Links
Links to organisations related to Mediation Northern Ireland have been sorted into the following geographic regions:
Northern Ireland Organisations
Other Organisations in Ireland and the U.K.
European Organisations
North American Organisations
Organisations in other regions
Media Links
Northern Ireland
| Organisations | Organisation Description |
Family Mediation Northern Ireland www.familymediationni.org.uk | Family Mediators can help you identify the issues, consider the available options and arrive at proposals that will meet individuals needs, in particular those of the children. Family Mediatiors are impartial and seek to be even handed. They will help each person to speak and be heard. They will work to improve communication and reduce levels of conflict. They will help you to organise your discussions to enable you to reach your own decisions. |
Belfast Interface Project | Belfast Interface Project is a membership organisation which aims to engage in the development of creative approaches towards the regeneration of Belfast’s interface or ‘peaceline’ areas. |
Committee on the Administration of Justice | An independent organisation affiliated with the International Federation of Human Rights which seeks to ensure the highest standard in the administration of justice in Northern Ireland. |
| Community Dialogue www.commdialogue.org/home.htm | An organisation that works with different community groups in order to encourage dialogue and introspection on the political situation in Northern Ireland. |
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland | Focuses on improving the quality of life in Northern Ireland by addressing social divisions. Through fund raising the Community Foundation supports a wide range of community initiatives. |
| Community Restorative Justice Ireland www.restorativejusticeireland.org | Community Restorative Justice promotes restorative justice mostly in Belfast, but also has projects in Derry and Armagh. |
Community Relations Council | An organisation set up to encourage better relations between communities in Northern Ireland as well as promote cultural diversity. |
Corrymeela | A Christian based organisation committed to healing divisions in Northern Ireland and abroad. |
| Future Ways www.socsci.ulster.ac.uk/research/education/futureways/about.html | Run out of the University of Ulster, Future Ways researches ways people can live, learn, and work together in a society developing out of conflict. Future Ways supports other organisations interested in reconciliation with its research and engages in teaching training as well. |
| Institute for Conflict Research www.conflictresearch.org.uk | An institution dedicated to producing action research on various Troubles related issues. ICR works in partnership with a wide range of communities and organisations both locally and internationally in the belief that academic work can be relevant. The numerous publications produced are available on the site. |
| INCORE www.incore.ulst.ac.uk | INCORE (International Conflict Research) endeavours to address the management and resolution of conflict through research and training. This website is an excellent resource with a wide variety of information on global conflicts as well as up to date information and research on Northern Ireland. |
| Innate www.innatenonviolence.org | The Irish Network for Non-Violent Action Training and Education seeks to link groups and individuals interested in non-violent action and conflict resolution. |
| Mediators Institute Ireland www.themii.ie | Mediators Institute Ireland is a professional institution of mediation practitioners who work to assist people in handling their own disputes. |
| NICHS www.nichs.org | NICHS aims to improve community relations through working with young people. NICHS runs various cross community programmes for 9 –18 year olds with the aim to improve both individual lives and community relations. |
| NICIE www.nicie.org | The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education coordinates integrated education in Northern Ireland by developing existing schools and supporting the realization of new ones. |
| NICVA www.nicva.org | The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action is an organisation dedicated to achieving social change though voluntary action. They are an umbrella group for a variety of voluntary and charitable organisation and provide them with information, advice and training as well as consultancy, policy development and lobbying. |
| Northern Ireland Equality Commission www.equalityni.org | The Equality Commission is an independent body established by the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, the Commission works to eradicate discrimination, promote good practice and promote good relations between racial groups. |
| Northern Ireland Foundation www.nifoundation.net | The Northern Ireland Foundation is working for a progressive and outward-looking Northern Ireland society, where local people take responsibility for their own futures, in a setting of a culture of tolerance and reconciliation among all individuals and all identities. In order to achieve this, we will focus our efforts on: Strengthening positive attitudes towards our future together Developing leadership programmes Commissioning and applying appropriate international research |
| Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission www.nihrc.org | The NIHRC is an independent body committed to ensuring the protection of human rights for all people of Northern Ireland. As such the Commission measures the law, policy and practice of Northern Ireland against internationally accepted standards. |
One Small Step | An initiative created to help promote post-agreement peace in Northern Ireland by involving all sections of society in embracing the positive developments and thinking creatively about what is to come. |
| Partners in Transformation www.tcd.ie/ise/projects/pitp.php | Run out of the Irish School of Ecumenics, PIT is a five year project which targets church leaders and enhancing their potential contribution to peace building. |
| Peace and Reconciliation Group www.peaceprg.co.uk | The PRG has been working for twenty-five years to address practical ways to promote peace and reconciliation in the context of Northern Ireland. PRG aims to create spaces in which individuals and communities can challenge divisions, perceptions and stereotypes. |
| Police Ombudsman www.policeombudsman.org | The Police Ombudsman processes and analyses trends and patterns of complaints against the police service in Northern Ireland. Site includes large amount of complaint statistics. |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland www.psni.police.uk | This site includes an extensive amount of statistics on crime in Northern Ireland as well as resources on hate crime and an advice centre. |
| The Sprit of Enniskillen www.soetrust.co.uk | SOE seeks to promote the leadership potential of young people in by breaking down barriers of mistrust and build new relationships based on understanding and acceptance. |
| TIDES www.tidestraining.org | Through training, among other projcts, TIDES seeks to build the infrastructure necessary for a just and lasting peace in areas that have experienced conflict. TIDES offers training in Northern Ireland as well as in Kosovo, Sudan, Macedonia, Bosnia, and Pakistan. |
| Youth Conference Service www.youthconferenceserviceni.gov.uk | A programme of Youth Justice Agency, Youth Conference Service facilitates meetings between young offenders and victims as alternative to prosecution in the court system. |
| Youth Justice Agency www.youthjusticeagencyni.gov.uk | The Youth Justice Agency seeks to prevent children from committing crimes by a variety of means. The Youth Justice Agency addresses the needs of victims, help involve children in the community, and assisting children confronting their offences. |
Other Organisations in Ireland and the U.K.
| Organisation | Description |
| ComplaintExpert www.complaintexpert.co.uk | ComplainExpert offers a unique reference point on how to complain and get the results you want. |
Conciliation Resources | Conciliation Resources provides support for economic, political, and social solutions to conflict for people or groups in areas of conflict. |
| Glencree Centre for Reconciliation www.glencree.ie | Based in Wicklow, Glencree offers programme approaches to handling conflict and dealing with trauma in order to promote a more peaceful society and reconcile differences. The Glencree Centre offers a ‘a safe space’ for victims/survivors to confront difficult issues. |
| Irish Peace Institute www.ul.ie/ipi | Run through the University of Limerick, the Irish Peace Institute aims to promote peace building through education, research and outreach. |
| Mediation Wales www.mediationwales.org.uk | A branch of Mediation UK, which seeks to promote local, community based mediation. |
| Restorative Justice Consortium www.restorativejustice.org.uk | Located in the UK, the Restorative Justice Consortium attempts develop aggreed principles and standards of restorative justice to further incorporate it in the criminal justice system, the workplace, and any areas where conflict arises. |
| Scottish Mediation Network www.scottishmediation.org.uk | The Scottish Mediation Network strives to make mediation part of the mainstream method of handling conflict throughout where ever conflict or disputes can be found in Scotland. |
College of mediators www.collegeofmediators.co.uk | The College of Mediators (originally known as the UK College of Family Mediators) - established in 1996 - sets standards for mediation and maintains a register of mediator members who meet those standards; it works to promote best practice in mediation and to protect the public. |
Meath Peace Group www.meathpeacegroup.org | The Meath Peace Group is a voluntary group founded in 1993 in Co. Meath with the aims of promoting peace, and the fostering of understanding, mutual respect, reconciliation and trust, through dialogue between people North and South. |
European Organisations
| Organisation | Description |
| The Berghof Centre for Constructive Conflict Management www.berghof-center.org | The Berghof Centre aims to initiate, support and monitor projects which aim to transform ethnopolitical conflicts. The Centre produces numerous publications, including a Conflict Management Handbook. |
| Centre for Conflict Management Norway www.ccm.no | A Norwegian organisation dedicated to peace-building and conflict management through training NGOs and other international and governmental bodies. |
| Eirene – International Service for Peace www.eirene.org | Based in Germany, Eirene seeks to close the gap between the rich of the ‘north’ and the poor of the ‘south’ by addressing fundamental issues common in both the north and the south. Eirene currently employs about 100 volunteers in peace and/or development projects throughout the south and the north. |
| European Centre for Conflict Prevention and Transformation www.conflict-prevention.net | A network designed to keep people informed on peacekeeping and conflict prevention initiatives in Europe. Also produces publication ‘People Building Peace’ full of anecdotal stories about individual contributions to peace building. |
| Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation www.mcms.org.mk | An organisation devoted to promoting sustainable development in Macedonia and abroad. MCMS also seeks to build awareness and provide basic social-humanitarian assistance. |
| Scandanavian Mediators Network www.n-f-m.org | The Scandanavian Mediators Network connects mediators in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark to facilitate the growth of information on the practice of mediation and to promote the use of mediation in conflict management. |
| Swiss Peace www.swisspeace.org | Founded in 1988 Swiss Peace aims to promote research into peace and conflict resolution. The Centre for Peacebuilding (KOFF), within Swiss Peace was founded in 2001, and works to strengthen their capacity to respond to violent conflict. |
North American Organisations
| Organisation | Description |
| Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution www.aicpr.org | A U.S. based network of conflict prevention and resolution organisations which seeks to maximize the contribution to international peace building through collaboration. The website offers links to their thirty-two different members organisation as well as information on their projects. |
| Association for Conflict Resolution www.acrnet.org | A professional U.S. based organisation of educators, facilitators and mediators seeking to advance the practice of conflict resolution. |
| Brethren Voluntary Service www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org | A programme of the Church of the Brethren, BVS houses volunteers mostly in the United States but with many placements throughout the world. A volunteer’s placement may involve young adults, hunger and the homeless, issues of peace and justice, refugees, the environment, prisoners, or disabled persons to name a few. BVS has a thirty-year history of placements in Northern Ireland. |
| The Coexistence Initiative d207733.u7.spwh.com/ | The Coexistence Initiative is a New York based organisation committed to making the world safe for difference. As such they work with a range of different groups at many levels in order to foster diversity and tolerance. |
| Conflict Resolution Network Canada www.crnetwork.ca | The Conflict Resolution Network is dedicated to helping people find constructive ways through conflict. To this end they run courses, conferences and hands on work to promote processes of conflict resolution, restorative justice, consensus building and peacemaking. |
| Eastern Mennonite University www.emu.edu | The Eastern Mennonite University offers graduate programmes in conflict resolution and peacebuilding as well as running the Conflict Transformation Program which includes the Summer Peacebuilding Institute and the Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding. |
| The Institute for International Mediation www.iimcr.org | A Washington based non- profit organisation dedicated to promoting peaceful conflict resolution methods in future leaders. IIMCR has successfully run numerous student symposiums focusing on global conflicts. |
| Irish Institute at Boston College www.bc.edu/centers/irish/institute | The Irish Institute hosts policy makers and officials from Ireland and Northern Ireland to meet with colleagues in Boston for educational interaction to promote peace in Ireland. |
| Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies www.nd.edu/~krocinst | Run from the University of Notre Dame the Institute for International Peace Studies focuses on the ethnic and religious dimensions to conflict, peacemaking and peace building. The Institute offers undergraduate and masters programmes. |
| Mennonite Central Committee www.mcc.org | Created by the Brethren in Christ and Mennonite churches, MCC focuses on the international promotion of development, peace, and relief for natural disasters. |
| National Association for Community Mediation www.nafcm.org | With 365 members, NAFCM supports and connects community mediation programmes throughout the United States by providing training ideas and facilitating sharing between organisations. This site also includes a large database of community. |
| National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution www.apeacemaker.net | NCPCR, or Peace Web, hosts global conferences to connect people from different places and cultures worldwide with its last one in 2003. NCPCR also focuses on learning from a range of diverse peacemaking techniques present in different cultures within the United States. |
| United States Institute for Peace www.usip.org | The USIP is a federal institution dedicated to the promotion of the peaceful resolution to international conflicts. As such the site offers a range of educational resources as well as grants and research fellowships. The site also provides access to a wide range of institute reports and publications. |
| Urban Institute www.urban.org | Created in 1968, the Urban Institute researches and advises on the problems facing American cities. By providing sound evidence to policy-making decisions, analysing the effectiveness of policies and researching possible effective policies the Urban Institute provides a valuable source of knowledge to policy-making in urban United States. |
| Canadian School of Peacebuilding www.cmu.ca/csop/ | The Canadia School of Peacebuilding is a learning community of diverse peacebuilders who come together to learn, network and engage in peacebuilding. The CSOP is hosted by Canadian Mennonite University, a Christian university that is rooted in the historic Anabaptist tradition of peace, justice and service. |
Organisations in other regions
| Organisation | Description |
| Accord www.accord.org.za | African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes is an international non-governmental conflict management organisation working to develop and promote African solutions to the challenges posed by conflict on the continent. |
| Centre for Conflict Resolution ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/ | An organisation associated with Cape Town University, aimed at contributing to just and co-operative solutions to conflict and violence within South Africa, Africa and the world. The Centre for Conflict Resolution promotes mediation, facilitation, education and research with an emphasis on capacity building. |
| Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation www.csvr.org.za | A multidisciplinary institute that aims to generate research and policy formation as well as training and education around numerous areas of conflict primarily in the African context. |
| International Center for Transitional Justice www.ictj.org | The ICTJ assists countries in pursuing accountability for past mass atrocities and human rights abuses. They are currently involved in many regions seek to promote prosecuting perpetrators, documenting violations through non judicial means such as truth commissions, reforming abusive institutions, providing reparations to victims, and advancing reconciliation. |
| The International Peace Research Association www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/~peace/index.htm | The IPRA seeks to advance studies in the area of interdisciplinary research about the causes of war and the conditions for peace. The Association also organizes an international conference every two years. |
| International Peace Research Institute, Oslo www.prio.no | As one of the first independent, international peace research institutes, PRIO focuses on the root causes of violence as well as how to build and sustain peace. As of 2003 the Centre for the Study of Civil War is contained within the Institute. |
| Life and Peace Institute www.life-peace.org | A Swedish based institute is an international and ecumenical centre for peace research and action. The LPI also has an office in Nairobi and concentrates on projects in Africa. |
| Search for Common Ground www.sfcg.org | Joint initiative between Washington and Brussels which seeks to find alternative, co-operative means of conflict resolution on a realistic scale and through practical means. |
| United Nations www.un.org | The site provides an enormous amount of information regarding the status of conflicts around the world and the state of UN involvement in each. The ‘Peacemaking and Preventative Action’ subtitle with in the Peace and Security section offers interesting insights into what role mediation plays within the UN strategy for preventative action. |
| Victim Offender Mediation Association www.voma.org | An international organisation which assists groups and individuals working with models of restorative justice through mediation, dialogue and training. |
| World Council of Churches www.wcc-coe.org | Interactive website for the Decade to Overcome Violence (2001-2010) – available in French, German, Spanish, and English. |
| World Mediation Forum www.mediate.com/world | The WMF consists of people throughout the world who are interested in mediation to manage conflict from the individual to the international level. WMF hosts a bi-annual convention and facilitates movement of information pertaining to mediation on its website. Available in French, Spanish and English. |
Media Links
| Organisation | Description |
| The Belfast Telegraph www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ | Daily Northern Irish broadsheet publication reporting on both national and international events. |
| The Irish News www.irishnews.com/ | Daily Northern Irish publication, specializing in local news. |
| News Letter www.newsletter.co.uk/ | Daily Northern Irish publication, specializing in local news. |
| News Hound www.nuzhound.com | Electronic news hub containing all major Northern Irish news stories from a wide variety of publications. Updated daily. |
