CSSP - Integrative Mediation
CSSProject for Integrative Mediation is a registered non-profit association in Berlin, Germany. It was originally founded in 2005 to draw lessons from the ten years work of the International Mediator in Bosnia and Herzegovina Prof. Dr. Schwarz-Schilling (1995-2004). At that time we had gained extensive expertise in political conflict analysis, communication, trust/confidence-building, decentralization, gender awareness, international law, mediation, negotiation, non-discrimination, and strategic planning.
Out of our experiences, we have developed a systemic approach to assisting people or communities in conflict. We call our method Integrative Mediation, and it includes various levels of responsibility, multiple actors and a variety of mediation tools. Since 2005 our activities are focused mainly in other Western Balkan countries but also in places where other like-minded actors have reached out to us for cooperation or assistance. The organization has also trained several hundred persons in inter-community mediation and has worked with local leaders in over 20 divided communities.
On this site you will find more information about our method and projects. We encourage you to browse through our site, give us feedback and join our effort to promote sustainable peace.
CSSP in UN report on "Civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict"
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon released the report of an independent advisory board on "civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict", chaired by Jean-Marie Guéhenno (former Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations). The report aims to analyse how the United Nations and the international community can help broaden and deepen the pool of civilian experts to support the immediate capacity-development needs of countries emerging from conflict. CSSP supports the approach to combine multi-track and multi-stakeholder processes in which state and non-state actors will have to work closer together. Together with Berghof Peace Support, CSSP is the only German actor listed in the „Sub-cluster mediation, good offices and conflict resolution".
Previous to the acknowledgement of the UN and since early 2010, the team of CSSP, together with its colleagues in Brussels, started to support the implementation of the „Concept on Strengthening EU Mediation and Dialogue Capacities". CSSP is also participating in an exchange with the Subcommittee on Civilian Conflict Management of the Bundestag on Germany's contribution to multi-track peacebuilding.
