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Consulting and Training in Conflict Resolution

Training, Mediating, Consulting, Facilitating Experience (selected)           

 World Bank Group, Short term consultant (mediations and various conflict resolution trainings conducted in countries listed)

Regional Mediator (Turkey, Georgia, Azerbeijan, Armenia, Kosovo), October 2011-present.

Diversity and Inclusion Program, Trainer of Unconscious Bias module, September 2016-           present

Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), mediation roster, consulting, 2015-present.

Facilitator, Somalia and Somaliland Academics Dialogue, with Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsorship.

PUC-Rio, Global South Unit for Mediation, BRICS Policy Center, Brazil, Winter School on Mediation, lecturer, affiliate, curriculum development on mediation.

Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey, conflict resolution and mediation training for Turkish diplomats and foreign diplomats from Kenya, PLO, and Somalia.

Negotiating with the Public, training for TURKCELL executives, June 2014.

Intercultural Negotiation Skills, training for Turkcell, June 2017.

CONTACT South Asia Program trainer, School for International Training, Graduate Institute, Kathmandu Nepal, December 2015.

Mediation training for the Ombuds office of Turkey, 13-18 January 2014, Ankara.

Co-Facilitator, mediator, Conflict Resolution Institute, Denver University problem-solving workshop between women leaders from Muslim and Christian religious communities in the Denver area (with Tamra Pearson d’Estree).

Yerel Yönetimler ve Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları Diyalog Süreci, 30 April-1 May 2011, organized by National Democratic Institute and Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Municipality), Gaziantep.

Bilkent University Conflict Resolution Seminar with Israeli, Palestinian, and Turkish participants. Exploring Turkey’s Third Party Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ankara, April 2007.

Umut Foundation, Winpeace, and Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, Balkan-Middle East NGOs workshop “Organizing for Peace and its Education: Comparing Notes,” Istanbul, Turkey, December 2005.

Israeli-Palestinian NGO workshop “Oslo and its Aftermath: Lessons Learned from Track Two Diplomacy,” Istanbul, Turkey, June 2005.

Mersin Bar, Mediation Training for Lawyers, co-trainer for the EC funded project on Improving Access to Justice, directed by ADR Center Rome, December 2008.

Mediation Certificate Program, negotiation training, Hacettepe University (2009, 2010)

Bilkent University, Executive MBA Program , Negotiation Skills, 2008.

Procter and Gamble, Regional Representatives, Crisis Negotiations, 2006 and 2007.

MBA students, Sabanci University, Interpersonal conflict resolution skills (effective communication and problem-solving), 2006.

Cyprus Bold Leaders Program, Conflict Resolution Skills training for Turkish and Greek Cypriots (with Tamra Pearson d’Estree), Denver, Colorado, 2004 and 2005.

 Conflict Management Center, PARC, Syracuse University

Alzheimer Association of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, Spring 2000 (Designed a dispute management system with a team that involved facilitating problem-solving workshops for the organization after collecting and analyzing organization-wide data.)

Curriculum DevelopmentWorking Group on Negotiation, Spring 2000. Trainerof conflict resolution skills for students at Syracuse University, Fall 1998, 1999.