Quality Assessment Programs & Accreditation

Internationally and Nationally trained Mediators are empanelled as IIAM Mediators. As per the IIAM Mediator Accreditation System, Mediators are categorized as Grade A to Grade D. Mediators are entitled for upgradation based on the IIAM Qualifying Assessment Programs (QAP).

Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation (IIAM) is the only institution in India approved by the International Mediation Institute (IMI) at the Hague, Netherlands, as a “Qualifying Assessment Programme” (QAP) for IMI Certification for international mediators. This is based on programs whose mediator training and assessment assertedly provides assurance of mediation experience and expertise worthy of IMI certification.

IMI, formed for the purpose of certifying international standards for mediators and for implementing the Global Mediator Competency Certification, had launched its global mediator competency certification scheme in January 2009. This is an online scheme for enabling businesses and their advisers to find the world's most competent mediators by using an advanced search engine on the IMI web portal – www.imimediation.org.

Web-link: http://www.arbitrationindia.com/htm/qap.html
Source: Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation
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