Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) has signed a partnership contract to work with Pierre Yves Monette and Antje Herrberg to support ECOWAS in the prevention of electoral violence through training on mediation and facilitation within electoral contexts. FBA has delivered trainings in Nigeria, Mali and will deliver one in Guinea Bissau.
In 2021, mediatEUr became Conciliation Resources EU/mediatEUr.
We are delighted to have signed a four-year framework contract on conflict prevention and mediation support for the EU, for which we were chosen together with our partners from swisspeace, ESSEC IRENE, CITpax, ECDPM, and Search for Common Ground. We place importance on delivering more than 'just a service' by practicing quality control and knowledge management. We hope to assist in the creation of a community of practice with those working in the field.
The new Consortium of ERMES, under the lead of the College of Europe, has recently signed a FWC contract with the European Commission to support the European Union in providing mediation and dialogue support in situations of need, with the steer of the EEAS, PRISM/Mediation Support team.
Co-founder and CEO of mediatEUr of 11 years, Antje Herrberg, has resigned from her position as the chairwoman of the board and has been positively discharged of her role by the members of the organisation.
In her capacity as Gender Expert, mediatEUr’s Senior Executive Officer, Ms. Kathrin Quesada, took part in a High-Level Dialogue meeting between Syrian and Yemeni Women representatives from 4 to 5 December in Brussels.
For the second year in a row, mediatEUr held a one week intensive mediation training with 10 selected diplomats from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kathrin Quesada, member of the board and active member of mediatEUr, has been appointed as the Senior Executive Officer of mediatEUr. Kathrin, a trained lawyer and mediator, has substantial experience in Security Sector Reform and Women in Peace and Security issues.
mediatEUr is excited to have been awarded a grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation for a new project on the Future of Syria. The project proposes an innovative digital dialogue methodology that gives voice to Syrian refugees living in host communities in Jordan and Lebanon, to identify their own concerns as they look forward to their future. The objective of the project is to help transform current realities on the ground and inspire inclusive conflict resolution and international action.
From 28 to 30 January, Senior Executive Officer Kathrin Quesada delivered training on inclusive dialogue and mediation processes in post-conflict environments at the State Police College of Baden Württemberg in Germany. The programme, which has run since 2017 and was developed in close collaboration with mediatEUr, specifically targets police officers and civilians working in international peacekeeping missions.
At the end of February, mediatEUr members Luis Peral and David Price, assisted by our Project Assistant Esther Kestemont, went to Jordan in order to accomplish the first mission of our Future of Syria project, funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation and with financial and logistics support from the Nizami Ganjavi International Center.
