Robo-trainers in Ukraine

Just got back from 5 days training in Kiev, Ukraine with 2 colleagues, Miryana Nesic and Graham Massie.  This is part of a 3-stage project for IFC Ukraine's Corporate Governance Initiative.

• The first stage we have just completed was a 4-day foundation skills training course.
•  We are returning at the end of November to run advanced training, including assessment to CEDR accreditation( the first time we would have assessed not in English!!!- see post in November for more information).
•  In February we are returning for a train-the-trainer course and a second foundation course.

The foundation course was covered mainly on basic mediator skills, but given the corporate governance focus of the project, we designed a section of the course to focus on particular issues raised in CG disputes. The whole of this course was delivered via simultaneous translation, which meant we felt like robo-trainers with lapel microphones for the three of us, as well the headphone box clipped to our belts so we could get the english translation when the participants answered one of our questions. Took a bit of getting used to changing from microphone to headphone constantly, but we got it going pretty smoothly!!