Constantin-Adi Gavrila, Author at Kluwer Mediation Blog

By Constantin-Adi Gavrila

Constantin-Adi Gavrilă is a mediator and mediation trainer, co-founder and CEO of ADR Center Romania.

He mediates many types of cases since 2003, including complex commercial, family and real estate, taking a practical and business-oriented approach to dispute resolution. Mr. Gavrilă coordinated extended programs in the mediation field, including participation at the legislature process, provider management, training of mediators, systems development, and public outreach.

He was the co-chair of the Independent Standards Commission convened by the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He has published extensively in the field of mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), teaches academic courses, and is a frequent conference speaker.

Mr. Gavrilă was honored with the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) International Development Committee’s 2009 Outstanding Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to international conflict resolution.

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Writing the mediation agreement: Extend Desktop to TV and everyone will be on board

Constantin-Adi Gavrila (ADR Center Romania)/October 19, 2011 /Leave a comment

At their third mediation meeting, the parties reached an agreement in a dispute between family members over family property. The parties also seemed to settle older personal issues that apparently had nothing to do with the case. With the feeling that both the relationship and the outcome issues were resolved, six parties and their lawyers…

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Growing from scratch to a profession. Where mediation was ten years ago.

Constantin-Adi Gavrila (ADR Center Romania)/September 19, 2011 /Leave a comment

As an effect of the Romanian Mediation Law and the EU Directive, for the past years, the mediation profession is growing exponentially in Romania. To date, seven or eight thousand mediators took the basic training and almost three thousand became authorized by the Romanian Mediation Council while the other five thousand were mainly interested in…