Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD)
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Identifying Mediation Entry Points
05th October 2015 | Federal Foreign Office Berlin
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Germany as mediator –
Peace mediation and mediation support in German foreign policy
25th November 2014 | Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Organizers of this conference were the Federal Foreign Office and the Initiative Mediation Support in Deutschland (IMSD), which includes the Berghof Foundation, the Center for Peace Mediation at the European University Viadrina, CSSP - Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation, inmedio - Institut for Mediation, Beratung, Entwicklung and the ZIF – Center for International Peace Operations.
The conference dealt with peace mediation and mediation support as instruments of civil crisis prevention and conflict transformation. Three working groups offered deeper insights: (1) External perspectives: Germany’s role in international peace mediation; (2) Possibilities for structural anchoring of mediation and mediation support and (3) Points of contact, overlaps, and interaction between diplomacy and mediation.
The conference’s target group was a broad audience of experts as well as state actors (Track 1) and civil society (Track 2) who deal with or are interested in mediation in foreign policy. In order to more effectively use existing potential and develop it further, the conference identified interfaces at which closer cooperation and shared learning opportunities can be organized. Likewise, ways were found to link German participants with established international organizations working in peace mediation and mediation support.
For more information on the meeting, click here.
Organizers of this conference were the Federal Foreign Office and the Initiative Mediation Support in Deutschland (IMSD), which includes the Berghof Foundation, the Center for Peace Mediation at the European University Viadrina, CSSP - Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation, inmedio - Institut for Mediation, Beratung, Entwicklung and the ZIF – Center for International Peace Operations.
The conference dealt with peace mediation and mediation support as instruments of civil crisis prevention and conflict transformation. Three working groups offered deeper insights: (1) External perspectives: Germany’s role in international peace mediation; (2) Possibilities for structural anchoring of mediation and mediation support and (3) Points of contact, overlaps, and interaction between diplomacy and mediation.
The conference’s target group was a broad audience of experts as well as state actors (Track 1) and civil society (Track 2) who deal with or are interested in mediation in foreign policy. In order to more effectively use existing potential and develop it further, the conference identified interfaces at which closer cooperation and shared learning opportunities can be organized. Likewise, ways were found to link German participants with established international organizations working in peace mediation and mediation support.
For more information on the meeting, click here.