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Students of Yemen and Rutgers Share Experiences. November 19th, 2009. 7:00 PM, NJC Lounce, Douglass Campus Center
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Read our March 2008 story, "National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - Yemen"
The State of New Jersey has established a program to provide mediation for people facing foreclosure of their homes and who wish to take advantage of an opportunity to negotiate new terms for their mortgages with their lenders. Information about the program can be found at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/foreclosure/index.htm
The direct link to the website of the New Jersey Supreme Court's Civil Practice Division is as follows: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/foreclosure/11290_foreclosure_med_info.pdf
The New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation program brochure is available on CNCR's site as well: Download File (pdf)
The Elder Mediation Center of New Jersey, a collaborative alliance of independent mediators and a geriatric care manager, is presenting a training session for mediators seeking to expand their practices to include the specialized field of elder mediation. The training, to be held on November 10, 2009, from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., takes place at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. Note that this program will satisfy the 4 hour per year continuing education requirement for mediators that is mandated by the Administrative Office of the Courts, New Jersey Supreme Court. Also note that, while there are no requirements to participate, it is expected that participants will know the basics about mediation since the program is not designed as an initial training session to teach new people to be mediators.
Information about the training is available here:
http://www.dvanarelli.com/blog/2009/08/15/elder-mediation-training-in-new-jersey-ceu-opportunity/
For more information about elder mediation: www.eldermediationcenter.com
http://www.usip.org/training/online/
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Check out the discussion 'new International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University’s one-year English-language MA starting in October 2009'
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We are pleased to present the new International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University’s one-year English-lang...
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new International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Tel Aviv University’s one-year English-language MA starting in October 2009
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Thursday, April 2, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Student Life Center, Brookdale Community College
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Navensink I & II Planet in Peril - Seventh Annual Conflict Resolution Forum. Environmental Changes and Global Security: The Impact of Climate and Environmental Changes on Global Resources and Global Conflict. A discussion of climate-related changes that have and are occurring across the globe, the impact of these changes on global resources and the potential for armed conflict among nations over an evolving competition for the arising scarcity of resources. Meaningful solutions to these problems will also be presented. Guest Speakers: Linda Stamato, Co-Director, Center for Negotiations and Conflict Resolution, Rutgers University; Tom Cioppa, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Political Science, Brookdale Community College; Alan Robock, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University.
To Register for the Forum, please call (732) 224-2315; Fee: $10 adults, $5 students, Brookdale students free; Code: XWWTS 198. Sponsored by the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Center, the International Education Center and the Office of Student Life and Activities.
Interest in international development policy and planning among faculty and graduate students in the Bloustein School has led to the creation of a dedicated interest group in this area: The “International Development Interest Group.” The IDIG functions as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information as well as a platform for collaboration around various themes and geographies of relevance in planning and policy work in low- and middle-income countries.
The group is holding regular meetings every two weeks to discuss the different aspects of its activities, including the exploration of networks and project collaboration with existing centers, departments and organizations at Rutgers already active in international development work. Current interests include the following sectors or themes within policymaking and planning: transportation, healthcare, housing, energy and petroleum, environment, water management, fiscal policy, micro-finance and financial mobilization, public sector accounting, vulnerable urban communities, labor management, women’s entrepreneurial activities, political economy of development, international trade, tourism, telecommunications, war and post-conflict planning, security and defense, methodologies of research and field work. The IDIG is aiming to build up and strengthen a network of similarly dedicated individuals and groups active in the international policy and planning field in the region.
The former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 for his efforts to end conflicts in troubled places around the world over the course of three decades. For more information, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html
More universities are developing conflict resolution studies as global violence prompts increasing interest in the causes of conflict and the means to reach sustainable peace. For more information, see: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/america/redpeace.php
The European Centre for Conflict Prevention is in the process of creating The Hague Peace Portal, an interactive website on peace-building and conflict prevention. It will have a unique feature in its focus on knowledge from civil society organizations that operate in conflict areas. It intends to be complementary to existing websites on peace and conflict and to provide a means for interaction among differrent civil society institutions. As the site development progresses, additional information is required and, accordingly, the ECCP asks those at interest to provide it through a survey:
Click here to take the survey.
The Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum excels as a platform for highlighting innovative and constructive methods of conflict resolution in the international arena. This forum contributes to the policy discourse by: (1) informing the public about differing perspectives; (2) finding viable solutions to complex conflicts; and (3) providing a secure venue for stakeholders from various disciplines to engage in cross-sector, or multi-track problem-solving. The CPRF is co-sponsored by some of the field's most distinguished foreign policy institutions and think-tanks: The Alliance for Peacebuilding; Global Peace; Council on Foreign Relations (Center for Preventive Action); George Mason University's Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution; Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (Conflict Management Program); Partners for Democratic Change; Search for Common Ground; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity); and the United States Institute of Peace. The forum monitors events and trends in conflict regions, helps sustain a policy focus on conflict prevention and resolution, and increases collaboration amongst practitioners who work to resolve violent conflict.
An especially moving account by Jeffrey Gettleman about the climbing of Mount Kenya in an effort to reconcile Kenyans divided by ethnic strife.
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The Parliament and Council of the European Union reached agreement on a directive promoting (and encouraging) the use of mediation for cross-border legal disputes--civil and commercial--on April 23, 2008.
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Two important court decisions relating to the practice of mediation have occurred recently, one in New York and the other in California.
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