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Over the transom from our good friends at the International Mediation Institute comes this announcement:

The Inter-Cultural Taskforce of the IMI Independent Standards Commission (ISC), after a year of meetings and consultation, is publishing  for comment Draft Criteria for the planned IMI Inter-Cultural Competency Certification of Mediators.

Organisations approved by the ISC as an Inter-Cultural Qualifying Assessment Program (ICQAP) will assess mediators for their mastery of inter-cultural dynamics and qualify mediators for IMI Inter-Cultural Certification. The launch of this new initiative is planned for late 2011 following a public consultation period and testing of the criteria in a pilot program.

This is the first I heard of this initiative, and all I know is what I read.  From what I read…. Read more »

Tags: ADR Institutions, Culture, Mediation, Training

The 15^th meeting of the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centers was held March 11-12 in Athens.  About 130 people attended, many of them Greek attorneys, by far the largest assembly in this group’s history.

The meeting took place about a month after the enactment in Greece of a mediation law consistent with the provisions of the European Directive, making it timely for the many Greek lawyers who attended. 

Here are brief reports on some of the panels at the Forum: Read more »

Tags: ADR Institutions, Mediation

The UIA’s World Forum of Mediation Centres meets March 11-12, 2011, in Athens.  I plan to attend and will be speaking briefly.  It’s a great group and those who do not know of it might seriously consider attending. Read more »

Tags: ADR Institutions, Mediation

From those wonderful people who brought you the International Mediation Institute comes word of a holiday present worth opening: the IMI app!  The world of mediation, right there at your fingertips!

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Tags: ADR Institutions, Mediation