entirely my choice, and I can modify or end my participation at any time.
5. I agree to follow the COVID regulations as established by the country or municipality where this IIT will take place. I will follow these regulations and not avoid any of them, and at the same time, I will not expect any additional regulations above and beyond what is required by the country or municipality.
6. If I contract an illness from a virus or other pathogen during this training, I am responsible for the costs of medical care and any other related costs such as changing travel arrangements. I will exercise consideration for others when it comes to contagious illnesses and reach out to the organizer to decide on any actions.
7. Since the program is a closed event and only registered participants are allowed to participate in the sessions, I agree not to bring or invite to the sessions anyone who is not registered. If there are areas or spaces designated for participants of this event, like conference areas or dining areas, I agree not to bring or invite anyone who is not a registered participant to these spaces.
8. I agree to the Photo & Video Agreement which ensures me choice and gives the right to CNVC to gather photos and videos, celebrate, and for YOU to have memories.