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00:33 Jan 16, 2012

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Dutch term or phrase: buurtbemiddeling

buurtbemiddeling in mediation acivities

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English translation:community mediation

Explanation:

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buurtbemiddeling

Buurtbemiddeling is een methode, die in het Nederlandse opbouwwerk gehanteerd wordt om de leefbaarheid in de buurt te vergroten.

Bij buurtbemiddeling worden de problemen tussen buurtbewoners aangepakt door middel van inschakeling van vrijwilligers in de buurt, die vooraf getraind zijn in conflictbemiddeling. In veel gevallen gaat het daarbij om problemen, die veroorzaakt worden door als hinderlijk ervaren gedrag van buurtgenoten.

http://www.adrnow.org.uk/go/SubPage_48.html

Community mediation services have been around for a long time in the UK. They work on the principle that members of the local community are the best people to resolve local disputes. Mediators are trained, but usually work as volunteers. Community mediators specialise in resolving disputes among residents and neighbours, such as noise nuisance, harassment, and boundaries.

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Josephine Isaacs
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Local time: 14:36

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community mediation

Josephine Isaacs

neighbourhood mediation

Barend van Zadelhoff

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation#Community_mediation

Michael Beijer

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community mediation

Josephine Isaacs
Australia
Local time: 14:36
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Dutch,

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neighbourhood mediation

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Neighbourhood Mediation

Neighbourhood mediation supports people to focus on the future by reaching equitable, workable agreement without the need for police, court, housing or local authority officials becoming involved. In this way solutions are mutually reached by those involved in the dispute not imposed by others. Neighbourhood mediation assists individuals to resolve problems and conflicts over such things as:
•Noise (loud music, barking dogs etc)
•Boundary disputes (hedges, fences, trees etc.)
•Youth annoyance (children playing games, quarrelling etc)
•Car parking
•General lifestyle differences

http://gweddol.co.uk/NMed.php

Barend van Zadelhoff
Netherlands
Local time: 06:36
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 39

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8 hrs

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation#Community_mediation

Reference information:
'Community mediation

Disputes involving neighbors often have no formal dispute-resolution mechanism. Community-mediation centers generally focus on this type of neighborhood conflict, with trained volunteers from the local community usually serving as mediators. These organizations often serve populations that cannot afford to utilize the court systems or other private ADR-providers. Many community programs also provide mediation for disputes between landlords and tenants, members of homeowners associations, and businesses and consumers. Mediation helps the parties to repair relationships, in addition to addressing a particular substantive dispute. Agreements reached in community mediation are generally private, but in some states, such as California, the parties have the option of making their agreement enforceable in court. Many community programs offer their services for free or at most, charge a nominal fee.
The roots of community mediation can be found in community concerns to find better ways to resolve conflicts, and efforts to improve and complement the legal system. Citizens, neighbors, religious leaders* and communities became empowered, realizing that they could resolve many complaints and disputes on their own in their own community through mediation. Experimental community mediation programs using volunteer mediators began in the early 1970s in several major cities. These proved to be so successful that hundreds of other programs were founded throughout the country in the following 2 decades. Community mediation programs now flourish throughout the United States.'

Example sentence(s):

The roots of community mediation can be found in community concerns to find better ways to resolve conflicts, and efforts to improve and complement the legal system.
Experimental community mediation programs using volunteer mediators began in the early 1970s in several major cities.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation#Community_mediation

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch

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Field	Law/Patents => Social Sciences
Field (specific)	Law (general) => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

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