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Book: International Mediation in Venezuela
Published October 1st, 2011
By Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez
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International Mediation in Venezuela analyzes the effort of the Carter Center and the broader international community to prevent violent conflict, to reconcile a deeply divided society, and to preserve democratic processes. From their perspective as facilitators of the intervention and as representatives of the Carter Center, Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez present an insider account of mediation at the national and international level.
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The Power of the Third Side: An Interview with Pablo Lumerman
Pablo Lumerman is a dialogue and development facilitator and a community-company-government conflict mediator. Pablo holds a degree with honors in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires. He also holds a Master’s in Local Development from the National University of General San Martín and the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Source: Lindie Botha (2016). The Power of the Third Side: An Interview with Pablo Lumerman. Reflections from Practice Series No. 08 (B. Ganson, ed.). The Hague: ACCESS Facility. View the original article >>
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In the News
Is War Our Biological Destiny – New York Times, November 11, 2003
Overview of the Third Side in Venezuela – By Gregory Wilpert, February 2003 (English and Spanish Versions)
Mobilizing the Third Side for a Winning Alliance against Violence. Mediate.com September 2007
Communities of Peace in Colombia. www.americas.org November 2003
Helping the 'Negotiation Revolution'. DailyCamera.com December 8, 2002
Teaching About the Third Side. Conflict Management in Higher Education Report October 2002
Peace on Earth, Goodwill to All. The Communication ...
The Third Side is everywhere
In the Family
"One night, my mother and her boyfriend got into a silly argument about where they were going to go out," recounts eighteen-year-old Marquise Johnson, who had been trained as a peer mediator at school in one of Cleveland's toughest neighborhoods. "I had to sit them down. That was the hardest thing because they just stared at me when I told them to sit down. But I said, 'I'm going to help you solve this problem - could you sit down, please?' Afterward, we were all sitting there laughing. I was proud. When I finish college, I want to be a social worker or ...
In the workplace
Torn by interdepartmental rivalries, corporate lawsuits, strikes, employee grievances, and unexpected violence, there are also signs of the Third Side at work. "When my sales representatives create conflicts, they're often over customers and territories," says Michael Rosenberg, president of a home food delivery service. He asks the quarreling salespeople to exchange customers or to work as a team. "This way," he explains, "they're forced to help each other for the good of the company, rather than worrying about protecting their own turf."
Thousands of businesses and ...
In the community
In the early 1990s, teenage violence in Boston seemed out of control. There was a shooting every day and a half, a tripling of the rate over the course of ten years. A nine-year-old boy out trick-or-treating on Halloween was killed by gang crossfire as was a teenager walking to an anti-drug meeting. Yet after more than twenty youngsters died a year from firearms in 1992, the rate fell to zero in 1996. The key, according to Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans was "collaboration." The entire community was mobilized. The police worked closely with teachers and parents to ...