Publications of the IMSD
Factsheets
The Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD) and the Federal Foreign Office have jointly developed a series of fact sheets on peace mediation and mediation support.
- Basics of mediation: concepts and definitions
- The role and contributions of states in peace mediation
- The role and contributions of multilateral and non-state actors in peace mediation
- Conflict analysis and mediation entry points
- The normative framework and the international legal basis of peace mediation
- Methodology and communication tools in peace mediation
Position papers
- Friedensmediation wirksamheit erhöhen, Engagement ausbauen, 2021 (German)
- Konzept Friedensmediation in die außenpolitische Praxisumsetzen!, 2020 (German)
- Friedensmediation in den Koalitionsvertrag integrieren, 2017 (German)
- Friedensmediation ausbuchstabieren - Positionspapier der IMSD für den Erstellungsprozess der Leitlinien Krisenengagement und Friedensförderung, 2016 (German)
- Friedensmediation. Kurzinformation und Vorschläge für die Politik, 2013 (German)
- Mediation und Mediation Support in den Koalitionsvertrag integrieren, 2013 (German)
For further information on the IMSD, please contact: Perle Baillard (ZIF), Project Manager, International Capacity Development, Operations (mediationsupport(at)zif-berlin.org).