Yogyakarta, – The Sentra Komunikasi (Senkom) Mitra Polri Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) held a Mediator Training for Senkom Paralegal and QR.33 personnel at the Mantrijeron Multipurpose Building, Yogyakarta, Sunday (12/7/2026). This activity aims to enhance the members’ competence in facilitating conflict resolution effectively and peacefully.
Quoting the website www.jogjakeren.com, the Chairman of Senkom Mitra Polri DIY, Budi Hartono, stated that the improvement of human resource quality has become a necessity amidst the dynamics and ever-changing developments of the times. “The competence of the members must be continuously improved to be able to meet challenges and provide better contributions to the community,” he said while opening the event. The mentor of Senkom Mitra Polri DIY, Slamet Yunani, also emphasized the importance of strengthening members’ capacities through continuous training. According to him, mediation skills are one of the important assets for Senkom personnel in carrying out their social roles within the community.
The training featured a Mediator and Senior Partner at TNC and Friends Law Firm, Yusuf Wibisono, as the speaker. He appreciates Senkom DIY’s commitment to improving the quality of its members through mediation skills training. In his material, he emphasized that mediation is necessary because it is a proper and effective way to resolve disputes peacefully. “Mediation can also improve relationships and open wider access for the parties to achieve a satisfactory and just resolution,” he explained.
Yusuf explained that a mediator should at least reflect five attitudes. Among them, being acceptable and trustworthy to the disputing parties, impartial, friendly, open, and confident. “In addition, being sympathetic and having tolerance toward the disputing parties.” And also able to formulate the issues and alternative solutions,” he said.
The event concluded with a focus group discussion (FGD) that provided participants with the opportunity to delve into the material, engage in discussions, and share experiences. Through this training, Senkom DIY hopes to produce more competent mediators who can act as professional facilitators in conflict resolution and prioritize deliberation. (Source: jogjakeren.com)