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Developments in mediation, current challenges and the role of ROMED (2013)
The training programme for Roma mediators, launched in 2011, is unique in terms of the fundamental effects it produces, both in Europe at large and in the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.
This work sets out to contextualise the initiatives taken, highlight their utility and evaluate them. It is intended to provide guidance for the programme leaders, enable active participants - trainers, mediators, employers and others - to see their efforts as part of an overall scheme, help policy makers to take the right decisions and describe and explain the operation to a broader audience.
The programme's activities concerning Roma are a model for positive action. They make an effective contribution to European co-operation, action to combat discrimination and marginalisation and the search for ways to improve difficult situations. ROMED therefore helps to fuel the development of intercultural policies capable of managing present-day societies, of which diversity and pluralism are the hallmarks.
1. The issues at stake
2. Mediation - the concept
Background
In search of a definition
The need for training
3. Mediation and Roma
European Commission initiative
Gathering momentum
A pilot study
Various activities in Europe
4. The Council of Europe
Local authorities get involved
Legal mediators
Health mediators
School mediators
A new political impetus
Governments meet in October 2010
5. The ROMED programme
Preparatory meeting
Framework for action
Selecting trainers and mediators
Launching the programme
Training begins
The scheme expands
State involvement
The impact of local and regional authorities
6. The programme's potential
A programme for Europe
The added-value factor
A pilot project
Broad impact
7. Keys to success
An institutional code of ethics
An attentive implementation
A career path
Accreditation
Trainers
Training materials
Consolidated status
A code of professional practice
A strategy
8. Players and assets
Roma mediators
Internal dynamics as the baseline
Substantial Roma involvement
Recognition of prior learning
Public authorities - getting them on board
The local authority angle
ROMED - the main issues
Cultural mediators
References
Similar themes
Roma in Europe (2008)
The Council of Europe and Roma: 40 years of action (2012)
Human Rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe (2012)
The Council of Europe and Roma: 40 years of action (2012)
Human Rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe (2012)
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