IMI is pleased to announce that Equa.Law has been approved as meeting IMI’s competency criteria required of a Certified Mediator Training Program (CMTP) to deliver training online.
Consequently, individuals who successfully complete their CMTP will be eligible to become IMI Qualified Mediators should they choose to apply for such recognition with IMI and may benefit from joining the Young Mediators Initiative, including the IMI-YMI Mentorship Framework.
Visit their website at https://trainings.equa.law/
About Equa.Law
Equa.Law is an online platform, that offers a complete ecosystem for domestic and international dispute resolution; thereby offering ADR & Mediation Services to the parties, work opportunities to the Neutrals/Mediators, and IMI certified Mediation Training to the Mediators.
Equa.Law aligns and works in coordination with international institutions to offer dispute resolution services in international trade, business transactions, maritime disputes, and matters relating to Private International Law. It also imparts IMI-certified mediation training to the neutrals/mediators which follows independent international standards as per the recommendations of IMI to meet the demand of qualified dispute resolution professionals. The trainees become IMI-qualified mediators and can offer their services across the world. Equa.Law helps the Mediators by providing a tech-savvy online platform, solutions/support for the delivery of mediation services, growth and networking opportunities; and further maintains the highest standards through a code of conduct, feedback forms etc. The trainers belong to different regions of the world which not only brings intercultural competence among the trainees but also enables Equa.Law to impart mediation training at domestic and international levels. The ‘Train the Trainer Program’ designed in accordance with the IMI guidelines ensures the quality and competency of the trainers.
Equa.Law maintains its domestic presence in various countries. It has created separate country-specific subdomains on its website in order to offer its services at the domestic level that too in vernacular languages. Further, it also offers additional country-specific modules besides the 40-hour IMI-certified Mediation Training so that mediators also become proficient with the domestic laws on ADR.
Congratulations to Equa.Law!
IMI Certified Mediator Training Programs, or CMTPs, meet international competency criteria for mediation training excellence. Individuals who complete CMTPs are able to become recognised as ‘IMI Qualified Mediators’. CMTPs can be searched here.
As of June 2021, IMI decided to recognize training delivered in part or entirely online as meeting the standards required of IMI CMTPs. Therefore, the Training Criteria now applies equally to programs that deliver training in-person, in hybrid formats, and online. View IMI’s training criteria.
The minimum standards for training that IMI has set has been accepted by the European Commission for Efficiency of Justice – “CEPEJ“ as the minimum European standard (and indirectly by the EU which accepts and looks onto Council of Europe standards – please see https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/european-union and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union). As such, IMI is the only organisation in the world whose standards have been adopted by an intergovernmental standard-setting organisation.
IMI is the only organisation in the world that transcends local jurisdictions to develop global, professional standards for mediators and advocates involved in collaborative dispute resolution and negotiation.
Interested in having your organisation’s training or assessment program appraised against IMI’s international standards? See how to Register a Program here.
