Our background association, the Finnish Mediation Forum, has been involved in the Erasmus+ funded ”Restorative Outreach for Youth and Territorial Engagement” (ROUTE) project. The project's key outcome has now been published in both English and Finnish. You can download them and read about the project's stages at: www.sovittelu.com/route/
Guardians are not proven to receive sufficient information about the bullying prevention methods used in early childhood education and schools. Parents also require practical ways to handle everyday conflicts respectfully. To celebrate our anniversary, we are offering families the opportunity to train together in MiniVerso with their own remote children's training. To participate, you will only need a device (phone, tablet, or computer) that enables a Microsoft Teams remote connection and a Teams link. The training event will take place on Teams and is open to all…
Our supporting association, the Finnish Mediation Forum, is holding its next free remote meeting on Wednesday 6th May. Read more below! May's Mediation Living Room: Explaining the mediation process and principles to parties undergoing mediation (especially in workplace mediation) Welcome to the Mediators' Living Room on Wednesday 6th May from 16:00-17:30! This time, we will be looking particularly at experiences and questions related to workplace mediation. The facilitator will be Maija Gellin, who will initiate a discussion on what and how we explain our mediation process to the parties involved in mediation…
The next joint SOPULA meeting of MiniVerso leaders and mentors is coming up! Join us for a remote meeting on Fri 17.4 at. 12:30-13:30! INCLUDING: joyful colleague encounters from all over Finland as guests from the Oulu Kisakentän kindergarten MiniVerso leaders and Mentors have received a link to participate in an email. If you have not received the link, please contact miniverso@sovittelu.com! What is it about? SOPULA meetings are free maintenance support for trained units and at the same time an opportunity to learn more...
The next free distance meeting of the Finnish Mediation Forum Association is on Wednesday this week. Read more information below! April Mediation Living Room. On Wednesday 1 April at 16.00-17.30, the April Olo room will offer peer support and a look into the future! We will discuss what we mediators are currently thinking about and interested in. On this basis, we will also ask what kind of topics should be discussed in future Living Rooms. The SSF's Living Rooms have been...
Our Programme Manager Janne Johansson and our trainer Nelli Marjakanka had the honour to represent VERSO today at the Rule of Law Clinic on the topic of mediation and alternative dispute resolution. The topic had been requested by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. The Rule of Law Clinic is part of the joint project Achieving Compliance and Cooperation for EU Justice Standards in Ukraine (ACCESS -Ukraine) between the Rule of Law Centre and Democracy Reporting International.Read more here: https://www.helsinki.fi/.../oikeusvaltio.../hankkeet-ja-klinikat Janne and Nelli presented in Finland on the...
The Restorative and Reconciliatory Community (more commonly known as RESTO training) provides participants with the knowledge and skills to implement a restorative approach and mediation in their own work and in different conflict situations. The training is practical and collaborative. The training will provide the necessary material for practical work, which each participant can use in their own community as they wish. The content of the training sessions will focus on the insights, experiences and discussions of the participants, so that each group can...
The Finnish Mediation Forum Association organises free distance meetings for mediators and those interested in mediation in different fields. On Wednesday 4 March at 16.00-17.30 in the March Living Room, we will discuss what voluntarism and self-determination in different areas of mediation mean in practice. Voluntariness is one of the basic principles of mediation, but what does it all mean? And what does it mean in practice in different mediation contexts? What challenges can adherence to voluntarism and self-determination pose?
Do you still remember the old days of pen pals and chain letters? To celebrate our anniversary, we are organising a mediation exchange in the same spirit, but instead of letters, we will use email! To whom? All children, young people and professionals involved in mediation. You can participate in a group or alone!How? 1. Sign up during February 2026 here: https://forms.gle/1dRPrjZwCAkvsTkKA When you sign up, you can also express any preferences you may have for the recipient of the mail. We will send you the details of the recipient in March and...
We will offer distance learning for new Verso adults in February 2026! For the best introduction to your important role, contact the mediation team at your school or college. If you are new to the house or also need training to support your role, the next opportunity will come in February! Jump on board for a free distance learning session on Wed 4 Feb from 14:15-15:45 with our trainers Nina and Mick. You can get the link and materials by pre-registering at nina.huhtinen@sovittelu.com!