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EPP BELGIUM

EPP Belgium: Enneagram Prison Project (EPP) is an international project. In Belgium, it is supported by the association TRANSITION, JUSTICE ET DIALOGUE which is part of a societal movement that aspires to a more humane, just and peaceful collective life.
 
Our goal is to create a culture of restorative justice inside and outside of prisons through the EPP program.
 
This program fosters an environment of open dialogue and dynamic security through which people, through greater self-awareness, become ambassadors of change who promote a more just society.

French Translation

EPP BELGIUM 

“It is my belief that every one of us is a vessel that contains a very great energy which goes unattended."

Right now as we sit here, there is something in us that is waiting to be called.  And if we attend to it, if we acknowledge it, we will then be in touch with a force that can illuminate. It can transform and shape each one of us and can help to change the world. When one is still and one listens, then one begins to be in touch with this mysterious element which is within each one of us.”

— William Segal, A Voice at the Borders of Silence

EPP Belgiumis a community of 18 guides who completed their training in 2018. We started off with a bold bunch coming together in Marneffe - Belgium, at the training centre for the prison staff. Well yes, the Enneagram has been taught to correctional staff in Belgium for the past 12 years and the basic introductory days are part of the training program for new employees thanks to Jean Philippe Koophmansch’s dedication. This preparatory work made the institutions “Enneagram ready" and after two pilot intensives, one with Susan, and the other with Susan and Rick, five prisons were willing to open their doors to us in Belgium and one in France.

Ready for some 2019 numbers? Here we go:

• 14 active guides
• 6 institutions
• 17 groups
• 280 students enrolled
• 132 students completed EPP courses and about 80 students to complete in the next two weeks!

All of this in one year and in French, so let’s all take a breath!  
The mid-year highlight was having EPP Founder Susan Olesek, and EPP Faculty members Vibha Gosselin and Susanne Gawerluk in Paris presenting to the Warden and team, attending the very first graduation in Nanterre, then driving together to downtown Paris for an EPP evening co-hosted by IEA France. The wonderful surprise was having EPP Ambassador Vic with us online, and having people walk up to the computer after the presentation and chat with him! How all this came together is a wonder…The seeds have been sown, hearts touched, and future guides waiting to join the community. 

SPECIAL NOTE: EPP CURRICULUM IS TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH!