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Appendix 3
Analyzing an Agreement: FWEE and FICSS
Sources: L. Susskind and J. Cruickshank, Breaking the Impasse: Consensual Approaches to Resolving Public Disputes (New York: Basic Books, 1987); and Ben Hoffman Peace Concorde Inc. and the Canadian International Institute for Applied Negotiations.
While most questions that an interviewer poses to a mediator focus on the mediation process and method, the interviewer may also ask about the peace agreement-if any-that results from the mediation process. Such inquiries help to put the method and process in relation to the outcome (i.e., the peace agreement). One way of analyzing an agreement is along the dimensions Fair/Wise/Efficient/Endurable (FWEE), which were originally developed by L. Susskind and J. Cruickshank and then further refined by various mediators such as Ben Hoffman. Another analytical model-developed by the Mediation Support Project and drawing on the FWEE model-explores the dimensions Fairness/Inclusiveness/Creativity/ Specificity/Simplicity (FICSS).
The FWEE model consists of four dimensions:
The FICSS model (memory hook, "the agreement should be a good FICSS [fix] for the conflict") consist of five dimensions: