Name Akpoarebe Mirabel level 400 level department peace

Name: Akpoarebe Mirabel level: 400 level department: peace and conflict studies course code: pcs 410 course tittle: Negotiation and mediation Question: 2 strategies and techniques of mediation

Strategies of mediation Mediation process can have an informal improvisation. Here are some strategies to overcome the process of negotiation • Planning: Before the mediation process begins , the mediator helps the parties decide where they should meet and who bshould be present. This helps the meeting to go on peacefully without any further disagreement and also helps to save time. Each side might have lawyers, co-workers, and family members in their team depending on the context of the situation. For example a firm and a printing company can decide to hire a judge with about 10 years experience as a mediator

• Mediators introduction: With the parties gathered in the same room, the mediator introduces the participants outlines, the mediation process, and would also lay out some ground rules. The mediator would present her goals for the mediation process : to help parties come to a negotiataed agreement on the issue

Techniques for mediation • Cultivating an enviroment of safety and trust: Mediators are responsible for creating an enviroment which parties feel safe and comfortable. It starts by being sensitive to decisions like: seating positions, parties may decide to seat face to face or across eachother. Mediators also express their feelings of keeping whatever is being discussed at the course of the mediation process confidential and also maintaining neutrality and encourage parties to speak up if they arent being neutral

Take a deep breath and seat back • One reason people are uncomfortable with managing emotions is based on “cultural bias towards the “ration and angainst the “emotional”. The simplificatio about the way we think and express our selves falls short when measured against our complex human experience.