Native title mediation : issues identified, lessons learnt : proceedings and findings of IFaMP workshops with native title mediators, Fleur Kingham [and] Toni Bauman. February and March 2005 /

Canberra : Native Title Research Unit, AIATSIS, 2005

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Native title (Australia)

Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.

Torres Strait Islanders -- Land tenure.

Mediation -- Australia.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

1. Executive summary

2. Background to the report

3. The context for native title mediation

4. Mediator responsibilities

5. Training issues

6. Regulating mediation: national standards and codes of ethical responsibilities

7. Promoting Indigenous capacity in decision-making and dispute management

8. Conclusions and recommendations.

This report provides an overview of two workshops with native title mediators which were co-ordinated by the Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project (IFaMP) in the Native Title Research Unit (NTRU) at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra in 2005.The Native Title Act emphasises agreement-making through non-adversarial approaches such as mediation, facilitation and negotiation. This report is an overview of two workshops with native title mediators co-ordinated by the AIATSIS Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project in 2005. The workshops, with native title mediation practitioners, were funded by the Office of Indigenous Policy Co-ordination (OIPC) in the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FACSIA) and the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT). Discussions in the workshops focussed firstly on identifying best practice in Indigenous decision-making and conflict management processes in native title; and, secondly, on identifying the training issues that arise from best practice.

F Kingham, T Bauman, 'Report on Proceedings of Workshop of Native Title Mediators' (Indigenous Facilitation and Mediation Project, Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 17/18 February and 15/16 March 2005).

Report on proceedings of the Indigenous Native Title Mediation Practitioners Workshop 17-18 February 2005

Report on proceedings of Workshop of Native Title Mediators 15 and 16 March 2005

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