NEWS

February / March 2010
BERLIN OFFICE MOVE - NEW CONTACT DETAILS
The CSSP Berlin office is moving into new premises and will have limited accessibility from the 20th of February until the 8th of March 2010.

Our new visitors and mail address:
CSSProject for Integrative Mediation
Schiffbauerdamm 15
10117 Berlin
Germany

Our new telephone numbers will be activated at the 23rd of February 2010:












December 2009
Conference on Mediation in Kosovo
On 1 and 2 December 2009, CSSP and Partners Kosova are organising a conference in Pristina hosted by the Ministry of Justice entitled “Mediation in Kosovo: Maximizing Potential”. The purpose of the conference is to bring together experts from the different fields of mediation to draft a comprehensive strategy for the development of mediation to be implemented by the Ministry of Justice. Prof. Christian Schwarz-Schilling and the Minister of Justice, Nekibe Kelmendi, will give words of welcome. Noa Zanolli, an internationally experience mediator who has worked with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss Red Cross and is the former Director of Education at the Iowa Peace Institute, will be the keynote speaker. Working groups will focus on topics such as challenges to the legal framework of mediation, the possibilities for mediation in property disputes, developing certification and training regulations for mediators, and exploring inter-community mediation. The conference is open to the public. For more information on the conference, please download the agenda or contact mediation@cssproject.org.
English (PDF, 156KB)


October 2009
APPLY NOW
CSSP Interactive Training Program:
How to bring local leaders together –
Adding value to my role in conflict management
CSSP is offering an Interactive Training Program on conflict analysis, problem-solving negotiations, and intercommunity mediation. The Program ”How to bring local leaders together – Adding value to my role in conflict management“ will be
in Berlin from 12 – 16 Otctober. For more detailed information please download the flyer. Registration deadline: 24 September 2009
English (PDF, 232KB)

July 2009
CSSP condemns violence in South Serbia
CSSP works in the municipality of Bujanovac and started its Multi-Community Leadership Series at the beginning of 2009. In May 2009 we held three meetings with the different communities in Bujanovac and a joint meeting from 06 – 09 July 2009. Our project is designed to promote the political integration and peaceful coexistence in the municipality of Bujanovac.
In reflection of the violent incidents of the last two weeks in South Serbia, when a Gendarmerie patrol was attacked near the city of Bujanovac and a bomb exploded in the railway station in Preševo CSSP publicly condemns the violence with the following statement.
English (PDF, 64KB)
Serbian (PDF, 80KB)
Albanian (PDF, 64KB)

Interactive Training with Communities Committee of Ferizaj/Urosevac
As part of an Integrative Mediation process, CSSP brought together the members of the Communities Committee of Ferizaj / Urosevac (17 – 19 July in Istog / Istok) to support them in their work contributing to intercommunity dialogue in the municipality.  The participants jointly built their skills in communication, conflict analysis, and problem-solving, as well as undertaking team-building activities.  Identifying issues the Communities Committee will work on as priorities until the end of the year and identifying some next steps, the purpose of the Interactive Training was to support the members of the committee in their work and to build their skills.  The Communities Committee and CSSP furthermore agreed to continue the very good cooperation in promoting intercommunity dialogue in Ferizaj / Urosevac.  CSSP will visit the members of the Communities Committee and the municipality again later in 2009 to follow-up on the Interactive Training.

Cooperation with the Mediation Commission of the Ministry of Justice of Kosovo
On 16 July, CSSP worked with the Mediation Commission of the Ministry of Justice of Kosovo to jointly explore the potential for mediation in Kosovo. The Mediation Commission approached CSSP to organize a one-day seminar where the challenges and opportunities for mediation are analyzed.  In a country where the case backlog is clogging the courts and cases take up to 20 years to be resolved, mediation and other ADR services can help alleviate the dispute resolution process. CSSP promotes the development of mediation in all its target countries and will continue to cooperate closely with the Ministry to support its application in Kosovo.  In December 2009, CSSP will organize a conference on mediation and other ADR services and how they can complement the dispute resolution system in Pristina.
Check back to get further information regarding this conference.


May 2009
“Nachmittagsgespräche” on the current situation in South Serbia and Macedonia, Berlin, in May and in June
After CSSP team members accomplished field trips and the intra community trainings in Bujanovac, South Serbia, CSSP will organize a “Nachmittagsgespräch” (afternoon talk) on 26 May about the current situation in South Serbia, especially after the break out of violence in the neighbouring north of Kosovo. Another “Nachmittagsgespräch” is planned for 16 June on the situation after the March local elections in Macedonia. The discussion will focus on the impact of the local elections on the inter-ethnic relations in the municipalities in Macedonia and present the findings of the CSSP team after the June trip. CSSP invites Members of Parliament, experts and an interested public to the Bundestag for the afternoon talks. In case you are interested to attend, please contact info@cssproject.org for further details.

CSSP_Newsworld May 2009
With our CSSP_Newsworld we would like to keep colleagues and friends informed about our organisation and share recent projects on Mediation in the Balkans. In this issue, we focus on our assessment visits, trainings, events and changes at CSSP over the last 4 months as well as the next projects to come. We thank you for your interest and support. The register please subscribe here.
English (PDF, 336KB)


March 2009
CSSP conducted a seminar on intercommunity dialogue and conflict sensitive project implementation for ADA members of staff and representatives of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna.  Sharing some theoretical background from CSSP’s methodology of Integrative Mediation as well as the practical application from CSSP’s projects, Dr Juan Diaz, Eva Maria Malisius and Dr Dieter Wolkewitz engaged the participants in an interactive process and activities applying problem-solving skills.  CSSP offered the seminar to ADA as a result out of a two-year project funding interactive professional trainings in Kosovo and Macedonia (2006 – 2008).

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