IMI is a non-profit Foundation and registered charity established in 2007 as a global public service initiative to drive transparency and high competency standards into mediation practice across all fields, worldwide. IMI is Internet-based and operates worldwide but has its main office in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Mediation is: Negotiation facilitated by a trusted neutral person. The role of the neutral - the mediator – is to help those involved sort out their issues and arrive at a consensus. Mediators do not take sides. Mediation is a confidential process where what was discussed or agreed in private is not disclosed to others without everyone’s agreement.

Vision

Professional Mediation Worldwide: 
Promoting Consensus & Access to Justice

Mission

IMI will:

• Set and achieve high mediation standards
• Convene stakeholders and parties
• Promote understanding and adoption of mediation
• Disseminate skills for parties, counsel and mediators

Over 70 in-house dispute resolution counsel responded to the IMI ADR Users Survey.

The Survey covered issues rarely asked of corporate users, including: 

• Criteria that are used to select a neutral
• Importance of prior user feedback on neutrals
• Whether neutrals should belong to an ADR professional institution
• Mediation as a mandatory process step in litigation & arbitration
• Whether outside counsel are an impediment to mediation
• Should outside counsel be trained in mediation advocacy

To view the Summary of the results, please click here