Success story: Telling numbers
We help the parties reach a solution by presenting before them consequences of their conflict on parties involved.
KARACHI:
The KCDR was registered in the year 2007, after it was decided to form a mediation organisation during the National Conference on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2005. Of the 2,088 cases referred to it up till now, the centre has successfully managed to resolve 1,526, revealed Ebrahim Saifuddin, a research and development officer and trainer at the KCDR.
“We try to help the parties reach an amicable solution by presenting before them the consequences of their conflict on all parties involved. This is why our success rate is 73 per cent,” said Saifuddin.
The organisation currently has 51 professional mediators who have been trained by the Centre of Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK. They perform the role of trainers and also work as mediators for the KCDR. “All the mediators who have been trained by KCDR and other recognised institutes around the world are on our panel and are working as mediators for the KCDR,” said Saifuddin.
“When a case is referred to us, we provide the list of registered mediators to both the parties from which each is asked to select four mediators. If both parties have a similar preference, that person is given the case to mediate. If not, the organisation selects a mediator randomly from the list,” explained Bismah Zulqarnain Kayani, a registered mediator of KCDR. “Mediation is a voluntary process. The mediator simply facilitates the parties and all the topics discussed during the process are kept completely confidential,” she added.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.
The KCDR was registered in the year 2007, after it was decided to form a mediation organisation during the National Conference on Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2005. Of the 2,088 cases referred to it up till now, the centre has successfully managed to resolve 1,526, revealed Ebrahim Saifuddin, a research and development officer and trainer at the KCDR.
“We try to help the parties reach an amicable solution by presenting before them the consequences of their conflict on all parties involved. This is why our success rate is 73 per cent,” said Saifuddin.
The organisation currently has 51 professional mediators who have been trained by the Centre of Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK. They perform the role of trainers and also work as mediators for the KCDR. “All the mediators who have been trained by KCDR and other recognised institutes around the world are on our panel and are working as mediators for the KCDR,” said Saifuddin.
“When a case is referred to us, we provide the list of registered mediators to both the parties from which each is asked to select four mediators. If both parties have a similar preference, that person is given the case to mediate. If not, the organisation selects a mediator randomly from the list,” explained Bismah Zulqarnain Kayani, a registered mediator of KCDR. “Mediation is a voluntary process. The mediator simply facilitates the parties and all the topics discussed during the process are kept completely confidential,” she added.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.