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From the world of integrated mediation
Please note that only news and articles that are relevant to the international part of the association are posted here. You can find more and up-to-date information about integrated mediation on the national pages.
The trick of the brain
Sometimes our brain really behaves tricky, the more as this stays undiscovered. Is it a problem? Yes it is. Perception is an issue in mediation. Understanding why perception is incomplete and sometimes misleading is what every mediator should take into consideration. This ALZHEIMER’S EYE TEST shows again the borders of our brain and the willingness to be cheated. […]
Conflict Maps in Mediation
A map shows the landscape, roads and much more. What is the concern of conflict maps? It’s the same. They visualize conflicts where we have systems, elements and an environment to be respected, influencing, impacting and interacting with each other, just as system theory explains. And why do we need that in mediation? Because it helps. […]
Guide through Mediation
The short over the snake-pit Once upon a time a colleague of mine told me: “We have to cross the human snake-pit if we want to resolve their conflict”. He was a psychotherapist. And he was right. What he described is the difference between facilitative and transformative mediation. It was Christoph Thomann, a famous mediator from Swizzerland who told that. [...]
Survey about the use of mediation
The European Parliament is seeking inputs and suggestions to foster the use of mediation in civil and commercial disputes. To this end, ADR Center was asked to design a questionnaire, titled Assessing the Impact of the EU Mediation Directive and Exploring Legislative and Non-Legislative Measures to Encourage the Use of Mediation in EU Member States. A report based on the responses to [...]
How to negotiate with terrorists from other cultures
Especially in reference to recent developments around Syria and the Middle East, we are bombarded with questions about the international events and caveats in negotiations with intercultural context. The following interview published by the magazine Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Investigation Department – CID) provides some answers on this complex issue: CID: What is the difference between negotiations in business and hostage negotiations involving the [...]
CBM and International Mediation
CBM vs. international vs. intercultural Mediation The term CBM (cross-border mediation) has been established with the 2008 EU Mediation Directive (2008/52/EC). CBM mediators should be aware of the fact that the term is limiting the scope of using CBM, because it does not cover all international cases. CBM needs to be distinguished from the international mediation. […]