IMI is delighted to announce the recognition of Mykolas Romeris University as meeting IMI’s competency criteria required of a Recognized Mediator Training Program (RMTP) – formerly known as Certified Mediator Training Program (CMTP) – to deliver training in person, online and hybrid format!
Consequently, individuals who successfully complete their RMTP will be eligible to become IMI Qualified Mediators should they choose to apply for such recognition with IMI.
Visit their website at: https://www.mruni.eu
About Mykolas Romeris University
Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) is the largest specialized university for social sciences and humanities in Lithuania. It is named after the patriarch of Lithuania‘s Constitutional Law Professor Mykolas Romeris (1880-1945). MRU Mediation and Sustainable conflict Resolution Laboratory (Mediation LAB) was established in 2015 to unite experts of mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods as foster amicable dispute resolution in Lithuania and beyond. The laboratory unites specialists from different fields and different experiences, genders and ages, who are motivated to develop the application of mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods in Lithuania. A large part of the members is practicing mediators, providing their services to the persons arguing in various categories of disputes. Providing high quality mediation trainings is one of the most important activities of MRU Mediation LAB taken by high responsibility and professional care.
Congratulations to Mykolas Romeris University!
IMI Recognized Mediator Training Programs, or RMTPs, formerly known as Certified Mediator Training Programs (CMTPs), meet international competency criteria for mediation training excellence. Individuals who complete RMTPs are able to become recognised as ‘IMI Qualified Mediators’. RMTPs can be searched here. For further context on our nomenclature update aimed at better distinguishing foundational training from professional certification, please refer to our news item, which outlines the full rationale and background.
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.
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