The Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (the MII) was established to promote the use of quality mediation as a process of dispute resolution in all areas by ensuring the highest standards of education, training and professional practice of mediation and by increasing public awareness of mediation
The MII has different categories of membership which include accredited Mediators, trainee Mediators, and individuals and organisations which have an interest in mediation.
Only Practitioner and Certified Members who hold a current MII practising certificate are approved by the MII to mediate and are bound by the MII Code of Ethics to only mediate where they have the appropriate training, knowledge and competence to effectively mediate.
A list of MII accredited Mediators is available in the MII 'Find a Mediator' section.
For information on the 6 different categories of MII Membership, please click on the titles below:
| Practitioner Member | An experienced Mediator who has successfully completed an MII advanced assessment. |
| Certified Member | Any person who has satisfactorily completed a 60-hour MII approved or equivalent training programme and successfully undertaken an MII approved assessment of their mediation skills. |
| Associate Member | Any person who has satisfactorily completed a 60-hour MII approved or equivalent training programme. |
| General Member | Any person with an interest in Mediation. |
| Trainee Member | Any person who is on an MII approved training programme is entitled to free membership under the Trainee Member scheme. |
| Organisation Member | Entitled to regular information on mediation, to membership rates at events and to an in-house presentation. |
03/02/2020
Our Honorary Secretary, Brian O'Byrne, was on Dublin 98FM today as part of our local radio information campaign. Listen to the interview here and please feel free to share. https://soundcloud.com/user-377891148/south-east-radio-interview-on-mediation…
11/11/2019
The president of IPAV 2019, Michael McDonnell, and housing minister Mr Damian English called to MII stand in the RDS, IPAV European valuation conference 7th November 2019. Pictured with Pat Finn, MII Agriculture Sector Liaison. …
11/10/2019
Minister Josepha Madigan opens Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (MII) annual conference in Kilkenny Friday, 11th October 2019: “2019 has provided many examples of the growth in usage of mediation in Ireland and across the…
30/09/2019
Peter Cassells made an immense contribution to the advancement of conflict resolution Monday, 30th September 2019: Commenting on the news that Peter Cassells is retiring today, as Executive Director of the Edward M Kennedy Institute for…
13/09/2019
Our Honorary Secretary, Brian O'Byrne, was on South East Radio today as part of our local radio information campaign. Listen to the interview here and please feel free to share. https://soundcloud.com/user-377891148/south-east-radio-brian-obyrne
The MII accredits mediation training courses which meet set training standards. The following training programmes have been recognised as MII approved training programmes.
The purpose of CPD is to ensure that Mediators keep their knowledge and skills up to date for the benefit of users of their service and for their own personal and professional development.
