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Mediation news: Musicality in mediation
ByNina Huhtinen 10.2.202517.12.2025

The Finnish Mediation Forum's member magazine Sovittelusanomat issue 1/2025 is already in preparation! The magazine will be distributed electronically to members and selected stakeholders. While you wait, you can read the article Musicality in mediation as a sample from the previous issue. The article is written by our trainer Anni Fabritius. Enjoy your reading! We also share articles about VERSO as free reading samples here on our website. You can find a previous sample of articles on our own page: highlights VERSO empowers inclusion. Highlights from the 2023...

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Janne Johansson as VERSO Programme Manager: ”Fostering VERSO's tradition towards the future”
ByJanne Johansson 3.2.202523.11.2025

I started as Programme Manager of the VERSO programme at the beginning of 2025. This is a historic moment for the programme, as its founder, developer and researcher Maija Gellin is leaving after a pioneering career of almost 25 years. She will now continue to work on restorative approaches and mediation in a different role - in her well-deserved retirement. At this point, one could say that ”there are big boots to fill”. In fact, Maija's boots are not...

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Sign up to join us! National caregiver webinar Tue 18.3. at 17:30-19:00
ByNina Huhtinen 29.1.202517.12.2025

Let's settle away! - How to prevent bullying through mediation in early childhood education and schools? Early childhood education and care and schools have an increasing welfare role to play, together with homes, and situations between children and young people are escalating rapidly, both online and face-to-face. Busy everyday lives challenge encounters. Dear carer, come and find out how to prevent bullying through mediation in early childhood education and care and in schools, while strengthening the well-being of the whole community. The VERSO programme has trained peer mediation...

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FULL! Open RESTO training in spring 2025 (distance learning)
ByNina Huhtinen 17.1.202517.12.2025

Update 13 Feb: This open training group is now full, you can follow future RESTO trainings in the current events section of our website or inquire about possible cancellations directly with the trainer nina.huhtinen@sovittelu.com Good news! There is now room in our training calendar for an open RESTO training group for spring 2025, and you can join the remote training from all over Finland. Read more below and register by 28.2., the course will be filled in order of registration! Restorative and Reconciliatory Community (aka RESTO training)...

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We will be at Educa 24.-25.1.! See the exhibition offer!
ByNina Huhtinen 17.1.202517.12.2025

Educa, the largest education event in the Nordic countries, will be back 24-25.1.2025! Admission to the event is free for registered visitors and our team will be available throughout the event at stand 6t68 in the Helsinki Exhibition Centre. For more information and to register, please visit: https://educa.messukeskus.com TRADE FAIR OFFER! Get -15% off the price of MiniVerso and Verso training when you book your Spring 2025 training by the end of January. There are a limited number of training days available and the offer is valid for new...

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The RÖNSY webinar took place in a bright atmosphere 21.11.2024
ByJanne Johansson 22.11.202417.12.2025

The VERSO programme participated in the International Restorative Justice Week (RJ week) by organising the annual RÖNSY webinar on 22.11.2024 with the theme "Glimpses of Light". Although we live in a polarised world, we have the opportunity in every encounter to bring light and restoration! The discussions and joint work of the event produced many glimmers of light despite the challenging times. To see the VERSO programme's achievements presented in the webinar, please see the slide show of the webinar presentation "Findings of Effectiveness". In addition, we will share the webinar's...

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RÖNSY 2024 is coming again!
ByNina Huhtinen 26.9.202423.11.2025

Our webinar is entirely online. After the opening of the event, invited experts will share their experiences and insights on the importance of restorative culture in their communities. The panel will feature experts such as Jarno Paalasmaa, headmaster and non-fiction writer, Alina Kausamo, teacher and restorative teacher at Tampere Normal School, and Taina Kuivalainen, early childhood education expert and day care centre director. After this expert panel, participants will be able to share their own insights and experiences in small groups and exchange...

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A few places available for RESTO training in Turku - register soon!
ByNina Huhtinen 18.9.202424.11.2025

There is still room for more participants in the Restorative and Mediatory Community training in Turku! Restorative and Conciliatory Community (aka 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 in the way they wish. The focus of the content of the training sessions will be...

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Mediation News 2/2024 published - read about the work of the VERSO programme in free articles
ByNina Huhtinen 16.9.202417.12.2025

The Finnish Mediation Forum's member magazine Sovittelusanomat issue 2/2024 has been published! The magazine is distributed electronically to members and selected stakeholders. In the future, we will also distribute articles on the VERSO programme as free reading samples here on our website. The first sample of articles Highlights of the VERSO programme to strengthen inclusion. You can read extracts from the 2023 annual report here. To secure your future subscription to the members' magazine, please join the SSF at https://sovittelu.com/liity-jaseneksi/

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RÖNSY is coming again! Sign up now!
ByNina Huhtinen 9.9.202417.12.2025

Our annual nationwide webinar RÖNSY 2024 will take place this year on Thu 21.11.2024 from 12-16 on a remote platform. The webinar is part of the International Restorative Justice and Rights of the Child Week. The webinar is aimed at VERSO-trained practitioners of restorative approaches and mediation, as well as interested partners. The webinar is free of charge. The theme for 2024 is "Glimpses of Light - restorative community successes in strengthening inclusion and well-being"....

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Mediation news: Musicality in mediation

Janne Johansson as VERSO Programme Manager: ”Fostering VERSO's tradition towards the future”

Sign up to join us! National caregiver webinar Tue 18.3. at 17:30-19:00

FULL! Open RESTO training in spring 2025 (distance learning)

We will be at Educa 24.-25.1.! See the exhibition offer!

The RÖNSY webinar took place in a bright atmosphere 21.11.2024

RÖNSY 2024 is coming again!

A few places available for RESTO training in Turku - register soon!

Mediation News 2/2024 published - read about the work of the VERSO programme in free articles

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