Exactly what is IMI, and who set it up?
IMI in a non-profit foundation established in The Hague, The Netherlands in early 2007 as a public benefit initiative to generate confidence in and much enhanced understanding and usage of the mediation process among businesses and other disputants by encouraging high standards of training, by certifying high competency standards of mediators throughout the world, and by aiding users to find suitable competent mediators quickly and cost-free. IMI’s Vision and Mission are set out on the main menu bar on the IMI homepage. IMI’s Founding Institutions are a number of well-established dispute resolution bodies: American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution Singapore Mediation Centre/Singapore International Arbitration Centre Netherlands Mediation Institute. IMI’s Board is Chaired by Wolf von Kumberg, Legal Director and Assistant General Counsel of Northrop Grumman Corporation.
