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Irena Vanenkova Executive Director International Mediation Institute

Learn about IMI, its foundation, certification process, mission, and standards. Find out how IMI promotes quality, transparency, and professionalism in mediation worldwide. Explore the IMI Wider Mission and tools for evaluating conflicts online.

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Irena Vanenkova Executive Director International Mediation Institute

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  1. CPR Mediation Committee Meeting January 12, 2011 New York, NY An Update on the International Mediation Institute Irena Vanenkova Executive Director International Mediation Institute

  2. Overview Backgrounder on IMI IMI Certification IMI Wider Mission

  3. Mission of IMI Forge a true Profession Convene all stakeholder groups Quality: transparent high standards; qualifications Introduce simple measures for assessing Quality Promote understanding & acceptance of mediation Servant leadership inspires personal leadership

  4. Primary Emphasis on Quality…

  5. …and Transparency

  6. The IMI Foundation Founded in 2007 Registered in The Hague as a charitable foundation No provision of services in the market Funded entirely by charitable grants A professional body and a public interest initiative Office in the International NGO Building Internet-based Heavy reliance on pro bono support

  7. The IMI Foundation Founding Institutions American Arbitration Association/ICDR Singapore Mediation Centre/SIAC Netherlands Mediation Institute Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution Board of Directors 2010 Chair Patrick Deane (Nestlé) Directors: Wolf von Kumberg (Northrop Grumman Corp) Michael Leathes (ex Gillette/Pfizer/International Distillers/BAT) Michael McIlwrath (GE Oil & Gas) Ute Joas Quinn (Shell International) Nominees of the Founding Institutions

  8. IMI Advisory Council Lord Woolf of Barnes (Chair)UK Prof. William UryUS Prof. Tommy KohSingapore Sheikha Haya Al KhalifaBahrain William K Slate IIUS Justice Minister Ales ZalarSlovenia

  9. Independent Standards Commission Chair Judith Meyer (Mediator) (US) Vice Chairs Bruce Whitney (User) (US) Eileen Carroll (Provider) (UK) Geoff Sharp (Mediator) (NZ) Chris Honeyman (Educator) (US) +60 Thought Leaders Representing all stakeholders worldwide Including Kathy Bryan

  10. Overview Backgrounder on IMI IMI Certification IMI Wider Mission

  11. Any occupation wishing to exercise authority must find a technical basis for it, assert an exclusive jurisdiction, link both skill and jurisdiction to standards of training, and convince the public that its services are uniquely trustworthy and tied to a set of professional norms Harold J. Wilensky, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC Berkeley, The Professionalization of Everyone? 1964

  12. Professor Frank E.A. Sander (2010): …from “the market decides” towards thesystem for appraising the quality and competency of mediators…

  13. IMI Certification A way to distinguish real experience Competency and suitability Supported by User feedback In summary form, independently prepared IMI Certified Mediator Profile Including a Feedback Digest

  14. IMI Experience Qualification Path January – June 2009 1047mediators registered on the IMI portal 356 have so far completed Profiles now online and searchable 48% USA 7% Canada 35% West & Eastern Europe 10% Other countries A further 655 mediators are preparing their Profiles

  15. Global Search Engine

  16. Assessment Route to IMI Certification Designed to empower the world’s top providers, trainers and professional bodies to qualify mediators directly for IMI Certification Qualifying Assessment Programs - QAPs Meeting Independent Standards Commission’s Criteria

  17. The Seven Criteria for QAPs(Qualifying Assessment Programs) Mediator Experience 
 Mediation Knowledge  
 Mediator Skills  
 Program Transparency  
 Program Integrity  
 Ongoing monitoring of programs 
 Commitment to Diversity

  18. QAPs Approved by the ISC(as at September 2010) AAA/ICDR USA Mediationcenter Denmark IIAM India IFCM France NMI Netherlands LEADR Australia ADRIC Canada

  19. Overview Backgrounder on IMI IMI Certification IMI Wider Mission

  20. IMI Wider Mission Impartial Guidance Independent Convening Inter-Cultural Certification Young Mediators Initiative Promoting understanding & acceptance Encouraging experience generation schemes Scholarship programs

  21. Learnership Tools Decision Tree

  22. OnLine Evaluation of Conflicts

  23. Olé!Online Evaluation of Conflicts Helps parties regain control via a strategic, outcome-orientated decision-making process A collaborative process for Client and Law Firm Short, quick and simple Stimulates the right questions and answers Can be completed in electronic form by email

  24. Find The Right Mediator

  25. Mediation has come a long way, but still has much further to go.  The field now needs to evolve quickly into a true profession.  High minimum practice and ethical standards need to be set, made transparent and achieved internationally; users of mediation need to see these standards operating effectively.  More and better information must be made available by individual mediators about their skills, capabilities and personalities.  Quality and Transparency together will enable mediation to grow. Lord Woolf of Barnes, 2009 Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales, 2000-2005 International Academy of Mediators’ Lifetime Achievement Award 2009

  26. International Mediation Institutewww.IMImediation.org

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