similar to mediation except the conciliator will play a more active role in trying to solve the dispute a conciliator is a neutral third-party who will actively try to get parties in the dispute to come to an agreement the conciliator will offer suggestions and try to find a way to get the parties to reach a settlement a conciliator will often meet with the party separately and go between the two suggesting solutions to the problem the conciliator then offers the parties are non-binding opinion on how they should settle the dispute
