The five-day basic course on commercial mediation was held in Bishkek from September 17 to 21 under the project of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) “Commercial mediation in the Kyrgyz Republic”.

Dilbara Maksimbekova, IDLO Judicial Reform Advisor, says, the specificity of this course is the training of commercial mediation of representatives of the business environment.

“At the beginning of the year, when we launched a series of Basic Courses on Mediation, we were approached by entrepreneurs with a request to organize a separate course on commercial mediation for them. The businessmen wanted to know what possibilities the meditation opens up, how the procedure itself is carried out, what is its effectiveness? Therefore, in May of this year, we invited an experienced coach from Rome, Lubomir Petruleskova, and conducted introductory training for businessmen and bankers. We saw that businessmen are not only interested in the alternative resolution of disputes, moreover, but they themselves also want to mediate. And this is justified: who knows the problems of business better than they do? We decided to support the initiative and invited an international trainer from Minsk Liliya Vlasova to conduct a special course on commercial mediation for business representatives, ”said Dilbara Maksimbekova.

The President of the Association of Suppliers, Manufacturers and Distributors Gulnara Uskenbayeva, who received the certificate of a mediator, believes that the mediation of disputes can be one of the sought-after extrajudicial procedures.

“As a rule, disputes in business are resolved in the process of negotiations or in court. But in court cases are considered for a long time, and waiting for a business is too expensive. The negotiation process may also come to a standstill. And mediation – the presence of a neutral party can qualitatively affect the negotiation process. I saw a great perspective in mediation, ”said Uskenbayeva.