In this paper, Canan Gündüz explores the applicability of human needs frameworks to mediation practice, offering several pointers on how to adapt them to the field of mediation. Particularly, she pays attention to Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs, and to how such a model might help or limit a mediation process.
In this speech, delivered at the Second Seminar of the Moroccan-Spanish Initiative on the Promotion of Mediation in the Mediterranean, "Concrete Actions for an Optimal Synergy in Mediation", Brendan McAllister reviews the role of civil society in the Northern Ireland conflict to explore the contribution it can make to mediation.
On 27 March 2014, after over forty years of Moro insurgency in Mindanao, the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. An International Monitoring Team was put in place in 2004 to monitor the agreement, adding a unique Civilian Protection Component (CPC) in 2009. The CPC is led by three local NGOs and an international NGO (Nonviolent Peaceforce - NP).
In January 2014, NP awarded mediatEUr and Initiatives for International Dialogue a contract to carry out an impact evaluation of its programme in support of the CPC. This report is the result of such evaluation, aimed at assessing NP's lessons to date from the CPC and deliberate future directions.
mediatEUr’s report aims to do two things concurrently: firstly, tell the story of how the KIC process unfolded and, at the same time, situate its work within the larger international experience of similar commissions. This will hopefully serve those that are engaged in similar practice elsewhere, presenting the often intricate and organic work done by individuals as part of an unfolding process, i.e. cover the ‘how’. The second will be of interest to those who work on the more technical ‘what’, namely the policy aspect of setting up and running commissions of inquiry. The final section presents lessons learned from both angles. We are grateful to the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for trusting us with this project.
This synthesis report considers trends and issues in the context of international peace mediation and mediation support, and relates them to the past, present and future operational needs of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, specifically to the Standby Team of Mediation Experts.
mediatEUr organised the roundtable ‘International Peace Mediation Standards? Reviewing the Field, Charting the Way Ahead’ on 21 May 2013, to review standard-setting efforts in other mediation fields, and to explore the applicability of standards in international peace mediation.
In June 2015, mediatEUr and the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine (UNDP) launched a project to build a Dialogue Support Platform in the country (DSPU). The aim of this Platform is to support the contribution of dialogue to a peaceful, democratic and stable Ukraine.
This report originates from research commissioned by UN Women on the role of the “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS) agenda in peace processes and agreements and regional organisations, with a particular focus on post-June 2008 conflict-resolution efforts.
Our annual report collects all our work and the impressions on the year from our team, and reflects on a year of transition for mediatEUr.
Summary and key lessons from a debriefing with former Downing Street chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, on the Northern Irish peace process.
