Project funded by the European Union EUROMED JUSTICE II PROJECT AGENDA STUDY VISIT ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS (ADR) Berlin, 24 27 January 2011 1
AGENDA Sunday 23 January 2011 19.30 20.30 Welcome of participants at the hotel Debriefing on the agenda of the study visit by the Project Coordinator Monday 24 January 2011 08.45 09.00 Registration of participants 09.00 09.15 Welcome speeches Dr. Wolfgang Schmitt Wellbrock, Head of the Directorate General Administration at the Federal Ministry of Justice 09.15 09.30 Presentation of the study visit under the EuroMed Justice II Project. Objective and methodological framework Mr Khaled Abouali, Legal expert and Criminologist, Coordinator of the EuroMed justice II Project, Senior Lecturer, EIPA ECR, Barcelona (ES) 09.30 10.15 Self Presentation of participants 10.15 10.30 Break Presentation of the participants from the Mediterranean partner countries invited by the European Commission, DG EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Brussels 10.30 11.00 Presentation on Tasks and organisation of the Federal Ministry of Justice Annette Böringer, Head of the Division International legal cooperation; Rule of Law Dialogues at the Federal Ministry of Justice 11.00 12.00 Presentation on The legislative procedure in Germany Ms. Angelika Stein, Desk Officer at the Division Office for cabinet and parliamentary affairs; legislative programme; planning at the Federal Ministry of Justice 12.00 13.30 Lunch 13.30 14.30 Presentation on The courts of law in the Federal Republic of Germany 2
Annette Böringer, Head of the Division International legal cooperation; Rule of Law Dialogues at the Federal Ministry of Justice 14.45 15.00 Break 15.00 16.00 Presentation on The transposition of EU Law in national law Harald Schoen, Desk Officer in the Division General issues and legal questions relating to the EU at the Federal Ministry of Justice End of the day Tuesday 25 January 2011 09.00 09.15 Welcome speeches Gerd Josef Nettersheim, Director of the Directorate R A at the Federal Ministry of Justice 09.15 11.00 Tour de table. Presentation on the situation of international family mediation in cross border family conflict in the Mediterranean partner countries. 11.00 11.15 Break Each delegation will have some 10 minutes to give a presentation on the current situation of this issue in its own country. 11.15 12.45 Presentation on The Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction and the Federal Office of Justice as the central authority for cross border children conflicts Dr. Andrea Schulz, Federal Office of Justice 12.45 14.15 Lunch 14.15 15.45 Presentation on The Tasks of liaison judges for cross border children conflicts Karin Brieger, Judge at the Local Court (Pankow Weissensee) Martina Erb Klünemann, Judge at the Local Court (Hamm) 3
15.45 16.30 Presentation on Mediation in the context of the Malta Process with a report on the judicial seminar on the cross border protection of children and the family, Rabat/ Morocco, 13 15 December 2010 Eberhard Carl, Head of the Division Mediation, conciliation; international conflicts in parent and child cases at the Federal Ministry of Justice Dr. Rolf Wagner, Head of the Division Private international law at the Federal Ministry of Justice End of the day Wednesday 26 January 2011 09.30 10.00 Presentation on Introduction to binational co mediation Eberhard Carl, Head of the Division Mediation, conciliation; international conflicts in parent and child cases at the Federal Ministry of Justice 10.00 10.30 Break and group photo of participants 10.30 12.30 Presentation on Selected cases of mediation in cross border children conflicts Part I Sybille Kiesewetter and Christoph C. Paul, Association Mediation in International Disputes Involving Parents and Children 12.30 14.00 Lunch 14.00 16.00 Presentation on Selected cases of mediation in cross border children conflicts Part II Sybille Kiesewetter and Christoph C. Paul, Association Mediation in International Disputes Involving Parents and Children End of the day 4
Thursday 27 January 2011 09.00 11.00 Presentation on The new German law on mediation Sitta Schwerdtfeger and Volker Kraft, Division Mediation, conciliation; international conflicts in parent and child cases at the Federal Ministry of Justice 11.00 12.00 Presentation on The Commission Recommendations 98/257/EC and 2001/310/EC Sitta Schwerdtfeger and Volker Kraft, Division Mediation, conciliation; international conflicts in parent and child cases at the Federal Ministry of Justice 12.00 13.30 Lunch 13.30 14.45 Evaluation forms distributed to participants for completion 14.45 15.00 Concluding remarks Closing discussion and conclusion Gerd Josef Nettersheim, Director of the Directorate R A at the Federal Ministry of Justice 15.00 16.00 Final report by the coordinators End of the study visit 5
GENERAL INTRODUCTION The Project The European Commission launched the second regional project in the field of justice in the Euro Mediterranean area, EuroMed Justice II (1 st January 2008 1 st April 2011). This project is funded by the European Commission (DG EuropeAid Co operation Office) under the Euro Mediterranean policy of the EU. The implementation of this project has been entrusted by the European Commission to a consortium led by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) and composed of the International and Ibero American Foundation of Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) and of the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). The European Centre for the Regions (ECR), the Centre of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Barcelona, is the Programme Management Unit for the EuroMed Justice II Project. The beneficiaries of this project are: the People s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Israel, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Lebanon, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Tunisia. This project has a total duration of 39 months, between January 2008 and April 2011, with 12 Working groups meetings (already done in 2008 2009), 18 training seminars (being completed) and 10 study visits to be developed during this period. The project is structured around three different components: Access to justice and legal aid; Resolution of cross border family conflicts; and Criminal and prison law. The Study visit This study visit is taking place in the framework of a series of study visits up to ten that will be organised between October 2010 and February 2011 for participants from the Mediterranean partner countries to administrations of EU Member States or international or regional organisations operating in the fields covered by the EuroMed Justice II Project. These visits are the best methodology to get acquainted with the best experiences and good practices available in the Mediterranean partners and EU countries in the field of justice. The participants profile will correspond to three different levels: o o o Decision makers Policy makers and high ranking officials in charge of applying the policies Magistrates, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals. The title of this study visit is: Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (ARD) 6
The host administration The host administration, the German Federal Ministry of Justice, has worked in close cooperation with the EuroMed Justice II Project Coordinator to prepare this study visit and draft an agenda that takes account of the varied interests of all participating countries. We would like to thank the persons in charge of this visit at the German Federal Ministry of Justice for their availability and the very interesting visits they managed to put on the agenda of this study visit. For further information on the host administration, please consult the following website: www.bmj.bund.de Organisation and practical aspects Each participant should carry his/her passport and his/her invitation letter during the whole duration of the visit. Travel and hotel costs of the Mediterranean partners representatives will be borne by the Project. Moreover, participants will be given a daily allowance corresponding to the rules of the European Commission in this field in order to cover their meals and local transport during the study visit. Accommodation SCANDIC HOTEL POTSDAMER PLATZ Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade 19 10963 Berlin, Germany Telefon +49 30 700 779 0 Fax: +49 30 700 779 2111 http://www.scandichotels.c om/hotels/countries/germ any/berlin/hotels/berlin Potsdamer Platz/?hotelpage=overview 7