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International Mediation Institute (IMI) is a non-profit Foundation and registered charity established in 2007 as a global public service initiative to drive transparency and high competency standards into mediation practice across all fields, worldwide. IMI is Internet-based and operates worldwide but has its main office in The Hague, The Netherlands.

IMI has appointed an Independent Standards Commission that has established a set of practice and approval standards for mediators which are applicable worldwide. IMI does not itself certify mediators meeting those standards. The Independent Standards Commission approves assessment programmes submitted by organisations wishing to qualify mediators as IMI Certified to verify that those organisations meet the standards that have been set.

IMI was co-founded and funded in 2007 by the American Arbitration Association, the Singapore Mediation Centre, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and the Netherlands Mediation Institute in collaboration with a number of other international Companies. The International Chamber of Commerce and the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution have subsequently become funding patrons. The Board of Directors of IMI is made up of representatives of mediation institutions and of users of mediation services. The Chair is Ms Deborah Masucci, Formerly Head of the Dispute Resolution Program at American International Group, Inc. The Executive Director is Irena Vanenkova. The Advisory Council is chaired by Lord Harry Woolf, and the Independent Standards Commission of IMI is chaired by Ms Judy Meyer, and Constantin-Adi Gavrilă, both practising mediators.

Michael McIlwrath - Interviewed by Bennett Picker and Michael Lewis Published in Profiles in ADR, Dispute Resolution Magazine (Summer 2013).

The Proposed Global Pound Conference By F. Peter Phillips (2015)

We can Work it Out: Litigation Special Report​​​ The Lawyer, ​Oct 2015

An Opportunity for Corporations to Benchmark Themselves By Alex Oddy (2016)

Mediation looks to Singapore By Ben Rigby (2016)

Why is Mediation like a Cactus? Martin Svatos (2016)

The International Evolution of Mediation: A Call for Dialogue and Deliberation By Tom Stipanowich (2016) Vienna said “I do!” Why A New York Convention for Mediation Might Be Brewing By Laila El Shentenawi (2014)

Mediation Works for Family-Run Enterprises James MacPherson (2014)

Latest Developments Associated with a New Draft Mediation Law in Brazil by Andrea Maia. Published on Wolters Kluwer Mediation Blog (September 2013).

IMI Introduces Mediation Advocacy Competency Criteria Published on ADR Hub (August 2013).

Prime Requirement of Mediator is Transparency Malayala Manorama (local newspaper in Cochin) (10 July 2013).

The Times Are A Changing When It Comes To Selecting A Mediator by Tony Dempsey. Mondaq – Litigation, mediation and arbitration (June 2013).

International Mediation Institute publishes survey results on in-house counsel’s attitudes to mediation Article by Alexander Oddy, Michael Mills and Anita Phillips, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (April 16, 2013)

GCs favour Commercial Mediators Published in The Law Report (June 2013).

IMI International Corporate Users ADR Survey - Strong Consensus on Selection Criteria McCartney ADR Inc (June 2013).

IMI International Corporate Users ADR Survey Findings Released The Australia International Dispute Centre (AIDC) newsletter (June 2013).

International Mediation Institute publishes survey results on in-house counsel’s attitudes to mediation. Herbert Smith Freehills summarises the results on the ACC Lexology Website (June 2013).

Fear, Change and IMI: What To Do When The Rebels Take Over. By Bill Marsh. Kluwer Mediation Blog (April 2013).

Report on the IMIG meeting, the IMI Day and the QAP Council meeting in Geneva. By Fiona Hollier.

Dutch Parliament discussions on mediation quality (April 2011).

How Mediators Can Obtain Professional Certification And Thereby Elevate Their Profession: A Look at IMI’s Voluntary Credentialing Program AAA Handbook on Mediation (May 2010).

The Republic of Ireland's Law Reform Commission’s Report on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Conciliation] (November, 2010).