The institutionalization of mediation: reflections from an expert panel

• Main Authors: Ursula Sabine Caser, Nuno Ramos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2019-10-01
• Series: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
• Subjects: Mediation; institutionalization; collaborative methods; participation; structured discussion format; plurilogue; SWOT workshop; Mediación; institucionalización; métodos colaborativos; participación; formato de debate estructurado; plurílogo; workshop DAFO
• Online Access: http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/985
• ISSN: 2079-5971

On 27 and 28 April 2017, the International Institute for the Sociology of Law held a workshop under the theme <em>The Institutionalization of Mediation: Potentialities and Risks</em>. The scientific coordinators of this initiative promoted a structured discussion to identify the risks and potentialities of institutionalization to further develop mediation in the region. This article intends to review some literature supporting the subject of discussions, and to report the intense final discussion within the group of 27 mediation experts (from Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal). In these final reflections, we do not want to provide definitive answers to burning questions, but we hope to shed a light on the crucial dilemmas as they were discussed in a world-caf&eacute;-like workshop at the end of the meeting. Some limitations and future directions are discussed in light of participatory methods and governance innovation.<br /><br /> El 27 y 28 de abril de 2017, el Instituto Internacional de Sociolog&iacute;a Jur&iacute;dica organiz&oacute; un taller sobre el tema <em>La institucionalizaci&oacute;n de la mediaci&oacute;n: potencialidades y riesgos</em>. Los coordinadores cient&iacute;ficos de esta iniciativa promovieron una discusi&oacute;n estructurada para identificar los riesgos y potencialidades de la institucionalizaci&oacute;n para desarrollar a&uacute;n m&aacute;s la mediaci&oacute;n en la regi&oacute;n, tema de las discusiones, y para informar la intensa discusi&oacute;n final dentro del grupo de 27 expertos en mediaci&oacute;n (de Alemania, B&eacute;lgica, Francia, Espa&ntilde;a y Portugal). En estas reflexiones finales, no queremos dar respuestas definitivas a preguntas candentes, pero esperamos arrojar luz sobre los dilemas cruciales tal como fueron discutidos en un taller al estilo de un caf&eacute; mundial al final de la reuni&oacute;n. Las limitaciones y las direcciones futuras se discuten a la luz de los m&eacute;todos participativos y la innovaci&oacute;n de la gobernanza.<br /><br /> <strong>Available from:</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1093" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1093</a>