Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Within the framework of the USAID project on judicial reform in Uzbekistan and according to the Action Plan for Cooperation between USAID and the Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of legal education of citizens and entrepreneurs of Uzbekistan and foreign investors on alternative dispute resolution, a group of specialists visited from 11 to 20 January 2020 in Singapore with a study tour.

The purpose of the study tour was to improve the qualifications and practical experience of mediators, arbitrators by studying the law, the experience of international arbitration centers and mediation centers in Singapore.

During the trip, members of the group, including the chairman of the International Commercial Arbitration Court Foziljon Otakhonov and the deputy chairman of the Arbitration Court at the CCI of the Republic of Uzbekistan Rustam Shaimardonov, visited the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI), Singapore International Mediation Center (SIMC), Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC), American Arbitration Association International Dispute Resolution Center (AAA-ICDR), Singapore Mediation Center (SMC), Singapore University of Management (SMU), Singapore Russian Academy of Dispute Resolution, where highly qualified specialists - Marcus Lim, Chuvan Vi Meng, Kevin Nash, Nadia Alexander and others spoke in a dialogue form about the activities of the relevant organizations.

The members of the group studied the laws and practical experience of Singapore in the development of arbitration courts and mediation, which led Singapore to one of the main centers of international arbitration and mediation in Asia and the world, including familiarized themselves with the Law of Arbitration, which regulates the activities of internal arbitration (arbitration court); The Arbitration Act, which governs international arbitration and the Mediation Act; got acquainted with the organizational structure and activities of international arbitration centers, in particular with the task, competence and functions of the Board of Directors; The Regulations and Rules of the International Arbitration Centers, internal documents on management and financing, the procedure for issuing fees to arbitrators; the state of the material and technical base and the activities of international arbitration centers to strengthen the material and technical base; interaction of international arbitration centers with the government, state courts, justice authorities of Singapore; experience in establishing international relations with international commercial arbitration and arbitration courts of foreign countries; the organization and participation in international conferences (seminars, round tables), as well as the manner and sources of funding for these events; dispute resolution procedure.

In addition, the Uzbek delegation studied the organizational structure and activities of the Singapore International Mediation Centers, in particular, got acquainted with the composition of mediators and statistics on the procedures for mediation; institutional support from the courts of Singapore, the Ministry of Justice, the Singapore Academy of Law, as well as from the Board of Directors of mediation centers; the possibility of enforcing a mediation agreement by going to court; the practice of compulsory mediation of family disputes; accreditation and certification of mediators.

During the trip, issues of cooperation between the Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Singapore Academy of Dispute Resolution were discussed.