Two way learning and culturally appropriate mediation training in remote communities

The potential benefits of training Indigenous people living in remote and regional communities in the skills of mediation, negotiation and facilitation has been recognised by a number of reports and discussion papers on alternative dispute resolution ('ADR') and Indigenous people.1 These benefits have been said to include a likely decrease in long-term disputation through the creation of culturally effective dispute resolution services and the strengthening of governance and decision-making structures. However, there have, to our knowledge, been relatively few instances of mediation and other ADR training occurring in remote communities in the Northern Territory ('NT').