VFU "CHERNORIZETS HRABER" WELCOMED THE APPROVED MEDIATORS FROM SIX DISTRICT COURTS
21 June 2024
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Judicial mediators, who successfully passed the selection in six district courts, participated in specialized training organized by the District Court - Varna and hosted by Varna Free University "Chernorizets Hrabar".
The training aims at further building their knowledge and practical application of their skills in conducting mediations in pending court cases. The training included 15 mediators ranked in the competition of the District Court - Varna, 5 from the District Court - Dobrich, 4 from each district courts in Razgrad, Silistra, Targovishte and 2 from the District Court - Shumen. All of them have a legal education, as required by the law.
Lecturers are Prof. Yanka Tyankova – mediator and lecturer at VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar", Elka Krasteva – lawyer and mediator, the chairman of the District Court in Varna - Marin Marinov, judges Desislava Zhekova and Ralitsa Raykova, the coordinator of the Center for Mediation at the District Court's judicial district – Varna Nora Velikova, certified by the experts from the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe (SEPEJ) Maria Oliveira and Rimantas Simaitas.
The mediators at the court centers from the Varna appellate district got acquainted with the legal disputes, on which, from July 1 this year, the court can make the parties participate in a mediation procedure. They were told about the preparation they need to have depending on the stage of the case in which the dispute was sent to the alternative procedure to be resolved. The participants in the training worked on various cases and prepared draft settlement agreements in the cases of parental rights, a dispute over property and security of a future claim, in order to become familiar with the possible problematic moments and to correctly formulate the parameters of the agreement. The mediators received information about the activities of the judicial center and their interaction with its coordinator. They learned that a survey is being planned on the level of satisfaction of the participants in the mediation procedure, immediately after its completion. Attention was also paid to the ethical rules of behavior of mediators.
A mandatory first meeting in mediation in six types of court cases will be held from July 1 this year. This was made possible by changes to the Law on Mediation. The mediation will take place in special centers at the courts.
The Center for Mediation at the Judicial District of the District Court - Varna (12 Angel Kanchev Street) was established in 2015 and is one of the most active in the country. Many of the district and provincial court judges in the city are trained to be able to resolve disputes suitable for referral to the procedure. Since its establishment, the Varna Mediation Center has held over 700 mediations, the press service of the Varna District Court reports.
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