Mediation involves a neutral third party to assist the parties in negotiating an agreement. Facilitating helps parties reach a decision or a satisfactory resolution of the matter to be addressed. Convening is a technique that helps identify issues in controversy and affected interests. The convenor is generally called upon to determine whether direct negotiations among the parties would be a suitable means of resolving the issues, and if so, to bring the parties together for that purpose. Convening has proved valuable in negotiated rulemaking.
Negotiation is simply communication among people or parties in an effort to reach an agreement.
It is used so routinely that it is frequently overlooked as a specific means of resolving disputes. In the administrative context, it means procedures and processes for settling matters that would otherwise be resolved by more formal means. Florida State University College of Law and other copyrights . All rights reserved.