Abstracts and Biographies:
Practice values
Mediation – the good, the bad and those without
standards
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Rhiān WILLIAMS
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| Are we mediating in circumstances where we shouldn’t?
Are we imposing culturally biased processes on disputants? Are we pushing for
agreements just so that we look good as the preferred mediation provider? How would
we know – more importantly how would consumers of mediation services know? This
paper will explore why rigorously developed and imposed standards should apply to
mediators. It will outline some of the consequences of the current lack of any
meaningful national standards and in particular the implications for cross cultural
mediation especially in indigenous settings. Drawing on the author’s own
experience in developing the ACT Competency Standards for Mediators the paper will argue
that standards, without a commonly agreed assessment regime and a mechanism for the
enforcement of the standards, are useless. |
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| Rhiān Williams -mediating for over 12 years specialised in
public policy mediation. She has worked on training projects with diverse groups
including young homeless people, indigenous people and rural women’s groups. Rhiān
was the trainer for the pilots for the Foundation.
She is also presenting a poster with Val
Lang, on Dialogues in rural Australia - demanding
processes that harness diversity
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