AIA Conference
Future of Mediation in Belgium Initiative (FMB)
The FMB initiative is an initiative that aims to provide a joint communication platform to all mediation stakeholders, thereby offering them the opportunity to contribute to identifying best practices (including legal amendments) and setting out a common action plan for the enhancement and promotion of Mediation in Belgium.
Planning:
Date: February 10, 2014
Place: Institute of European Studies (IES), Rome Room, Pleinlaan 5,1050,Brussels
Time: 2-5PM
Subjects: The following topics will be discussed:
1. Amendments to the 2005 Mediation Act:
- Should the scope of the 2005 Mediation Act be broadened to include all kinds of mediation?
- Should the term “bemiddeling” be replaced by the term “mediation”?
- Has the Romanian Mediation Act got good ideas that should also be implemented in Belgium (e.g. compulsory mediation session)?
- Should documents issued prior to signing the mediation protocol and in relation to the mediation, also be considered confidential?
- Other
2. What incentives should be implemented in order to encourage mediation?
3. Should the Federal Mediation Commission be given more powers and more resources?
4. Feedback on the First FMB report
Documents regarding the Conference: