Information Comunication Technology and Online Mediation by Renée Gendron (February, 2010)

 Win that Agreement: Confessions of a Real World Mediator by Ben Hoffman (December, 2009)

IPPP - Rule of Law Needs Assessment by Richard Moore and Sylvia McMechan (February, 2009)

A Model for a Whole-of-Problem Approach to Preventing Violent Conflict by Evan Hoffman (March, 2008)

Preventing Political Violence: Towards a Model for Catalytic Action  (August, 2006)

 

Mediation & Negotiation Roleplays

CIIAN's mediation and negotiation roleplays are now available for purchase. These valuable learning tools have been developed and used by CIIAN's Staff and Associates in numerous training courses around the world over the last seventeen years. 

CIIAN's Mediation & Negotiation Roleplay Catalogue currently has 19 exercises in it, ranging from simple two-party negotiation exercises which can be completed in under an hour to much more complex multi-party, multi-issue cases, and more are continually being added. Each roleplay is priced at $24.99/use.

Click here to download CIIAN's Mediation & Negotiation Roleplay Catalogue... (245 KB)

Peace Guerilla: Unarmed and in Harm's Way, My Obsession with Ending Violence

Peace Guerilla is a vivid memoir that illuminates the process of dealing with fearsome brutal leaders one would be afraid to have dinner with - and why we should do so. There is tension when Hoffman, as President Jimmy Carter's representative, travels deep into the African bush in Sudan to meet face to face with Joseph Kony, a violent war lord who was abucting children in Uganda to be soldiers in his Lord's Resistance Army and terrorizing the population. There are insights on every page on topics ranging from negotiating techniques, US diplomacy, and the emotional, intellectual and techincal effort required to mediate high-stakes peace agreements. And there is the heartbreak of failure and its tragic consequences.Hoffman discovers that a mediator must discard neutrality in favour of a bias for peaceful agreement. A mediator must wage peace with the same intensity and creative tactics as the guerilla fighter pursues violent domination. At the heart of it all is the challenge of transforming power from violence to peace; and that in turn brings our values into sharp focus. Peace Guerilla is exciting, instructive, and conveys a sense of immediacy which is nearly cinematic. Some parts of Ben Hoffman's story will be featured in the upcoming Hollywood movie Girl Solider.

Go here to order and purchase a copy of Ben's book from Amazon.

The Peace Guerilla Handbook

This Handbook is for anyone charged with the task of preventing political violence or with building peace. The Handbook puts flesh on the bones of commonly recited 'best practices' for peacebuilding: that action be theory informed, holistic, comprehensive, collaborative, facilitative, and sustained. It goes further, calling upon the peacebuilder to apply unconventional methodologies in an ever-vigilant effort to remove violence and to build the conditions in society that will make positive peace sustainable.

Cost: $11.00 Cdn. + $2 Shipping and Handling ($3.50 for U.S. customers and $4.50 for international orders). Orders of 2 or more books are invoiced on a per cost basis. Email us to order a copy.

Bridge the Knowledge-Action Gap! The Authoritative Statement on How to Reduce Political Violence

This study of activities in conflict prevention, mediation and post-violence peacebuilding is now available.

Cost: $10.00 Cdn. + $5 Shipping and Handling

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