Engage in this exciting webinar, Mediating Water Conflicts: A New Way to Make a Difference. This 90-minute event will be on February 13th, 2025, at 3:00 pm ET (USA. UTC -5) / 9pm Netherlands Time (CET, UTC +1). Please use the Time Zone Converter to determine when this engaging conversation will be in your time zone. This PeaceConnect session is $10 for non-MBBI members, $5 for MBBI Members.

Description of the webinar:

Mediating water conflicts is a subset of global climate mediation. Unfortunately, due to climate change, water conflicts are on the rise: there are conflicts with regard to too much water, too little water, polluted water. Or there can be water-related conflicts, like disputes over fishing in oceans and basins, water related migration, etc. etc. These can be on a local level or a more global level. In this webinar, Linda Reijerkerk, mediator and former water consultant, will highlight some of the conflicts she has been mediating, the specific features of such conflicts and the do’s and don’ts. As in many of these conflicts, the government is involved, she will also dive into the aspect of hot-cold conflict dynamics.

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Since 1996 Linda Reijerkerk has been working as an IMI and MfN accredited mediator, facilitator and coach. Since 2006 Linda Reijerkerk is CEO of CvC, the Centre for Conflict Resolution and Mediation , a top-3 Dutch company specialised in training on mediation, Mutual Gains Approach and negotiation. Mrs. Reijerkerk is a professional coach and mediator for business disputes, as well as for public law disputes (environmental, multiparty mediation) and criminal law cases. She has specialized in multiparty and intercultural conflict resolution, multi stakeholder processes, consensus building and dialogue and interactive policy formulation, etc. She is one of the few experts on mediation in water and climate change related conflicts. She has been working in more than 80 different countries on all continents in programmes on climate, water and energy for the Dutch Development Agency, the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, EBRD, African Development Bank, etc.