The International Mediation Institute (IMI) is a Hague-based non-profit public interest initiative to drive transparency and high competency standards into mediation practice, worldwide. IMI was established in 2007 to set out internationally-applicable quality standards for mediators and an international mediator credentialing scheme. Rather than unify regulatory instruments, IMI aims to offer a framework for diverse mediator certification requirements in different countries and in public and private sector service-provider organisations around the world. IMI continues to work with mediator credentialling institutions around the world to ensure and elevate quality in the field.
During this workshop, IMI’s Executive Director will, together with several prominent IMI Certified Mediators, shed light on how IMI Qualifying Assessment Programs are being delivered, discuss advantages of being assessed as part of IMI Certification, as well as considerations to be made in international mediation practice.
Presenter
Ivana Ninčić Österle is the Executive Director of the International Mediation Institute. She is a lawyer, mediator and public policy consultant for judicial reform, specializing in mediation and judicial efficiency. Since 2013, she supported the Ministry of Justice of Serbia in EU integration, within which she has worked on devising a more sustainable mediation system as well as on active promotion of mediation, including through leading the initiative to sign the Singapore Convention. Between 2014 and 2020, Ivana has served as a national correspondent and deputy member of the European Commission for Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).
Manon Schonewille is an IMI Certified Mediator and Mediation Advocate at Legal Rebel and Mundi Mediatores, as well as Chair of the IMI Mediation Advocacy Task Committee. She is a cross-border business and workplace mediator located in The Netherlands, specialized in commercial, B2B and workplace mediations, as well as solving or preventing team conflicts. She has conducted, coached, supported, advised and represented clients in mediations and negotiations in Dutch, English and German. Clients include multinational companies, law firms, consulting companies and commercial parties from a variety of countries. Manon is also active in mediation training and assessment, through Academy Legal Mediation of Toolkit Company, an IMI CMTP and QAP.
Federico Antich is a seasoned Attorney at Law licensed to practice in Italy who pioneered the practice of mediation in his country, having managed since 1999 more than 5,000 mediations. He is currently accredited by several mediation organizations including CEDR and IMI. He was the first Italian to be inducted as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and currently serves as the President of the Italian Delegation of the Mediation Center for Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, an IMI Qualifying Assessment Program (QAP) and as Co-Chair of the IBA - Mediation Committee.
More information on the conference, the EU funded InMEDIATE project, us as hosts as well as IMI can be found under the following links:
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