OSCE documents and publications on mediation

OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre’s Mediation Support Team hosts brainstorming session on Dialogue in Ukraine

Vienna, 5 May 2016 - The OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre took an important step towards furthering the OSCE’s approach to facilitating dialogue in Ukraine by inviting renowned international experts and local dialogue facilitators to participate with OSCE officials in an intensive day of brainstorming in Vienna on 26 April 2016.

News

5 May 2016

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Teaming up with Insider Mediators

This article looks into the potential of the concept of Insider Mediation to strengthen existing OSCE mediation processes and to identify new entry-points in these processes. Whereas Insider Mediators might constitute an important resource for peace processes, engaging with them requires sensitivity to avoid doing harm to them and their communities.

1 December 2016

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My Work as Insider Mediator in Northern Ireland

This article recounts the experiences of Rev. Dr. Gary Mason, who has been working as an Insider Mediator in the Northern Ireland conflict for several years. He is involved in several civil society initiatives, which aim to make a positive contribution to the transformation of the conflict.

1 December 2016

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Regional Organizations in Conflict Mediation: Lessons of Experience & Cooperation with the United Nations

This report focuses on key issues discussed during the third and fourth meetings of Regional, Subregional and other International Organizations on Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation hosted respectively by the League of Arab States (LAS) in Cairo on 5-6 February 2014, and the European Union (EU) in Brussels on 6-7 May 2015. Both meetings were organized as part of a common effort to strengthen cooperation and knowledge-sharing on peace mediation in accordance with the UN Guidance for Effective Mediation. The common thread of discussions focused on a key principle of the UN Guidance: Coherence, Coordination and Complementarity (CCC) in mediation processes, with particular focus on contexts in which one or more regional organizations are involved. The Cairo meeting also addressed the issue of Inclusivity, while the Brussels meeting included a specific focus on CCC in ceasefire mediation.

Study / report
English
30 March 2016

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Mediation and Dialogue Facilitation in the OSCE

The purpose of this Reference Guide is to provide recommendations surrounding the eight fundamental principles of the UN Guidance for Effective Mediation as they pertain to the OSCE context. It intends to offer practical guidance for OSCE representatives who are directly involved in designing, implementing, and evaluating mediation and dialogue facilitation engagements in the field.

Guide / manual / handbook
English

Русский
13 November 2014

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OSCE remains at forefront of conflict resolution through mediation, say participants of high-level meeting in Vienna

VIENNA, 10 October 2014 - Mediation, now more than ever, is an important tool for resolving conflicts through peaceful means, and the OSCE remains at the forefront of conflict resolution as a mediator, providing support as well as sharing expertise and knowledge, said participants of a high-level conference on mediation in the OSCE area, which opened today in Vienna.

Press release

10 October 2014

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Mediation in the OSCE area

This interview with mediation expert Thania Paffenholz, who was one of the panellists of the high-level conference on mediation in the OSCE area organized in October 2014 in Vienna, touches upon the importance of mediation in the OSCE context and the question of gender and inclusivity in mediation processes.

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'Inclusivity in mediation processes' by Ambassador Fred Tanner

3rd Meeting of Regional, Subregional and other International Organizations on Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation, 5 February 2014, Cairo

Statement / speech
English
5 February 2014

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