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Increased Access to Training for Alternative Dispute Resolution During the reporting period, no new ADR training policies or accreditation systems for ADR were developed by IMPACT Justice. In relation to service points, none was established for Arbitration or Restorative Practices but one was estab- lished for Community Mediation, in Grenada, at the Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic. This brought the number of service points established by IMPACT Justice from 2014 to 5 (two each in Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines prior to 2022, and one in Grenada in 2022). With respect to networks/committees – none was estab- lished during 2021/22, but six had been launched prior to that – three for community mediation- one each in Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada and three for Restorative Practices – in Barbados, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Unfortunately, when the Covid -19 pandemic commenced, the networks were fledg- ling, and with the travel and other restrictions brought on by the pandemic, they did not flourish. Two arbitration courses were held during the reporting period between April 5 and 7, 2022 on drafting arbitration clauses, hosted by CIarb and supported by IMPACT Justice and the Government of Guyana. The other, held between May and June 2022, sought to discuss general arbitration principles and the IMPACT Justice Model Arbitration Bill. It was attended by members of the judiciary of Guyana, academics from the University of Guyana, and members of public and private sector organisations. Training Sessions – two mediation training sessions were held in Barbados during the period under review - one for members of the judiciary and the other for magistrates of Barbados. These brought the number of ADR training courses held by IMPACT Justice between 2014 and the end of the academic year to 90, under which 2210 (1476f/734m) were trained. IMPACT Justice has conducted a number of surveys to assess the extent to which the training is used. The results have shown that many persons use ADR techniques in their day-to-day lives and in their workplaces but not in formal
Community Mediation Workshop for Judicial Officers- January 3-7, 2022 : Professor Velma Newton (front row in red) with the Judges of the Barbados Supreme Court and Masters at the IMPACT Justice Community Mediation Workshop. Photo also includes trainer, Urban Dolor (top of stairs in burgundy suit) and Coaches, Miles Weekes (top of stairs to Mr Dolor’s left), Anthony Howard (top of stairs to Mr Dolor’s right) and Victor Felix (second row from top left) settings in which records are kept. With regard to the persons trained by IMPACT Justice as mediation trainers, those in Jamaica have formed a new association – the Jamaican Association of Mediators Ltd; one of the two from the OECS has been conducting mediation training in St Lucia and has been assisting IMPACT Justice, so that for the past two years, the Project has not had to rely on trainers from outside the region. Although the rate at which IMPACT Justice proceeded during COVID was somewhat slowed, it continued to try to meet its targets, and was assisted considerably because it embraced Zoom, Microsoft Teams and UWI TV.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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