All Discussions Tagged 'international' - ADRhub - Creighton NCR2024-03-29T13:42:48Zhttp://www.adrhub.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=international&feed=yes&xn_auth=noEngaging Civil Society in Peacemaking - Webinar with Suzanne Ghais Sponsored by ACR International Section – NEW Video Recordingtag:www.adrhub.com,2017-08-02:4905899:Topic:799072017-08-02T21:43:37.773ZGiuseppe Leonehttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/GiuseppeLeone
<p>On August 2, 2017 Suzanne Ghais Ph.D. presented a free 1-hour webinar sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) International Section. ACR is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.</p>
<p>Suzanne Ghais is Adjunct Instructor at the American University of School of International Service. She teaches two courses – Conflict Assessment and Prevention, and International Negotiation – through the American…</p>
<p>On August 2, 2017 Suzanne Ghais Ph.D. presented a free 1-hour webinar sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) International Section. ACR is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution.</p>
<p>Suzanne Ghais is Adjunct Instructor at the American University of School of International Service. She teaches two courses – Conflict Assessment and Prevention, and International Negotiation – through the American University’s online master’s program in international relations. And she is the author of the book “Extreme Facilitation: Guiding Groups Through Controversy and Complexity”</p>
<p>To watch the video recording of this webinar and view/download Suzanne Ghais’ Powerpoint presentation click here <a href="https://goo.gl/bmfiLu">https://goo.gl/bmfiLu</a></p> Engaging Civil Society in Peacemaking – 1-Hour Free Webinar with Suzanne Ghais Sponsored by ACR International Section – August 2, 2017tag:www.adrhub.com,2017-07-17:4905899:Topic:795192017-07-17T03:15:02.580ZGiuseppe Leonehttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/GiuseppeLeone
<p>Many have been calling for peace processes to be more inclusive, particularly of civil society. How this helps promote peace—and how mediators and peacebuilders can help—has been less clear.</p>
<p>In this webinar, which is hosted by Virtual Mediation Lab and sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution International Section, Suzanne Ghais overviews her research exploring how inclusion or exclusion of civil society affected peace processes in Liberia, Chad, and the Philippines. In…</p>
<p>Many have been calling for peace processes to be more inclusive, particularly of civil society. How this helps promote peace—and how mediators and peacebuilders can help—has been less clear.</p>
<p>In this webinar, which is hosted by Virtual Mediation Lab and sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution International Section, Suzanne Ghais overviews her research exploring how inclusion or exclusion of civil society affected peace processes in Liberia, Chad, and the Philippines. In these cases, civil society, when included, pressed for addressing underlying sources of conflict and helped build public support for the peace. Dr. Ghais will discuss the practical implications for peacebuilders in fragile and post-conflict societies, such as the many different ways civil society can contribute to a peace process, what to do where civil society is not well developed, and ways to support grassroots organizations in promoting peace.</p>
<p>Suzanne Ghais is principal at Ghais Mediation and Facilitation and an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of International Service. She recently completed her Ph.D. in international relations at American University (AU) with a focus on peace processes. She teaches two courses “Conflict Assessment and Prevention” and “International Negotiation” through AU’s online master’s program in international relations. Dr. Ghais is the author of “Extreme Facilitation: Guiding Groups through Controversy and Complexity” <a href="https://goo.gl/uEz1GN">https://goo.gl/uEz1GN</a></p>
<p>WHEN AND HOW TO REGISTER<br/>This 1-hour webinar will take place Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 1:00pm Eastern Time (10:00am Pacific Time | 11:00am Mountain Time | Noon Central Time | 6:00pm London/UK Time). Admission is FREE, but seating is limited.</p>
<p>For more information and to register online click here - <a href="https://goo.gl/pbZJjn">https://goo.gl/pbZJjn</a></p> CFA: Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation in Border Regions, Quito-Ecuadortag:www.adrhub.com,2017-03-04:4905899:Topic:772822017-03-04T02:07:29.155ZJeff Pughhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/JeffPugh
<p><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation across Borders, Quito-Ecuador</strong></span></p>
<p>Check out this exciting opportunity for hands-on learning in Latin America this summer!</p>
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<p>The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for…</p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation across Borders, Quito-Ecuador</strong></span></p>
<p>Check out this exciting opportunity for hands-on learning in Latin America this summer!</p>
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<p>The McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, FLACSO-Ecuador, and the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC) are pleased to announce:</p>
<p>The 3rd annual Summer Institute on Conflict Transformation Across Borders will take place from June 26-July 14, 2017 in Quito, Ecuador at FLACSO, with graduate-level credit issued by UMass Boston. The program will focus on conflict and peace in border regions, including immigration and refugee-related conflict. More info and application instructions are available at <a href="http://www.caps.umb.edu/conflict_transformation.%C2%A0" rel="nofollow">http://www.caps.umb.edu/conflict_transformation. </a> The application deadline is April 1, 2017.</p>
<p>This 3-minute video is a great way to get a quick feel for the program: <a href="https://youtu.be/pubS4Jf7D80" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/pubS4Jf7D80</a></p>
<p>The program will feature a series of high-level guest speakers (past years have included a former Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Relations, former ambassadors, UNHCR officials, ambassadors to UNASUR, UN peacekeeper involved in the Nicaraguan demobilization process, military officers in the border region, refugee leaders, NGO activists, and more).</p>
<p>This course is designed to equip early-career professionals, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and other future peacebuilders with practical tools, knowledge, and hands-on experience to understand the complexities of conflicts in refugee communities and across border regions, and the types of interventions that can be used to transform these conflicts.</p>
<p>The program will include classroom learning; trips to the Amazon cloud forest and the northern border region; practical skills training workshops on conflict analysis, negotiation, cross-cultural communication, and proposal writing; and participants will design their own proposal for a peacebuilding project, receiving feedback from a panel of experienced experts in the field. In this sense, the Summer Institute is not just a learning or training opportunity, but a platform for action that connects a cohort of future peacebuilders and empowers them to address the complex conflicts related to borders, migration and refugees, and transnational environmental challenges that face the world today.</p>
<p>More details and applications are available online at <a href="http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/international/conflict_transformation" rel="nofollow">http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/international/conflict_transformation</a> (the deadline to apply is April 1, 2017). Questions can be directed to Dr. Jeff Pugh at <a href="mailto:Jeffrey.pugh@umb.edu" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey.pugh@umb.edu</a> and Dr. Cecile Mouly, <a href="mailto:camouly@flacso.edu.ec" rel="nofollow">camouly@flacso.edu.ec</a>.</p>
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<p>-Human security vs. national security in border regions<br/> -Transnational dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding<br/> – Skills workshop: Conflict analysis<br/> -Border disputes and binational dialogue/peace processes: the cases of Ecuador-Colombia and Ecuador-Peru<br/> -Forced migration and social conflict in immigrant-receiving communities<br/> -Skills workshop: Negotiation and mediation<br/> -Environmental challenges and transnational resource conflicts<br/> -Skills workshop: Project development and proposal writing<br/> -Indigenous identity, ethnicity and conflict in border regions<br/> -Skills workshop: Cross-cultural and non-violent communication<br/> -Security sector reform; disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and the Colombian armed conflict<br/> -Nonviolence and civil resistance</p>
<p>Check out the outcomes, student reflections, published articles, and photos from the past years’ Summer Institutes at <a href="https://conflicttransformationborders.wordpress.com/conflict-transformation-across-border-regions/" rel="nofollow">https://conflicttransformationborders.wordpress.com/conflict-transformation-across-border-regions/</a>.</p>
<p>———<br/> Jeffrey D. Pugh<br/> Assistant Professor<br/> Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance<br/> University of Massachusetts, Boston<br/> <a href="https://um-boston.academia.edu/JeffPugh" rel="nofollow">https://um-boston.academia.edu/JeffPugh</a></p>
<p>Executive Director<br/> Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC)<br/> Quito, Ecuador</p> Why Hawaii Wants to Become a Center for International Mediation and Arbitrationtag:www.adrhub.com,2016-04-29:4905899:Topic:719592016-04-29T18:03:11.814ZGiuseppe Leonehttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/GiuseppeLeone
<p>In a new 44-min video Mark Shklov, Michael Schwartz, Richard Mosher and Gerard Clay - four Hawaii attorneys with extensive experience not only in litigation but also mediation and arbitration - discuss:</p>
<p>>> The growing need for International mediation and arbitration</p>
<p>>> Why Hawaii is best suited to become a center for International dispute resolution, particularly for settling disputes between the USA and Asia</p>
<p>>> Which other cities in the USA, Europe and…</p>
<p>In a new 44-min video Mark Shklov, Michael Schwartz, Richard Mosher and Gerard Clay - four Hawaii attorneys with extensive experience not only in litigation but also mediation and arbitration - discuss:</p>
<p>>> The growing need for International mediation and arbitration</p>
<p>>> Why Hawaii is best suited to become a center for International dispute resolution, particularly for settling disputes between the USA and Asia</p>
<p>>> Which other cities in the USA, Europe and Asia currently offer International dispute resolution services, and why they are so successful</p>
<p>>> What needs to be done in order to set up and run an International dispute resolution center in Hawaii</p>
<p>To view their video click here <a href="http://goo.gl/IpBWeS">http://goo.gl/IpBWeS</a> (Source: Think Tech Hawaii)</p>
<p>PS: In the next few weeks Richard Mosher and Giuseppe Leone, founder of Virtual Mediation Lab, will present a webinar titled “Introduction to International Mediation and Arbitration” to a group of attorneys, mediators and arbitrators in China and Hawaii.</p> There Is Still Much to Learn for Making International Online Mediation in Different Languages (and Cultures) Really Worktag:www.adrhub.com,2016-04-25:4905899:Topic:719262016-04-25T02:00:17.676ZGiuseppe Leonehttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/GiuseppeLeone
<p>Online mediation can no doubt be useful and cost-effective for resolving cross-border disputes, when parties live in different countries or continents, and probably speak different languages.</p>
<p>Sure, the technology for running such online mediations is already available and works well. On our website, for example, you can find video recordings of simulations we ran 2-3 years ago in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Greek, Thai, Romanian, and Polish -…</p>
<p>Online mediation can no doubt be useful and cost-effective for resolving cross-border disputes, when parties live in different countries or continents, and probably speak different languages.</p>
<p>Sure, the technology for running such online mediations is already available and works well. On our website, for example, you can find video recordings of simulations we ran 2-3 years ago in 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Greek, Thai, Romanian, and Polish - <a href="http://goo.gl/Jh44h">http://goo.gl/Jh44h</a></p>
<p>(Please Note. We no longer use Skype for our simulations; instead, we prefer using a video collaboration software called Zoom).</p>
<p>Besides technology, however, there are many other (and more important) factors to keep in mind when mediating online cross-border, bi-lingual disputes.</p>
<p>On our website we discuss three of those factors:</p>
<p>>> Mediation takes more time<br/>>> Parties’ different cultures<br/>>> Mediator’s different “hats”</p>
<p>And we also explain why, although, we believe that online mediation of International disputes offers great opportunities, we are also aware that we are dealing with a new, uncharted territory, which we plan to discover by trial and error – i.e. by experimenting through simulations, and finding out what works well or not-so-well.</p>
<p>For this reason, we welcome the collaboration with mediation centers and ADR organizations that are interested in this topic - <a href="http://goo.gl/L1jtay">http://goo.gl/L1jtay</a></p> A House Divided Cannot Standtag:www.adrhub.com,2015-06-03:4905899:Topic:660622015-06-03T17:17:53.271ZConflict Resolution at UMasshttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/LeighMurphy
<p>Join the Public Conversations Project and the <a href="https://www.umb.edu/cpdd" target="_blank">Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development</a> June 20 in Boston for a Transpartisan Conference.</p>
<p>Too often, we roll our eyes at pundits on television talking past one another about a pressing political issue. And then we move on, frustrated but ultimately resigned to the stagnation, paralysis, and silos in our political climate. We tune out, …</p>
<p>Join the Public Conversations Project and the <a href="https://www.umb.edu/cpdd" target="_blank">Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development</a> June 20 in Boston for a Transpartisan Conference.</p>
<p>Too often, we roll our eyes at pundits on television talking past one another about a pressing political issue. And then we move on, frustrated but ultimately resigned to the stagnation, paralysis, and silos in our political climate. We tune out, <a href="http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/" target="_blank">polarization worsens</a>, and the cycle repeats.</p>
<p>To shift the culture of civic discourse, we need to build bridges. We need a conversation that doesn’t start and end with red or blue. And we can’t do it alone. Only together can we shift towards political narratives that value people over positions, and allow for more constructive communication across difference. Join us!<br/><br/> Public Conversations Project is part of a partnership convening Boston's first Transpartisan Conference on June 20th at the UMass Boston campus. The budding Transpartisan movement brings together community and business leaders across sectors and political lines to cultivate a vibrant, creative political spectrum that is capable of wise, sustainable decision-making<span>.</span></p>
<p>Check out our exciting <a href="http://www.publicconversations.org/sites/default/files/TPC%20Press%20Release.pdf" target="_blank">speakers</a>, and <a href="http://www.publicconversations.org/transpartisan" target="_blank">register for the conference today</a>. Tune in on June 20 with #redbluebridges on Twitter.</p>
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<p>From December 2014 to February 2015, ADR Group, a London-based leading authority in dispute resolution, trained 20 experienced mediators from the UK, Greece and France to mediate online, by participating in a series of online mediation simulations.</p>
<p>Delivered by the ADR GROUP faculty, Rahim Shamji and Tom Valenti, and Giuseppe Leone of Virtual Mediation Lab - <a href="http://goo.gl/dnc0Y">http://goo.gl/dnc0Y</a> - that pilot program was a great success. As a result, ADR Group has just…</p>
<p>From December 2014 to February 2015, ADR Group, a London-based leading authority in dispute resolution, trained 20 experienced mediators from the UK, Greece and France to mediate online, by participating in a series of online mediation simulations.</p>
<p>Delivered by the ADR GROUP faculty, Rahim Shamji and Tom Valenti, and Giuseppe Leone of Virtual Mediation Lab - <a href="http://goo.gl/dnc0Y">http://goo.gl/dnc0Y</a> - that pilot program was a great success. As a result, ADR Group has just announced the first International Online Mediation Training Course (IOM).</p>
<p>It is designed for already qualified mediators from around the world, who have completed a minimum 40 hour training course with a competent mediation training organization. The IOM training will take place from Monday, May 18 to Friday, May 22, 2015 and is set out as 12 hours of training — a 1 1/2 hour opening session to learn the techniques, followed by three 3-hour online mediation simulations, in groups of three, followed by a 1 1/2 hour feedback/wrap-up session. There are two trainers in the first and last sessions, and one during the simulations.</p>
<p>Upon successful completion of the IOM course, participants will earn the title "Accredited Online Dispute Resolution Mediator", and will have the opportunity to undertake advanced training courses with Virtual Mediation Lab on a one to one basis.</p>
<p>For more information click here <a href="http://goo.gl/7ZDHsJ">http://goo.gl/7ZDHsJ</a></p> Peace in Northern Ireland: Dream or Reality?tag:www.adrhub.com,2015-03-24:4905899:Topic:648652015-03-24T16:12:07.001ZConflict Resolution at UMasshttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/LeighMurphy
<div class="captionDiv"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2311556833?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" height="127" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2311556833?profile=original" width="128"></img></a> Join us as <a href="http://www.surrey.ac.uk/politics/people/professor_breensmyth_marie_politics/">Professor Marie Breen-Smyth</a> leads a discussion "Peace in Northern Ireland: Dream or Reality?" which focuses on a contemporary assessment of the status of the settlement in Northern Ireland in the context of stalemate in the Assembly and continuing spoiler…</div>
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<p>Professor Breen-Smyth is Associate Dean International, Professor of International Politics and Director of Research in the School of Politics at the University of Surrey. </p>
<p>April 17th 2PM </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/peace_in_northern_ireland_dream_or_reality" target="_blank">Visit Event webpage for more info or to RSVP</a></p> Discounts Available: Measuring Impact and Outcomes & Social Media for Social Innovation - 4 week online courses! Inquire further!tag:www.adrhub.com,2015-01-23:4905899:Topic:638642015-01-23T16:26:19.364ZJulia Delafieldhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/JuliaDelafield
<p><em>The first 10 comments or inquiries (centre@upeace.org) will receive a</em> <strong><em>$75 discount</em></strong> <em>towards tuition for these online courses!</em> <strong>Promo Code: ADRhub2015</strong></p>
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<p>Register for our <strong>Mission Impossible? Measuring Outcomes and Impact</strong> online course that begins in just over a week!</p>
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<p>Let us help you to build your capacity in Monitoring & Evaluation and become a value-add to your organization or…</p>
<p><em>The first 10 comments or inquiries (centre@upeace.org) will receive a</em> <strong><em>$75 discount</em></strong> <em>towards tuition for these online courses!</em> <strong>Promo Code: ADRhub2015</strong></p>
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<p>Register for our <strong>Mission Impossible? Measuring Outcomes and Impact</strong> online course that begins in just over a week!</p>
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<p>Let us help you to build your capacity in Monitoring & Evaluation and become a value-add to your organization or business. </p>
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<p>By the end of the MIMO course participants will have:</p>
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<li>Designed a Problem Tree Analysis of their program</li>
<li>Created a logic model of their program</li>
<li>Created monitoring tools appropriate for their program</li>
<li>Practiced communicating findings to decision makers</li>
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<p>Course begins February 1st, 2015! Register and search for more information <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/programs/onlinecourses/mission-impossible/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p>Register for our <strong>Social Media for Social Innovation</strong> online course beginning March 1st, 2015. </p>
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<p>In this course, you will learn how to:</p>
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<li>Design strategies for using virtual communicative tools</li>
<li>Explore and define dimensions of Emotional intelligence</li>
<li>Interpreted EQ and specific strategies for growing self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and skilled relationship building</li>
<li>Learned how to develop online organizational strategies</li>
<li>Become familiar with and utilized the top tools for social engagement</li>
<li>Learned how to find support, funding and a voice for your organization online</li>
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<p>Course begins March 1st, 2015! Register and search for more information <a href="http://centre.upeace.org/programs/onlinecourses/social-media-for-social-innovation/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p>Our courses include participants from across the globe, including over 30 nationalities! Get ready to network, build your capacity and become a part of an alumni family that is excited to support your professional development experience.</p>
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<p>Please email centre@upeace.org for more information or any inquiries. </p>
<p><a href="http://centre.upeace.org/" target="_blank">www.centre.upeace.org</a></p> Mediation and Negotiation Competition based on the VIS Case in Viennatag:www.adrhub.com,2014-12-08:4905899:Topic:636062014-12-08T14:44:54.225ZClaudia Winklerhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ClaudiaWinkler
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The IBA-VIAC International Mediation and Negotiation Competition Vienna</strong></span></p>
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<p>We would like to share with you the new <b>IBA-VIAC International Mediation and Negotiation Competition</b> Vienna, co-founded by the International Bar Association and the Vienna International Arbitral…</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>The IBA-VIAC International Mediation and Negotiation Competition Vienna</strong></span></p>
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<p>We would like to share with you the new <b>IBA-VIAC International Mediation and Negotiation Competition</b> Vienna, co-founded by the International Bar Association and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre.</p>
<p><br/> The IBA-VIAC International Mediation and Negotiation Competition is a premiering event in the field of <b>Consensual Dispute Resolution</b>, especially focusing on the fields of <b>mediation </b>and <b>negotiation</b>. The Competition will bring together students from around the world who specialize in mediation or negotiation and will enable them to prove their skill and strategy to achieve the best deals in simulated legal mediations based on an adapted version of the <strong>Willem C. Vis</strong> International Commercial Arbitration Moot case. The four day competition event will include over 40 competition sessions and will be accompanied by a variety of educational and social events. By creating an international, annual student competition, the IBA-VIAC Mediation and Negotiation competition will facilitate a long-term platform for students and practitioners to grow, learn and share.</p>
<p>The first competition in 2015 will take place in Vienna from <strong>1-4 July</strong>. University teams from around the world can currently <strong><a href="http://www.cdrcvienna.org/application/">apply</a> here</strong> to be amongst the selected teams to enter the 2015 competition. Experts can sign up <a href="http://www.cdrcvienna.org/vienna-2015/expert-sign-up/">here</a> to become volunteer expert assessors for the competiton. </p>
<p>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.cdrcvienna.org" target="_blank">www.CDRCVienna.org</a>, stay posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CDRCVienna" target="_blank">Facebook </a>or <a href="https://twitter.com/CDRCVienna" target="_blank">Twitter </a>or contact competition director Claudia Winkler at <a href="http://news.wko.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=6vIdz_1dgh3N&link=1Fzz" target="_blank">claudia.winkler@CDRCVienna.org</a>.</p>
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<p><b>The Competition</b></p>
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<li><b>Teams</b>. 16 teams of 3-5 students, maximum 2 coaches;</li>
<li><strong>Fo</strong><b>rmat</b>. 4 preliminary rounds, 7 competition rounds total;</li>
<li><b>Session</b> <b>Structure</b>. 1 student to act as a mediator, 2 students on each side to negotiate as a team of counsel and client;</li>
<li><b>Case</b>. Based on the 2015 Willem C. Vis Moot Problem;</li>
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<p><b>Application</b></p>
<p>Universities can register their team at <a href="http://www.CDRCVienna.org" target="_blank">www.CDRCVienna.org</a> from December 2014 until 28 February 2015. 16 Teams will be selected to compete in the 2015 competition in Vienna.</p>
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<p><b>CDRC Vienna 2015 - Be Part of a New Generation of Dispute Resolution!</b></p>