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Mediation, Negotiation & Facilitation

Indigenous Facilitation & Mediation (Past Project)

Project Overview

The Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project (IFaMP) commenced on 1 July 2003 and came to a close on 28 July 2006. The major focus of the Project concerned capacity building in Native Title Representative Bodies (NTRBs) and for those they represent. The project broadly aimed to:

• Identify best practice in Indigenous decision making and conflict management in the NTRB native title context;
• Find ways of building on Indigenous ways of making decisions and managing conflict in the design and implementation of flexible, responsive, reliable and sustainable decision-making and dispute management systems;
• Identify training needs of NTRBs and those they represent and develop a training framework for the native title context;
• Raise awareness of the need for procedural expertise and skills and long term relationship building in dealing with Indigenous decision-making process and conflict management beyond a more common emphasis on substantive outcomes; and
• Develop a national model for accredited regionally-based Indigenous facilitators and mediators who are supported and mentored appropriately and who are effective in native title.

Project Reports

A number of publications came out of the project. Key resources are:

• Bauman, T. 2006. Final Report of the Indigenous Facilitation & Mediation Project July 2003/04 – June 2006: research findings, recommendations and implementation 403Kb. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.

IFaMP Website

• Bauman, T. 2006. Indigenous Facilitation & Mediation Project Final Seminar 6.10MB, PowerPoint presentation delivered at Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 11 July.
• Brockwell, S, Eggerkin, K, Morphy, R and Bauman, T. 2005. Culture, Conflict Management and Native Title: An Emerging Bibliography 680Kb. Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra.
• Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project and Social Compass 2006, Finding Training Solutions in Indigenous decision-making and dispute management: a resource for native title representative bodies, Native Title Research Unit, AIATSIS, Canberra.
  • Part 1: Training Solutions 664Kb
  • Part 2: Training Providers 903Kb

Project Website

Although the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project came to a close on 28th January 2006, the website has been added to the PANDORA web archive, so it is still accessible.

For further queries please contact Toni Bauman.