The national VERSO week will come again in early September Mon-Fri 2.-6.9.2024! You can follow our Facebook page and Instagram account for daily themed posts or come up with your own themed week!

The national VERSO week will come again in early September Mon-Fri 2.-6.9.2024! You can follow our Facebook page and Instagram account for daily themed posts or come up with your own themed week!

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...