Past Trainings

Held by CRCICA and CIArb Cairo, The Arbitral Tribunal: the second module of the Comparative Commercial Arbitration: Theory and Practice (CCATP), was held on 2-4 June 2013. In this module, the Arbitral Tribunal was studied in depth as based on a big number of the most recent international decisions and institutional regulations. Participants had the chance to role play through a mock case designed to raise all top issues related to the composition and functioning of the arbitral tribunal. It is notable that CCATP has been recognized as a one of the kind program in the region with a simultaneous bilateral tutorial methodology that combines both systems, the Civil law and Common law systems. The four modules of the program are being held separately in a total of 14 days from March through December 2013. Upon completion of the program, in its four modules, participants will be eligible to apply for the now-open membership of CRCICA  

CRCICA was invited by the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, Tunisia Office to conduct two training courses in Arabic on international commercial arbitration for young Tunisian lawyers in two Tunisian cities Sfax from 3 to 4 April 2013 and Soussa from 5 to 6 April 2013. The courses were conducted in association with the Tunisian Association for Young Lawyers and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). CRCICA Director and Dr. Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Vice-Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Cairo Branch), were the two experts who jointly conducted the courses (2 days each) covering four major phases of the arbitration process namely the arbitration agreement, the arbitral tribunal, the arbitral proceedings and the arbitral award. The courses focused on the practical aspects of international commercial arbitration from a comparative perspective including the Tunisian law on Arbitration. Five mock cases were discussed by the participants (36 persons) at the end of each of the two courses.

Held by CRCICA and CIArb Cairo, the 2013 round of the Comparative Arbitration Law: The Theory and Practice (CCATP) started on 3-5 March 2013 by the First Module: The Arbitration Agreement. The course was a balanced combination of lectures and tutorials. It provided participants with sufficient knowledge of the theory and practice in all the requirements for the writing and understanding of the arbitration agreement. Attendees were a mixture of lawyers, judges, engineers and governmental officials. Upon completion of the course, participants were invited to progress onto the composition of the arbitral tribunal Module scheduled to be held on 2-5 June 2013. CCATP has been recognized as a one of the kind program in the region with a bilateral tutorial methodology that combines both systems the civil law and common law systems. The four modules of the program are held separately in a total of 14 days from March through December 2013. Upon completion of the program, in its four modules, participants will be eligible to apply for the soon-to-open membership of CRCICA.  

The fourth module of CRCICA Annual Arbitration Program 2012 was held on 16-19 December 2012. In this module, "the Arbitral Award" was handled in depth as based on most recent court judgments in different jurisdictions. Reference documents included a huge collection of court decisions which were regularly updated, analytic articles, expert commentaries and a model arbitral award. In groups, participants drafted an arbitral award based on the facts of a mock case. With varying professional backgrounds, participants came from Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia.

The Third Module of the Annual Arbitration Training Program "The Arbitral Procedures Course", took place on 4 - 6 November 2012. The agenda tackled, inter alia, the rules applicable to the procedures, evidences and the examination of witnesses, interim measures…etc. Attendees were a mixture of lawyers, engineers and governmental officials from Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Ethiopia.