E/CN.4/1996/72/Add.2 page 29 Dissemination of information and public relations work (through continuing education courses, parents' nights, etc.) in schools and enterprises; Working-out of suggestions for new legal regulations taking account of the initiatives undertaken at the national and European levels. Educational efforts and preventive measures 23. In 1992, 20 “training courses to combat discrimination and violence” (minimum duration two days) brought together about 200 participants. These courses were prepared and held in cooperation with the auxiliary services and juvenile courts of the city districts. The participants were children, adolescents and young adults who had had brushes with the law for participating in acts of violence. The objective of these courses was to work out tactics on how to behave, with the young people, when faced with conflict situations. These ideas were also used, with certain modifications, at seminars held for teachers and social workers in 1992 and attended by a total of 110 participants. 24. At the end of 1990, young Berliners of various nationalities from all the city's districts took part in the project “Youth against violence” launched by the Commissioner for Aliens. The young people participating in this “anti-movement” want to draw attention to the escalation of violence in their age group and propose non-violent means for resolving conflicts. They are conscious of a growing need for such alternative means in order to counteract the propensity to carry weapons. The objectives of the project are announced through information material and meetings. Its “snowball” effect has resulted in the creation of new anti-violence groups in schools, recreational establishments, sports clubs, church communities, etc. The project is backed, logistically and as to its content, by the Commissioner for Aliens. 25. The project “For non-violent intercultural understanding” is aimed at schools (especially on theme days), business firms, parents' associations, youth groups, etc., which can thus obtain information on the relevant themes; presentations are given at courses of continuing training (especially for outreach workers). The need for information and discussion in this area is highlighted in two booklets published by the Commissioner for Aliens: “I have nothing against foreigners, but ...” (1991) scrutinizes the usual prejudices in an informative and reasoned way; “Saying no to violence” (1992) contains information on young Berliners in search of new standards and a new form of sociability in an intercultural environment. 26. A network of contacts in many Berlin schools through whom measures to combat discrimination and violence can be strengthened and extended is being built up. With the help of this network, it is hoped that in future the various cases of conflict and discrimination, many of which are submitted to the Commissioner for Aliens, can be resolved on the spot. 27. The project “For non-violent intercultural understanding” also provides for counselling of the victims of offences motivated by xenophobia and racism.