2020年1月30日晚，由瑞中法律协会举办的国际调解专家培训项目（NIMEP）成功举行。来自20个国家的51名国内外律师、法律专家、政府官员和调解员参加了本次培训。本次培训的主题是国际调解案例研究。培训分为专家培训和模拟案例讨论两部分。专家学者们结合实务，从不同视角分享了他们在国际调解案例中的经验。参会人员纷纷表示本次培训收获颇丰，有效提升了他们在处理案件中的实务技能。
Phillip Hackett, QC from the UK, Peter Alfandary, Vice President of the British French Chamber of Commerce from the UK, Xiaobing Tang, Counsellor of the Market Access Department of the World Trade Organization from China, Dr. Agada Elachi, President of the Chartered Institute of Mediators and Conciliators from Nigeria, Olga Tsiptse, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Greece from Greece, and Dr. Tsiptse, Counsel of the Supreme Court of Greece from the UK. Tsiptse, a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Arbitrators from the United Kingdom, and Paulo Fernando Pinheiro Machado, former Deputy Director of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, explained the practical application of international mediation from various levels in the light of their own working experience. The training covered cultural diversity in agreement negotiations, revaluation of mediation, international mediation practice, and WTO case studies on international mediation. These cases are rich and diverse, involving both the application of international interventions, discussing the Singapore Mediation Convention and the New York Convention. It also involves the discussion of cases between public and private law, such as mediation of trade disputes between governments under the WTO, mediation of border issues between two countries, and mediation of corporate cross-border trade disputes; as well as training in mediation skills, such as how to deal with cultural differences, how to deal with historical legacy issues, and how to deal with silent techniques between negotiations. The members participated enthusiastically in the discussions.
瑞中协会还邀请了七位学术学者和专家共同探讨模拟案例。包括 KNOETZL 合伙人 Natascha Tunkel；拉丁美洲在线争议解决社交网络创始人兼主席 Dr. Alberto Elisaveasky；Candido Mendes University 及 Ambra University 教授 Dr. Daniel Brantes Ferreira；Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 教授 Gunavathi Subra。学者们带来了诸多案例，从跨文化差异等多个层面讨论了影响国际调解案件的不同因素。此外，专家们还分享了应对这些不确定性并在国际调解案件中实现共赢模式的技术层面经验。
在项目尾声，Natascha Tunkel、Hermann Knott 和 Tianze Zhang 对本次培训的知识要点与启示进行了总结，为项目画上句号；Hermann Knott 感谢所有参会人员在周六下午及晚上的认真投入与积极参与。
