Mediate.com's Conflict Resolution Newsletter

Mediate.com's Conflict Resolution Newsletter
June 8, 2005 #141


A última Newsletter da Mediate.com tem, como sempre, artigos interessantes, que pensamos ser importante partilhar.

Dialogue By Design: Sixteen Practical Ideas for Organizing and Convening Policy Mediations
by Peter Adler
“Policy Dialogues” are a form of conflict resolution. They are used in regulatory, standard-setting, rule-making, and policy forming settings in which multiple stakeholders are struggling with an issue that has political urgency. Meetings are held over a period of time, they are usually guided by a facilitator or mediator, and they aspire to produce concrete outputs, i.e. a guidance to government, a proposed rule or regulation, a plan, or a strategy.

Transformative Mediation: Reviewing The Basics
by Sally Ganong Pope
The past ten years have been significant, formative years for transformative mediation. It was just ten years ago that the approach received a name with publication of The Promise of Mediation by Robert A. Baruch Bush and Joseph P. Folger (now revised, 2005). During those ten years, many of us across the United States and in Europe and Japan assisted with the development and understanding of the transformative model. The results of many of those efforts are reported in the revised edition. They have also been showcased in a series of five intensive symposia held by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation in locations including Minnesota, California, Texas, Maryland and New York. Most recently, last November, a three-day national conference was held in Philadelphia – the first national conference on transformative mediation sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation. James R. Antes reflects on that conference and its implica tions for the future of mediation in his article . The conference inspired me to go back to consider some basics: the arrangement of furniture as symbolic and supportive of our work.

Once Upon A Conflict: The Journey from Confrontation to Collaboration
by Gary Harper
In conflict, everyone has a story—or at least their side of the story. To better understand these stories, try prefacing them with the words “Once upon a time.” Fairy tales feature three main types of characters: the victim (often represented as a damsel in distress or an innocent youth); the villain (a witch, giant or dragon); and the hero (the white knight or young prince). We encounter these same character types on the front page of our newspapers, in our favourite television shows and on movie screens everywhere.