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Mediator Skills Training - Summer School

Mediator skills training leading to assessment for CEDR Mediator Accreditation

Grand Hotel Excelsior Hotel, Malta

  • 22 - 28 August 2010
    (The course runs from 08.30 to 18.00 Monday to Friday. On Saturday it runs from 07.30 to 17.00. Wednesday 25 August is a day off. There is a welcome drinks reception on the 22nd from 19.30    )
  • Cost: £5250.00 (UK VAT exempt) for all participants.
    The fee includes 6 nights accommodation on a full board basis except on the 20th of August (day off). Travel, transfers and all in-room services are excluded     

“An amazing experience which provides you with new life skills.

CEDR's International Summer School offers an exceptional combination of venue and content, involving five days of training, plus extra coaching, spread over six days to allow delegates some time to enjoy the stunning location and to reflect on the content and experiential learning of an intense course. The location provides an excellent environment for networking with other delegates and making the most of having experienced mediator-trainers at your disposal, at trainer to delegate ratio of 1:3. Getting away from the office also encourages delegates to turn their full concentration to a course which demands 150% attention.

Mediation is now established in the UK as a successful and cost-effective way to resolve commercial disputes.

Although the development of mediation internationally has varied, the level of interest and use is universally increasing. It is climbing political and economic agendas with both the European Commission and United Nations regarding effective dispute resolution as an increasingly important element in international trade. Experience in a number of countries has shown that a supply of highly skilled mediators is imperative if the mediation market is to develop and operate successfully.

CEDR's International Summer School provides a unique opportunity to explore the potential for mediating commercial disputes, and those achieving CEDR Mediator Accreditation will be ideally placed to play a key role in the development of this emerging field.

The summer school offers an exceptional combination of venue and content. Five days of training, plus extra coaching, is spread over six days to allow delegates some time to enjoy the stunning location and to reflect on the content and experiential learning of an intense course. The location provides an excellent environment for networking with other delegates and making the most of having experienced mediator-trainers at your disposal, at trainer to delegate ratio of 1:3.

Getting away from the office also encourages delegates to turn their full concentration to a course which demands 150% attention.

Click here to view feedback from the 2007 Summer School.

CEDR has over ten years' experience leading the commercial mediation field. An independent, non-profit organisation supported by leading professional bodies and many of the world's largest corporations, CEDR's mission is to encourage and develop awareness and standards in commercial mediation.

CEDR Solve, CEDR's dispute resolution service, has managed over 2,000 mediations - the vast majority settled to the satisfaction of all parties.

Mediation

Mediation can simply be described as assisted negotiation. A neutral mediator can help parties to overcome deadlock and reach a negotiated settlement. Mediation offers advantages over approaches such as litigation or arbitration because it is:

  • quick - most mediations last for just one day and can be set up within weeks.
  • efficient - there are significant cost savings in management time and professional fees.
  • flexible - using mediation does not preclude other approaches to settlement such as litigation.
  • effective - about 80 per cent of mediated disputes settle on the day or shortly after.

Programme content
The programme has been described as a ‘mediation laboratory’. Under expert guidance from experienced mediators, participants can test the skills they learn in an extensive series of case studies and exercises. Participants discover which approaches work, which don’t and, most importantly, why. The training culminates with assessment for CEDR Accreditation on the final two days. Over 70 per cent of participants gain accreditation.

How good is this programme?
The quality of the programme speaks for itself:

100% of participants rated the overall quality of the programme as very good or excellent.
100% of participants said the programme either met or exceeded their expectations.
100% of participants rated the quality of teaching as very good or excellent.
(Survey of Summer School participants in 2004)

Training faculty
CEDR's faculty of over 20 trainers is the most experienced body of mediation trainers worldwide. All faculty members are accredited and practising mediators with collective experience of delivering hundreds of participant training days per year. Their professional backgrounds and experiences span a broad spectrum of sectors.

What people say...

"It is the future and CEDR are building it."
(Dutch) employers' organisation

"The sheer intensity of this course is only marked by the satisfaction of completing it."
Roger McKnight, Ballymena Borough Council

"One of the best courses I have ever attended - truly excellent and inspirational."
Susan Bucknall, Chief Executive, Solicitors Pro Bono Group

"Life changing."
Partner, London firm

Who should attend

CEDR training has a wide international appeal and with just 30 places available, demand is likely to be high. The programme relies heavily on interactive teaching methodology. This demands an extremely high level of competence in spoken English and English language comprehension from delegates.

As the accreditation assessments are practical spoken assessments, delegates should be aware that insufficient English language capabilities could affect their chances of accreditation. No prior knowledge of mediation is required nor a substantive knowledge of law.

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