Appointment of Mediators, Availability of Mediators, Clients, Costs in Mediation, Developing the Field, Efficiency, EU Mediation Directive, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Lawyers, Legislation, Mediation Practice, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Schemes (In Courts, etc.), National Mediation Laws, Public Policy

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If I look back 10 years ago I can notice that mediation has had an evolution which at that time, we could but hope for. From the random pilot projects and the search “laboratories” of this activity, in the year 2013, mediation has become a freestanding profession and even a social and professional phenomenon. Mediation…

ADR, ADR Agreements, Family Mediation, General, Lawyers, Mediation Practice

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Over the years, the Romanian people got used to the transition state. We are now crossing a difficult period for all of us, that of financial deprivation. People divide what they have left, dreaming to become exclusive owner of each inch of land, of each piece of wood of their old houses, of every brick…

Accreditation, Developing the Field, Efficiency, General, mediation as a career, Mediation Practice, Mentoring, Training, Uncategorized

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The first mediation course is a special moment that each of us holds in our hearts and it represents the foundation of every mediator. The transformational process that we all go through during our training as mediators is materialized by the change in our attitude towards conflict and how to solve them. When we go…

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According to the latest development in the mediation legislation in Romania approved by the Romanian Parliament and published in the Romanian Official Journal in July 2012 under Law no. 115, in litigations that can form, pursuant to the law, the object of mediation or of another alternative form of conflicts settlement, parties and/or the concerned…

Confidentiality, Efficiency, Mediation Agreement, Mediation Practice, Tactics

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One of the advantages of using mediation to achieve negotiated solutions is Parties’ possibility to separately communicate with the mediator within what it is called separate sessions or caucus. The differences of perception, the emotions and feelings determined by the ego, the stubbornness or the personality of Parties involved in a conflict are examples of…

Court Procedure and Litigation, Developing the Field, Domestic Courts, Efficiency, General, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), harmonisation of mediation law, Legislation, Mediation Act, Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.)

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In the Romanian Parliament there has been submitted a draft to amend the legislative framework regarding mediation. Thus, according to the draft, prior to referring the case to the court of law or the criminal pursuit body, Parties or any of these are bound to try and settle the conflict by mediation, under penalty of…

Availability of Mediators, Clients, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, Ethics, General, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients, Success in mediation

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The mediators are complex personalities. The mediators are part of the world-wide intellectual elite by promoting the purpose, the importance and the usefulness of the collaborative thinking in the pursuit of a vision founded on the quality of life. The mediators are helping people with cleaning the “dust of ignorance” off the human diamante, rediscovering…

Clients, Efficiency, General, Legal Practice, Mediation Practice, Mediation Users/Clients

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Regardless if the reader is a practicing mediator, an attorney, a user or an academic, the preparation stage of mediation should be of interest and viewed as being vital for a successful mediation. There’s simply too much to retrieve if a mediation is not properly prepared and it’s up to the mediator to make sure…

ADR, Availability of Mediators, Clients, Developing the Field, Dispute Resolution, Efficiency, EU Directive on Mediation, EU Mediation Directive, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.), Mediation Reforms (Legislation, etc.), Mediation Users/Clients, Standards, Uncategorized

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While large scale efforts are being made in order to be recognized as a worldwide and a free standing profession, the mediation became a profession in some countries and it remains an experiment in others. The general public’s perceptions about mediation have registered significant changes over time. If in its early stages mediation was seen…

ADR, Developing the Field, Growth of the Field (Challenges, New Sectors, etc.)

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Some times I meet friends or acquaintances whom I had not seen in a long while and when we reach the question What have you been doing lately? I also tell them about mediation. Since they aren’t familiar with this concept, each time, their reactions are very expressive. Mediation for what issue? or Mediation as…