Fact Sheet Series: Peace Mediation and Mediation Support
The Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD) and the Federal Foreign Office have jointly developed a series of fact sheets on peace mediation and mediation support:
- Basics of Mediation: Concepts and Definitions
- The Role and Contributions of States in Peace Mediation
- The Role and Contributions of Multilateral and Non-State Actors in Peace Mediation
- Conflict Analysis and Mediation Entry Points
- The normative framework and the international legal basis of peace mediation
- Methodology and communication tools in peace mediation
Conference: "The OSCE as Mediator: Instruments - Challenges - Potentials"
July 6, 2016, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
As part of its OSCE chairmanship, Germany organized a conference on the role of the OSCE as a mediator in July2016. The conference was jointly set up by the Federal Foreign Office and the Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD).
Expert Meeting: "Identifying Mediation Entry Points"
October 5, 2015, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
International and German mediation experts discussed the role of conflict analysis to identify entry mediation entry points and presented various methods of analysis to members of the Federal Foreign Office.
Conference: "Germany as Mediator: Peace Mediation and Mediation Support in German Foreign Policy"
November 25, 2014, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
The conference report from the conference "Germany as Mediator: Peace Mediation and Mediation Support in German Foreign Policy" outlines concrete steps that Germany should take to contribute to international peace mediation and mediation support.
Impressions from the 2014 Conference on Peace Mediation
Copyright for the Photos: ZIF / Mike Auerbach
In 2017, the IMSD promoted the integration of peace mediation into the coalition agreement of a new government with a position paper:
Friedensmediation in den Koalitionsvertrag integrieren (German)
In 2016, the IMSD contributed the following position paper to the discussions on the development of new policy guidelines on crisis prevention, conflict management and peacebuilding:
Friedensmediation ausbuchstabieren – Positionspapier der IMSD für den Erstellungsprozess der Leitlinien Krisenengagement und Friedensförderung, IMSD, 2016 (German)
In 2013, the IMSD developed short summaries and proposals for policies in the field of peace mediation and mediation support:
Friedensmediation. Kurzinformation und Vorschläge für die Politik, IMSD, 2013 (German)
Mediation und Mediation Support in den Koalitionsvertrag integrieren, IMSD, 2013 (German)
European Union (EU)
- EEAS Mediation Support Team
- EEAS Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, and Mediation
- Concept on Strengthening EU Mediation & Dialogue Capacities (2009)
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre
- Mediation and Dialogue Facilitation in the OSCE
- OSCE Guide on Non-Military Confidence-Building Measures
- OSCE Guide on Gender Responsive Mediation
United Nations (UN)
During the conference "OSCE as mediator: Instruments – Challenges – Chances" (2016) a video was recorded with contributions of speakers, panelists and participants:
The Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) in cooperation with schnittbüro asked experienced mediators and participants in mediation processes to share their experiences. Swiss Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who is currently involved in the peace negotiations in Ukraine, Luxshi Vimalarajah, Programme Director for Dialogue, Mediation & Peace Support Structures at the Berghof Foundation, Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, former International Mediator for Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Dalibor Jevtic, Minister for Communities and Return in Kosovo gave their insights into mediation and being a mediator. The first three clips are in German. The interview with Mr. Jevtic is in English.
- Berghof Foundation: National Dialog Handbook
- Berghof Foundation: Tradition- & Faith-Oriented Insider Mediators (TFIMs) as Crucial Actors in Conflict Transformation
- Berghof Foundation: The Institutionalization of Mediation Support. Are Mediation Support Entities there yet?
- Berghof Foundation: The Youth Space of Dialogue and Mediation in Myanmar
- Berghof Foundation: From Power Mediation to Dialogue Support? Assessing the European Union’s Capabilities for Multi-Track Diplomacy
- Berghof Foundation: OSCE Support to Insider Mediation. Strengthening Mediation Capacities, Networking and Complementarity
- Berghof Foundation: Evaluation of the Mediation Support Unit Standby Team of Mediation Experts Final Report
- Berghof Foundation: Seeking Compromise? Mediation Through the Eyes of Conflict Parties
- Berghof Foundation: Berghof Background Paper 1: Inclusivity in National Dialogues
- Berghof Foundation: Glossary of Conflict Transformation
- Berghof Foundation: Insider Mediators | Exploring Their Key Role in Informal Peace Processes
- Berghof Foundation: Conflict Parties’ Interests in Mediation
- Berghof Foundation: An Empirical-Analytical Attempt to Intercultural Mediation: A Difficult Brokerage. Assess the Impact of Cultural Differences.
- Berghof Foundation: Peaceful Intervention: Structures, Processes, and Strategies for the Constructive Regulation of Ethnopolitical Conflicts
- Berghof Foundation: Mapping German Development Cooperation in Peace Negotiations and Mediation: Experience, Potentials, Gaps and Areas for Strategic Support
- Berghof Foundation: Mediating Peace with Proscribed Armed Groups
- Berghof Foundation: Peace Mediation and Listed Terrorist Organizations: Challenges for Peacebuilding
- Center for Peace Mediation (Kyselova, Tatiana; Kraus, Anna Isabel; Kirchhoff, Lars; von Dobeneck, Julia) 2017: Track III Dialogues in Ukraine: Full Research Report
- Center for Peace Mediation (Kyselova, Tatiana; von Dobeneck, Julia) 2017: Track III Dialogues in Ukraine: Major Patterns and Resulting Risks. Research-based Policy Paper, CPM/KMA Research Project / Ukrainian Version
- Center for Peace Mediation (Kerber, Imke; Kraus, Anna Isabel) 2017: Dialogue in Odessa, Ukraine. Findings and suggestions based on a series of interviews with local dialogue actors, carried out in Odessa in 2015 / Ukrainian Version
- Center for Peace Mediation (Kraus, Anna Isabel; Kirchhoff, Lars; Mason, Simone) 2017: Safe Spaces: Mapping the Red Lines in Peacemakers' Trade-Offs. Research Outline for Viadrina Seed Money Research Project
- Center for Peace Mediation (von Dobeneck, Julia; Kraus, Anna Isabel; Kyselova, Tatiana) 2016: Challenges to Mediation and Dialogue in Ukraine. Distrust in Procedures and a Dysfunctional Market
- Center for Peace Mediation/ Mediation Support Network 2016: Challenges to Mediation Support in Hot Wars. Learnings from Syria and Ukraine. MSN Discussion Points 7
- Center for Peace Mediation: Kirchoff, Lars: Linking Mediation and Transitional Justice. Background paper of the conference "Peace and Justice" hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, as well as the Center for Transitional Justice. New York 2007.
- Center for Peace Mediation: Translating Mediation Guidance into Practice: Commentary on the UN Guidance for Effective Mediation by the Mediation Support Network (2012)
- inmedio: From shared truths to joint responsibility: Combining story-telling, dialogue and mediation as a means of trust-building within or between divided societies. Splinter, Dirk und Wüstehube, Ljubjana in KOREA forum Special No. 2, Vol. 23, 2014.
- ZIF: Mediation Potential Screening (MPS) - A decision tree for the quick assessment of potential peace mediation entry points" (ZIF Tool series, co-authored by Sebastian Dworack (ZIF), Christoph Lüttmann (CSSP) and Dirk Splinter (inmedio) (8/2018) / ENG
- ZIF: PeaceByPeace-Podcast: Wie weiter mit der Friedensmediation? (German only)
- ZIF: From Behind the Scenes to Center Stage. Enhancing Germany's Role in International Peace Medation (6/2018)
- ZIF: Strategic Action Matrix
- ZIF: ZIF-SWP Toolbox Civilian Crisis Management (on Conflict Resolution, p. 26)