
World bank/IFC staff attending the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Workshop/Roundtable on Sustainable Commercial Mediation, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, December 2005.

Round Table on the Draft Law on Mediation, Skopje, fyr Macedonia, February 2006.

Ms. Wilma Van Benthem, IFC Regional ADR Program Manager and H.E. Mr. Zoran Stojkovic, Minister of Justice addressing the audience at the Ceremony of the Signing Partnership Agreement, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2006.

Info Desk at the Commercial Court in Belgrade, Serbia, April 2006.

Mr. Antoine Courcelle - Labrousse, IFC Senior Program Manager and H.E. Ms. Meri Mladenovska-Gjorgjievska, Former Minister of Justice Signing Memorandum of Understanding Skopje, fyr Macedonia, April 2006.

Mr. Edward Nassim, IFC Regional Vice President for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and Ms. Smiljka Gavric, Coordinator of the Center for Mediation in Sarajevo after the official unveiling of the IFC plaque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2006.

Participants of the Workshop “From pilot projects towards self-sustainable mediation” Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2006.

Ms. Wilma Van Benthem, IFC Regional ADR Program Manager and H.E. Mr. Slobodan Kovac, Minister of Justice at the Ceremony of Signing Memorandum of Understanding, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 2006.

IFC and the Ministry of Justice of Serbia co-hosting a 2nd National Conference on Commercial Mediation, Belgrade, Serbia, June 2006.

H.E. Mr. Zoran Stojkovic, Minister of Justice Opens the Center for Mediation in Belgrade, Serbia, August 2006.

Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (United Kingdom) delivered the advance training "Mediation and Mediation Practice" to 28 members of the Association of Mediators in BiH,
Banja Luka and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October, 2006.

High Level Round Table "Advantages of the Mediation Procedure for Financial Institutions" Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2006.

Thirty three judges from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina went on a study trip to the Netherlands, November, 2006.

Mr. Philip Condon, Head - IFC Technical Assistance Programs in Western Balkans and H.E. Mr. Aldo Bumci, Minister of Justice at the Ceremony of Signing Memorandum of Understanding, Tirana, Albania, December 2006.

Round Table Experiences and Future of Mediation: Opportunities for Albania. Tirana, Albania, December, 2006.

Ms. Wilma Van Benthem, IFC Regional ADR Program Manager and Ms. Slavica Bogoeva, Assistant General Secretary of Economic Chamber of Macedonia Signing Memorandum of Understanding Skopje, fyr Macedonia, December 2006.

H.E. Mr. Zoran Stojkovic, Minister of Justice Opens the Center for Mediation in Nis, Serbia, December 2006.

Ms. Marga Shreuder trainer form the Centrum voor Conflicthantering (the Netherlands) delivered the refreshment training in commercial mediation to mediators Tirana, Albania, January 2007

High Level Round Table "Construction Contracts and the Mediation Procedure" Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 2007.

Ms. Marga Shreuder trainer form the Centrum voor Conflicthantering (the Netherlands) delivered the presentation on mediation benefits to students Tirana, Albania, February 2007

Fourteen state representatives and mediators from Bosnia and Herzegovina went on a study trip to the United Kingdom. The visit was organized by the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution, March, 2007

IFC Vice President for Human Resources and Administration Ms. Dorothy Berry and Director for Southern Europe and Central Asia Mr. Shahbaz Mavaddat met with the representatives of the National mediation center in Belgrade, Serbia March 2007

Participants attending the training program for judges on case referral. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 2007

IFC marked the completion of successful pilot projects and transferred two mediation centers to the Association of Mediators in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mr. Antoine Courcelle-Labrousse, IFC Senior Program Manager and Mr. Goran Salihovic, Vice-President of the Association of Mediators in Bosnia and Herzegovina Signing the Agreement on transferring the database for managing mediation records, promotional materials and web site to the Association of Mediators in BiH, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2007

Ms. Wilma Van Benthem, IFC Regional ADR Program Manager and Mr. Pande Kolemishevski , President of the Chamber of Mediators of Macedonia signing the Memorandum of Understanding, Skopje, fyr Macedonia, April 2007

High Level Round Table "Investments and Conflict Resolution" Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 2007

Mr. Venko Gligorov, President of the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce and Ms.Wilma van Benthem, IFC Regional ARD Project Manager signing Memorandum of Understanding , Skopje, fyr Macedonia, September 2007

High Level Round Table "Dealing with Corporate Governance Disputes" Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2007

Mr. Bekir Shaini, Skopje II Court President addressing media representatives during the ceremony of commencing the Pilot Project with Skopje II Court, Skopje, fyr Macedonia, October, 2007

IFC has signed an agreement to support mediation in Montenegro with the country’s Ministry of Justice, OSCE, UNICEF and Save the Children UK, Podgorica, Montenegro, October, 2007

Supported by the Government of the Netherlands