About MBB

Mediators Beyond Borders - Partnering for Peace & Reconciliation is a non-profit, humanitarian organization of skilled volunteer conflict resolution professionals established to partner with communities in troubled locations worldwide to support them to build their conflict resolution capacity for preventing, managing, resolving and healing from conflict. This partnership involves collaborating with local people on the design and implementation of sustainable peace building initiatives responsive to their needs, desires and cultures, and to the history of each conflict. MBB works in pre and post violence communities. It is not a first responder and is not prepared to intervene in the midst of violent crises.

Mediators Beyond Borders interprets "beyond borders" broadly. It acts across geographical, political, economic, societal, religious and cultural boundaries and partners with NGO's, universities, community organizations, professional societies, commercial and other entities worldwide.  MBB considers the term “mediator” to be inclusive of a broad range of conflict and resolution specialists and its membership reflects this diversity.  MBB members are negotiators, conciliators, mediators, consensus building facilitators, dialogue facilitators, conflict resolution system designers, conflict resolution skills trainers and educators, restorative justice practitioners, and people with substantive expertise in various conflict arenas.

This diversity of practice enables MBB to assemble volunteer teams with the appropriate professional skills needed to make long-term commitments to support capacity development projects that empower local people to do their own effective sustainable peace building work. MBB also advocates for and educates people about advancing the appropriate use of mediation and other conflict resolution processes in public and private venues.