YIMBA’s Managing Director, Damien Barnes has recently obtained his Australian National Mediator Accreditation through The Australian Disputes Centre (ADC) (which is a Registered Mediator Accreditation Body under the Mediator Standards Board).
Damien has also been appointed to the ADC’s First Nations’ Mediation Panel. The Panel seeks to provide effective and tailored commercial ADR processes by further developing First Nations’ dispute resolution methodologies, as well as cross-cultural ADR theory and practice to encourage more indigenous people into the ADR space.
YIMBA would like to thank the ADC CEO Deborah Lockhart and the ADC for awarding the ADC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mediation Training Scholarship to Damien to gain this accreditation.
Are you looking to bridge the gap in Indigenous affairs stakeholders? YIMBA can help by providing impartial and unbiased mediation services tailored to the stakeholders needs, including:
• Indigenous Groups: YIMBA facilitates dialogue between different factions within native title groups and between First Nations, fostering unity and consensus.
• Indigenous Corporate Governance: YIMBA mediates between Indigenous Businesses (IB’s), Prescribed Bodies Corporates (PBC’s), Trusts, Cultural Heritage Bodies, and their Board, Executive, and Members to facilitate smooth operations and effective governance.
• Project Proponents, Government, and Indigenous Groups: YIMBA serves as a conduit for productive conversations between stakeholders in mining, resources, energy, renewables, government departments and Indigenous groups.
• Building and Construction Disputes: specialised mediation and dispute resolution services to promote communication, understanding and resolution of disputes, including; design defects, latent conditions, delays, EoT’s, delay costs, liquidated damages, variations, practical completion, contractor interface and coordination issues, bank guarantees and rectification of defects during the DLP.
YIMBA can work together to stakeholders to facilitate a harmonious and inclusive outcomes for all.
https://disputescentre.com.au/first-nations-mediation-panel-helps-business-and-communities/
