Our Partners

We partner with several organizations across the state that not only help bring our services to local communities, but also play an important role in building the state's overall capacity for collaborative problem solving. Our key partners include the following: 

Together with our partners we serve as Oregon’s collaborative governance infrastructure for shared decision making.

Regional Solutions Centers

Regional Solutions is a program of the Oregon Governor’s Office that promotes collaboration through a network of eleven Regional Solutions Centers (RSCs) that integrate state agency work and funding in order to support locally-identified projects, particularly projects that create or retain jobs in Oregon. RSCs draw on our expertise in conflict resolution and collective action services. 

County Solutions - Association of Oregon Counties

County Solutions, a program of the Association of Oregon Counties, supports and represents county commissioners and judges as they participate in collaborative efforts and use their convening authority to bring together the people needed to effectively craft and implement solutions to address issues in their communities. County Solutions partners with us when it needs a neutral forum and a spectrum of collaborative approaches to assist county leaders in advancing these solutions. 

University Network for Collaborative Governance

We are members and provide administrative support for the University Network for Collaborative Governance (UNCG), a network of college and university programs that engage in service and scholarship in order to build the capacity for collaborative governance in their communities and states. UNCG promotes and champions the role that university centers play as neutral forums and resource centers for collaborative governance.

Resolution Oregon

Resolution Oregon (formerly The Oregon Office for Community Dispute Resolution) at the University of Oregon Law School provides trained volunteers who mediate disputes between individual community members. Resolution Oregon currently supports sixteen community dispute resolution centers in twenty-four counties. We partner with Resolution Oregon to support community-based problem solving. We draw on Resolution Oregon's local expertise for trained mediation support for community outreach, and we collaborate to enhance the mechanisms for mediation in the state. 

Department of Land Conservation and Development

We partner with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development by providing informal mediation of land use disputes through our Oregon Consensus program. If you are considering filing an appeal with the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) about a local land-use decision, we may be able to help.