Cihan Koral

Nationality: Turkish
Based in: Istanbul, Turkey

Cihan is a facilitator/consultant with her work on designing/implementing inclusive and emergent processes. She works across themes of human rights, diversity and inclusion, organizational development, gender equality, capacity building for civil society, conflict resolution, and youth engagement.

Being an accredited Lewis Deep Democracy instructor, she draws on participatory methodologies including Theory U, Deep Democracy, Theatre of the Oppressed, Art of Hosting, Socratic Design, The Way of Circle, and Sociocracy.

She works in partnerships to mainstream these approaches into social impact spaces via her initiative Por Muta, to hear all the silent voices (hence the name For the Mute). She is also the co-founder of NGO Hasat, an organisation focusing on mainstreaming emergence through co-design and co-facilitation by bringing an understanding of participation and interaction.

Her previous work has earned her awards and recognition including: European Business Awards for the Environment- EU Winner and European Awards for the Environment- Turkey Finalist.