Past Trainings

Within the framework of the IFC regional mediation project, CRCICA hosted the "ADR Regional Private Centers Workshop", which was offered by CEDR on 23-24 October 2012 and sponsored by the IFC. The main objective of the workshop was to enhance strategic relationship among IFC's regional partners and to establish common mediation grounds for institutions concerned. Among other possible regional uniformities, developing a regional standard of quality for mediator panel was discussed thoroughly. Participating organizations in addition to CRCICA were the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Pakistan, Euro Mediterranean Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CEMA), Morocco, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Beirut (CCIA-BML), Beirut/Lebanon and the Investors' Dispute Settlement Center of GAFI, Egypt. In this context, the event witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between CRCICA and CCIA-BML, which aims at developing a partnership in mediation and arbitration. The participating organizations also agreed to create a regional mediation forum in the MENA.

Under the sponsorship of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mr Andy Rogers, Associate Director, Communications and Campaigns; the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) offered a two-day Marketing Workshop for CRCICA accredited mediators and personnel. Under the SELLING MEDIATION theme, the agenda of the first day was meant to identify external stakeholders for the Centre and to develop key messages appropriate for different sectors and also to give an overview of the communication options for stakeholders and the different ways of communicating these messages. Through interactive role-play, participants were able to practice effectively delivering messages to target sectors. CRCICA - Marketing Workshop was the substantive focal of the second day where CRCICA staff were made to identify what kind of marketing tools exist in selling mediation services. At the end of the day a CRCICA-tailored draft mediation marketing plan was introduced.

The 2012 round of CRCICA Annual Arbitration Training Program started in May 2012 by the Arbitration Agreement Module. On 9-11 September, the second module on THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL took place. The course was a balanced combination of lectures and tutorials. Unlike the traditional format of arbitral tribunal programs, which mainly focuses on the composition of tribunals, the CRCICA agenda tackled all aspects related to the tribunal including the appointment of arbitrators, the scope and nature of their mission as well as challenge, removal, resignation and replacement of arbitrators. Considerable attention was also given to the rights, obligations and liabilities of arbitrators. Attendees were a mixture of lawyers, engineers and governmental officials from Egypt, Syria, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. In an interesting initiative, the course featured Dr. Hamza Haddad, the Director of the Law and Arbitration Centre (JORDAN) and Dr. Nassib Ziadé, Director of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (LEBANON), who volunteered to contribute to the course to share their respective extensive experiences regarding the appointment and challenge of arbitrators. It is notable about the tutorial methodology of this four-module training round that tutors, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf, CRCICA Director, and Dr. Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Vice President of the Cairo Branch of the CIArb, have both Civil Law and Common Law backgrounds and they lectured together instead of separately to give participants a wide interactive legal exposure.

Since January 2009, the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) and CRCICA have partnered to provide Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for young lawyers in Egypt. The CLE programs seek to bridge the gap between the participants' formal legal training and their needs as practitioners. As of January 2011, a number of basic training courses were held, the last of which has been in process since 20 May through 21 June, 2012. The goal of this course is to develop the participants' basic practical skills in legal analysis, oral advocacy, negotiation, drafting of contracts and legal memoranda. As the project completed its third year, the first Advanced CLE course was held from 18 December 2011 until 18 January 2012. The course covers negotiation, lawyering skills and contract drafting on a broader scale than the basic course

The 2012 round of CRCICA Arbitration Training started on 19-21 May 2012 by the Arbitration Agreement Module. The course was a balanced combination of lectures and tutorials. It provided candidates 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, engineers and governmental officials from Egypt, Syria, Ethiopia, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Palestine. Upon completion of the course, candidates were invited to progress onto the composition of the arbitral tribunal Module scheduled to be held on 9 - 11 September 2012.