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Leonard worked and lived in the Netherlands, East-Africa (Malawi, Kenya, Somalia, DRC) and Ukraine for Conflict Management Projects. He carried out more than 2,000 mediations in 23 years.


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IMI Certified Mediator
Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Netherlands, Somalia, Ukraine
Development, Diplomatic, Intergovernmental, International, Training
Dutch, English, French, German, Swahili
Facilitative, Transformative
EQP - Experience Qualification Path (Historic)
Mediation Profile

MA in Conflict Management:

He enjoys a background in Conflict management from Maastricht University (Faculty of Law) in the Netherlands. Furthermore he is an alumnus of the U.N. / INCORE International School in Ulster, Northern Ireland.
As Dutch-qualified Mediator with over 20 years of commercial experience, legal adviser, facilitator and coach and trainer. He is a member of the NMI, the Dutch Mediation Institute and of course of the International Mediation Institute (IMI).

Owner Melchior Mediations & Conflict Management since 2000

From 1987-1998 he worked as a legal advisor for the multinational ING. From 1998-now, Leonard has worked within his own company Melchior Mediation & Conflict management, as mediator / facilitator / coach and as a consultant on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. www.melchiormediations.nl 

 

1,500 mediations in 20 years: Excellent Rating

Leonard has practiced mediation since 1995 with excellent ratings over several years. For the last 20 years he has carried out a lot of mediations and several projects in which he facilitated transformation processes and consensus building in Africa. E.g. he mediated successfully between Somalia and Somali Land on maritime issues.

Facilitator, trainer, consultant, mentor

Leonard was consultant for the Kenyan Peace Network and the National Cohesion & Integration Commission in Kenya. He trained on mediation in Mogadishu for inter alia UN, EU, IGAD etcetera. Furthermore he worked as a lecturer for the Centre of Legal Studies in Malawi and for the Faculty of Law of Tilburg University. He is an excellent lecturer, who has the ability to inspire students.

 

Calmness, authority, momentum, sometimes humor. Well prepared, flexible in the facilitation if both parties agree upon it.

 Disputes with an international and/or cross-cultural dimension  Capacity building within organizations in developing countries  Healthcare  Financial Services  Banking and finance/commodities  Employment  Automotive (advanced technologies / product development / joint venture)  Partnership

175 euro - 195 euro, excl. VAT

  • United Nations
  • European Union
  • Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Melchior Conflict Management & Mediation
  • ING

Mr. A. Kil - Director of Study van de Masteropleiding Conflictmanagement Maastricht Universiteit, and Professor of HRD in Law Firms Nottingham Law School

Mrs. Margriet Sacranie - The Netherlands Honorary Consul in Malawi

Training and Education

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Economics 1980-1984 MA
Conflict Management 2002-2004 LLM/MA, Law Faculty Maastricht University

Additional, e.g.
• Legal education at the Legal Department of ING 1987-1989
• Various management and negotiating training courses since 1987-1998
• Certified mediator in the Netherlands 1999
• Various mediation training courses since 2000
• Course ‘How to deal with escalating behaviour in mediation?’ 2004
• Course Legal Aspects of Mediation 2004
• Course Parties On The Move 2004
• Tailor-made English language training at Regina Coeli Institute, Vught 2004
• Advanced course mediation skills 2005
• Course Divorce Mediation 2006
• The Management of Peace Processes University of the U.N. / INCORE International School 2006
• Course Oral skills English Tilburg University 2006 
• Course Monitoring and Evaluation for Social Protection Programmes, Channel Research Brussels 2007
• Course Monitoring and Evaluation of Humanitarian Action (EHA, Channel Research Brussels 2007
• Tailor-made English language training at Regina Coeli Institute, Vught 2007
• Reconciliation in Societies Coming Out of Conflict, University of the U.N. / INCORE International School 2007
• Chichewa language course at Lowani – Africa language centre, Leiden 2007
• Course Ethical Dilemmas in Mediation 2007

Lecturer for the Legal Department of ING, for the Centre of Legal Studies in Malawi and for the Faculty of Law of Tilburg University. 

He is an excellent lecturer, who has the ability to inspire students.

Publications

Conflict Management within ING (2004)

Compliance

IMI Code of Professional Conduct NMI Code of Professional Conduct

IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process
NMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process

AON, Heerkens Thijsen in Amsterdam; Indemnity limit of £2m for any one claim.

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Leonard van Roekel
Netherlands
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