On 18 January 2017, Dr. Ismail Selim, CRCICA Director, participated in the Third International Conference for a Euro-Mediterranean Community of International Arbitration in Milan, Italy. The Euro-Mediterranean International Arbitration series of events was first launched in 2014 as a part of the MENA-OECD Investment Program which is created to support investment policy reform in the Middle East and North Africa region and the second conference in the Series was in Cairo and co-organized by CRCICA in 2015. Arbitration practitioners from 13 different countries discussed current issues in the Arbitration field with focus on the Investment and economic relations between Europe and southern countries of the region and the potential impact on dispute settlement mechanisms. On the sidelines of the conference, two training workshops were organized, one on the application of the New York Convention and the other tackled the Practical issues raised by investment arbitration. The fourth Euro-Mediterranean Conference will be organized by the BCDR-AAA in Manama, Bahrain, November 20-21, 2017. |