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The Mediation Support Project (MSP) was asked by the Mediation Support Unit (MSU) of the UN Department of Political Affairs to organize a consultation process with fellow NGO mediators with the aim of assessing the contributions of NGO mediators in contemporary peace processes. For this purpose, MSP organized a workshop on 28 January 2009 in Brussels in cooperation with the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI). The report aims to contribute to a greater awareness within the UN of the current role and the potential for collaboration with NGOs in peace processes. In so doing, this report makes use of inputs provided by NGO mediation practitioners during the consultative workshop in Brussels as well as via e-mail correspondence.