News and contributions
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.
10 mile stone queries
The German Mediation Act Ruling an informal procedure like mediation becomes a real challenge. Discussing the legal nature of mediation, the applicable law, interpretation of terms leads to queries rather caused than answerd by the law. […]
Narrative Mediation
There is a very interesting contribution about narrative mediation I like to hint to you (look here). It's a PDF, a part of a book written by Barbara McCulloch.
IM Switzerland under umbrella
The General Assembly of IM Switzerland has decided that IM Switzerland applies for membership in the Swiss umbrella organization (Schweizerischer Dachverband Mediation SDM-FSM). […]
The melody of mediation
Mediation generates its own rhythms. Behind rhythms we will find a cognition flow. The cognition flow is the melody played by mediation. The mediator is the conductor of the orchestra, where parties, not the conductor, are playing the instruments. Parties have to go through melody in order to reach an amicable settlement. […]
Annual General Meeting of IM Switzerland
The first Annual General Meeting of IM Switzerland took place in sunny Bonstetten (Zurich) on June, 15th 2013. IM Switzerland was established at the end of 2011. Oliver Speich (photo) was elected as a new member of the managing committee and appointed to vice-president. He follows Klaus Heither who continues to be in charge as the treasurer of IM Switzerland. [...]
Transformative Mediation Conference 2014
This is to announce the Second International Congress on Transformative Mediation which will be held in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, from 13th to 14th of June, 2014. The aim of the Congress is to support the development of transformative mediation in Europe as well as connecting transformative mediators and supporting them to exchange ideas and experiences and join forces [...]