The Office of the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights in the Moscow Region took part in a conference dedicated to business mediation.
The conference was held on Saturday, April 10th, on the initiative of the Presidential Commissioner of the Russian Federation for the Protection of the Entrepreneur's Rights Boris Titov.
The event was held with the scientific support of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation. The Conference topic: “Business mediation in the Russian Federation: What to do?”
The conference was attended by the Commissioners in the subjects of the Russian Federation, representatives of the executive authorities, judicial, scientific and expert communities. One of the key issues that participated in the event was the question of the participation of business ombudsmen in an extrajudicial settlement of disputes.
The representatives of the Moscow Region Commissioner also participated this meeting at the invitation of the Federal Commissioner.
They have shared information about the experience of using mediation in the region.
During the conference, the participants noted that the main objective of the pre-trial settlement of disputes with the participation of the regional Commissioner is considering issues and searching for an alternative solution that satisfies the interests of both parties.
Every year, the Moscow Region's Business Ombudsman is carried out 10 to 20 meetings of the workgroups for the consideration of disputes. An extrajudicial settlement of conflicts with the participation of the regional Commissioner keep running in the suburbs since 2014 year.
At the end of September 2019 year, the Moscow Region Business Ombudsman, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the Moscow Region and the regional lawyer, concluded a tripartite agreement on cooperation and interaction. The Moscow Region Mediation Center was created as a part of the Agreement.
"In 2020 year we analyzed our work experience, summarized and improved the methodology for the pre-trial settlement of disputes by expanding the possibilities of our public receptions, which work in 49 municipalities of the Moscow Region. Last year, the heads of public receptions along with the regional mediation center settled the disputes of 517 entrepreneur's applications", the Business Ombudsman of the Moscow Region Vladimir Golovnov commented on this event.
