Education & Government
Student Mediation, Parent Council, Parents/Teachers, Subsidies, Civil Servants, Social Security
Education
Communication, cooperation, and mutual trust are important. Education professionals practice their profession with relative freedom.
The children are important, as are the results, the primary process, and the content. Collaboration and relationships between staff members are usually not a topic of discussion.
Our neutral mediator guides negotiations between parties in order to achieve jointly supported and optimal results for each of them, based on their true interests.
Examples:
- A teacher may have made a comment that was taken the wrong way.
- Parents may have a complaint about how the school handles their child's learning difficulties.
- A teacher has been working at a school for 10 years, the large class sizes have become too much for him/her and this has led to physical complaints. He/she has to call in sick and decides that he/she no longer wants to do this work to prevent the complaints from worsening. He/she would like to make a transition to another sector.
Government
The government operates on many fronts. It manages affairs with and for citizens and businesses. In addition, it is itself an employer and negotiates with various agencies. It is always at the intersection of relationships, and conflicts often arise as a result. There are established legal procedures for resolving these conflicts.
But there is another way: through mediation.
Mediation creates new possibilities. If the legal process does not need to be followed, this saves time and is also more cost-effective. Citizens and businesses want fair treatment. They want to be heard and taken seriously. In this way, the government can maintain good relationships, especially when there are conflicting interests.
Examples:
- You are an entrepreneur and rent a retail property in the city from the municipality. Around you, you see many vacant properties because more and more people are shopping online. You have an idea to make the city attractive again for shoppers and want to set a new trend with your business. This requires a major renovation, for which you have applied for a permit. Someone from building management tells you that what you want is not allowed under the current zoning. Your objection leads to a dispute.
- During a recent conversation, you became angry. There is a risk of an escalating conflict, making it perhaps no longer possible to discuss the matter…
- Little or no maintenance is being done on the rented property, despite your repeated requests.
- For example, you do not receive benefits because the UWV believes your dismissal was your own fault, you do not receive benefits because you apparently refused work, you disagree with the amount of your benefits, or your benefits are, in your opinion, unjustly withdrawn.
For information and non-binding advice, call directly:
06-20006334 or ask your question via the contact page of our website. You will receive an answer to your question within 24 hours.