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The South Eastern European Mediation Forum (SEEMF) is a regional network of mediators that supports and advocates the development of mediation as a conflict resolution tool in South Eastern Europe – the former Yugoslavia and Albania. SEEMF was initiated in October 2005 by CSSProject for Integrative Mediation (CSSP) in an effort to connect all mediators and mediation organisations in the region. The purpose was to create a platform for exchange and dialogue to improve good practice, cooperation, and strengthen human relationships.
SEEMF promotes mediation through direct activities, like trainings, conferences, and exchanges, and by interacting with local and external networks and organizations focusing on conflict resolution. It includes mediators specialized in all fields of mediation and seeks to raise awareness of the contribution mediation can make in the regional peacebuilding process by helping resolve conflicts nonviolently. SEEMF seeks to advocate the legal frameworks for mediation in the individual countries.
SEEMF is sponsored by CSSP through funds from the Stability Pact Fund for South Eastern European sponsored by Germany. Additional financial support has been provided on an activities’ basis by partners. SEEMF seeks to become financially self-sustainable and welcomes contributions from donors and through projects.
Currently our website is under construction and being re-designed. Please visit us again in the Summer of 2008 to get the latest information on the developments and mediation activities in South Eastern Europe.
For more information on the SEEMF Network, please contact:
SEEMF Chairperson 2008
Srđan Šimać
srdjan.simac@st.t-com.hr
Tel: +385 14 896 888
SEEMF Co-Chairperson 2008
Jelena Arsić
helenasr77@yahoo.com
Tel: +381 11 244 1568
SEEMF Network Coordinator
Brigitta von Messling
bmessling@cssproject.org
Tel: +49 30 227 74120
EUROPEAN MEDIATION CONFERENCE
BELFAST
April 2008
From 10.4.08 to 12.4.08 the European Mediation Conference took place in Belfast. It was organized by the Scottish Mediation Network and Mediation Northern Ireland. More than 400 participants attended the conference from almost all European states and also from North America, South Africa and from other parts of the world. The honourable guests and lecturers included Martti Ahtisaari, Jan Egeland, John Paul Lederach, Machteld Pel and others.
The conference was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the peace agreement in Northern Ireland, called the Good Friday Agreement The topics that ran throughout the conference included Development of Mediation Practice, Linking and Networking (Public Awareness), Research and Evaluation, Quality Assurance, European Dynamic, Difference, Division & Diversity, Something fresh and new, learning from other valued occupations, negotiators, therapists, mentors, etc. The topics refered to different types of mediation including Family, Neighbour/community, Peer mediation/schools, Workplace, Business/commercial, Peace-building/international, Community Cohesion and Renewal, Court, Planning & Environmental.
At the same time, the South Eastern European Mediation Forum (SEEMF) had a session with the national coordinators Srđan Šimać for Croatia, Jelena Aršic for Serbia, Ivana Gajovic for Montenegro, Gordana Ristin and Simona Mlakar for Slovenia and Juan Diaz for CSSP. The aim of the session was to discuss the organisation of the Annual SEEMF Conference which will take place in Zagreb in November 2008.
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