At first we hesitate to believe that a new thing can be done. Soon we see it can be done and hope it is.  When it is done, we wonder

The World Forum of Mediation Centers was created in 2001 by the Mediation Commission of the UIA – Union Internationale des Avocats (International Attorneys Association). The aim of the Forum

On 6 January 2009, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie, announced the launch of BASESwiki: a new on-line resource that aims to advance

The publisher of The Mediator Magazine has created an online Mediator Directory. The Directory currently carries the resumés of over 70 UK mediators and these are fully searchable by anyone who registers

The Civil Mediation Council (CMC) in London has published for comment draft schemes for registering mediators and mediation provider organizations. The CMC is a non-profit entity established in 2003 at

In line with IMI practice to rotate the Board Chair each year, Wolf von Kumberg of Northrop Grumman Corporation, who has served as the IMI Board Chair throughout 2008, will

MICHAEL MCILWRATH of General Electric, joint Vice-Chair of the IMI Independent Standards Commission, won the 2008 CEDR Award for Excellence in the Innovations Category for his International Dispute Negotiation podcasts

Irena Vanenkova outlined the upcoming IMI mediator competency certification scheme at a plenary session of the Australian National Mediation Conference, the first to be held since Australia introduced National Mediation

Finding an International Mediator is one of the first mediation Knols. Authored by Michael McIlwrath, a Vice-Chair of IMI’s Independent Standards Commission, the Knol raises the issue of identifying suitable

The Independent Standards Commission convened by IMI to draw up a global mediator competency certification standards has announced the structure of the Scheme, coupled to IMI’s proposed Mediation Information Program.