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CIArb Elected as CMC Board Member for Third Time Running01 March 2007 - The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has once again been elected, for the third time running, to be a Member of the Board on the Civil Mediation Council (CMC). The results, which were announced today, show that the CIArb gained an increased share of the vote to become one of the five Provider Members of the Board.
The CIArb was a founding member of the CMC and, as an elected Board Member, has contributed positively to its development since its foundation.
Commenting on the CIArb’s reappointment as a Board Member on the CMC, Michael Forbes Smith, Director General at the CIArb, said: “I am very pleased and feel privileged that the CIArb has again been invited to serve on the CMC Board. The fact that we increased our votes is a welcome indication that the effort the CIArb continues to make both to welcome Mediators as members and to become the professional home for Mediators, has not gone unnoticed.
The CIArb is committed to supporting the CMC’s objectives and helping with the development of mediation in the UK. In particular, we will continue to encourage rigour consistency in training standards and qualifications for mediators in order to strengthen user trust.” For further information please visit: http://www.civilmediation.org/index.php
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1. About The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators The CIArb is an international centre of excellence for the promotion and facilitation of dispute resolution. Widely regarded as the professional home for all dispute resolvers, CIArb membership supports the professional credibility of more than 11,000 individuals and gives users confidence that the very best individual is helping to resolve their dispute.
In addition to providing education and training for arbitrators, mediators and adjudicators, the CIArb acts as an international resource centre for practitioners, policy makers, academics and those in business concerned with the cost effective and early settlement of disputes.
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2. About Civil Mediation Council (CMC) 1. to be a neutral and independent body to represent and promote civil and commercial mediation and other dispute resolution options as alternatives to litigation and thereby to further law reform and access to justice for the general public;
2. to create a culture of best practice by encouraging research, continuing education and quality standards in the field; by issuing codes of good practice; and by conducting accreditation of mediation providers and through them individual mediators;
3. to be a focal point for the impartial and learned consideration of issues surrounding mediation and other dispute resolution options;
4. to foster, and be a commissioning body for, research into the use and application of mediation and other dispute resolution options; 5. to be a forum for debating issues surrounding mediation including through an annual series of conferences and seminars;
6. to be a portal for access by potential users of and referrers to mediation and other dispute resolution options including judges, lawyers and the general public;
7. to establish and foster the fullest understanding amongst the judiciary, lawyers and the general public of mediation and other dispute resolution options, including means of access, cost-benefits and the simplicity of mediation procedure;
8. to identify and lobby for effective legal and regulatory provisions to support mediation and its effective use; and to offer to government and others access to the considered views of the mediation community as a whole;
9. to collate and offer appropriate information on and about mediation and other dispute resolution options including the means of access to services and practitioners;
10. to assemble and make generally available an impartial online library of information about mediation and other dispute resolution options including practice methods, accrediting bodies, providers and practitioners; and
11. to liaise with all other relevant bodies, persons and departments for the achievement of its purposes. |
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