The Russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine, resulted in the suffering of dozens of millions of Ukrainians, devastation of the country’s economy, and physical infrastructure. Envisioned reconstruction of Ukraine will require mobilization of significant public and private investments. One of the important obstacles which may be a constrain in the business engagement in the rebuilding of Ukraine is ineffective conflict resolution mechanism which is engraved by the ineffective and often bias judiciary. To address this deficit European Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ECADR) is being created as an international (American, Norwegian, Polish, Swiss) and Ukrainian effort to set up mechanisms supporting development of the fair, efficient and objective business-related alternative dispute resolution mechanism.
1) The parties commitment to settle the potential dispute in an amicable way. If the commitment is not upheld by either party it will then be subject to the Alternative Dispute Resolution and financial penalties.
2) The parties agree to settle the dispute based on the ECADR location law system. If the dispute resolution isn’t met in an amicable way, this commitment will be subject to namely Polish & EU law and financial penalties.
3) Collection of insurance and eventually the fixed deposit fee as a guarantee of the commitments outlined in steps 1 & 2
The project is co–financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe
The International Visegrad Fund is an international donor organization established by the governments of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Its aim is to support closer understanding and cooperation among people in the V4 region, as well as between the V4 region and other countries and regions, particularly in the non-EU neighborhood of the Eastern Partnership countries and in the Western Balkans. The fund fosters the development of civil society by financing joint grant projects and by awarding university scholarships and artist residencies.
On 21-22 November 2024, a first working meeting of the project ‘Digital Innovations for Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Visegrad Countries and Ukraine’ (DIGARD V4U), co-financed by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through the Visegrad Grants of the International Visegrad Fund, was held in Krakow, Poland. It was hosted by the partner organisation ‘European Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution’ (ECADR) and was aimed o equip the teams with evidence of the current situation in the ADR sector and provide the opportunity to interact with the practitioners. This will help to design a general framework for the future desk research.
The meeting was combined with a study visit where the SET University, which is the coordinator of the project, has invited an ADR expert from Ukraine – Ms. Alla Chaika, a leading professional of the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovation (IP office). This gave her an opportunity to meet the colleagues practicing ADR in Visegrad countries, discuss the current state-of-the-art and exchange with the recommendations for the coming desk research within the DIGARD V4U project.
For the reference: the aim of the project is to raise awareness of digital innovations in Ukraine and the Visegrad countries in the field of alternative dispute resolution by analysing existing practices, benchmarking the required competencies, and developing and piloting an online course in English and Ukrainian. The project supports Ukraine in reforming its judicial system, disseminate and enrich the Visegrad experience by developing research-based educational tools and materials and disseminating them widely. More about the project.
The DIGARD V4U project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.