Our Projects
Online Mediation Conference, 2021
In 2021, the Online Mediation Conference brought together 10 world experts and became a platform for exchanging experience between participants from Europe and the Middle East. Through interactive sessions, beginners, practicing mediators, lawyers, HR professionals, and psychologists enhanced their professional skills and learned modern methods of dealing with conflicts. The event contributed to the promotion of mediation and opened new opportunities for all those seeking professional growth.
Speakers
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Tetiana Bilyk, Ukraine - organizer and moderator of the meetings
Marianne SOUQUET, France
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Colin Rule, USA
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Friedrich Glasl, Austria
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Lorraine FILIONб Canada
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Dagmar Lägler, Germany
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Chris Moore, USA
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Alexander Redlich, Germany
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Baruch Bush, USA
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Samantha Hardy, Australia
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Gary Friedman, USA
Family Mediation During the War Period 2022–2024
The project “Family Mediation in the Time of War” (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024) helped Ukrainian families whose lives were drastically changed by the war. Under the leadership of Tetiana Bilyk, 50 mediators, 4 supervisors, and 5 psychotherapists provided support in resolving conflicts related to internal displacement and separation, helping families find agreed solutions with the children's interests considered, and maintain stability in times of crisis.
Support and Justice for Children
Provision of Psychosocial Support and Ensuring Justice as Part of Better Care for Vulnerable Children, 2024–2025
In 33 communities of Ukraine, social mediation service was introduced to support families affected by the war. Specialists of ITC “Mediation School” have successfully completed training in family mediation, in particular, taking into account children's rights, and are ready to work in Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv regions and in Kyiv city. The project is being implemented with the support of UNICEF and involves providing mediation service, as well as raising public awareness, methodological guidance for new mediators, and creating conditions for resolving family conflicts with children's interests taken into account.
Reflection Groups: Certified Course
Certified course in Reflective Practice Group Leadership, 2024-2025
In May 2024, the ITC Mediation School project was launched with the support of The Reflective Practice Institute International and funding from The American Arbitration Association. The initiative involves reflective practice for 16 mediators on a monthly basis and a two-year Certification Course for 8 participants aimed at improving the professional competence of mediators in working with families affected by war.
