On Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May, the national round of the 1st National Negotiation Competition of ELSA Greece (ELSA Negotiation Competition – ENC) was successfully held via the Zoom platform, “hosted” online by the Local Group ELSA Komotini.
After 6 preliminary rounds that took place online, and according to the judges’ evaluations, the 2 best teams competed against each other in the final and the winning team emerged.
Here watch the video of the final.
Here watch the video of the final.
Many congratulations to Viktoria Mermiga and Kyriakos Alexios Efraim Gatourtzidis who emerged as winners, and to Kyriakos Alexios Efraim Gatourtzidis who received the “Best Negotiator” award.
The performance of everyone was admittedly impressive and of a particularly high standard, and we warmly congratulate all the participants for their excellent effort! During the productive two days of the Competition, the participants were called upon, before panels of judges made up of established professionals and scientists in the field, to act as legal representatives of two hypothetical parties in order to reach, through the negotiation process, a mutually beneficial agreement.
We warmly thank the academic supervisors and judges, all of them established professionals in the field who contributed their knowledge and experience immensely to the competition, initiating the participants into the technique and importance of proper negotiation.
Warm thanks to the European Organisation for Mediation and Arbitration (EODID) EODID Athens Mediation & Arbitration Organization, to the Hellenic Mediators’ Association and to the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Athens, Thessaloniki and Rodopi (Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA) Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Crafts Rodopi Chamber of Commerce and Industry), under whose auspices we have the honour to hold the 1st ENC.
On 8 May, the competitors who qualified for the National Round of the 1st National Negotiation Competition had the opportunity to attend a Training on the theme “Everyday Diplomacy and Reaching Agreements” by the co-founders of Mediation Lab, Maria Faropoulou and Maria Chatzileonida. We thank Mediation Lab for the opportunity it provided to the competitors.
Under the auspices of the Civil Non-Profit Company “The Mediation Lab AMKE”, projects, trainings and activities related to Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation are designed, promoted and implemented. Mediation Lab has offices in Athens and Thessaloniki.
Maria Chatzileonida and Maria Faropoulou, co-founders of Mediation Lab, both lawyers specialising in international business, banking and financial law, have been engaged in the field of mediation practice and mediation training since 2009. They are both pioneers in the field in Greece and have already trained hundreds of mediators.
Mediation Lab focuses on providing its clients with innovative, flexible, effective and beneficial solutions through the application of successful international best practices. It utilises and promotes Mediation in sectors with high social and economic impact and a significant share in growth, bringing about a cultural and behavioural change regarding Alternative Dispute Resolution and its use in modern Greece, following the requirements of the international economic situation.
On 28 April, the competitors who qualified for the National Round of the 1st National Negotiation Competition had the opportunity to attend a Workshop on the theme “Negotiation Strategy” by trainers of the ADR Hellenic Center. We thank the ADR Hellenic Center for the opportunity it provided to the competitors.Trainers: Evi Avlogiari, Konstantinos Terzis, Maria Tsolou, Nikos Karagiannakis Evi Avlogiari
The HELLENIC CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR Hellenic Center) is a European organisation, founded in March 2012 with the aim of providing high-level mediation services and training services in Mediation and, more generally, in conflict resolution, both in Europe and internationally.
Since 2014 the ADR Hellenic Center has been the exclusive mediator training provider of the ALEXANDROUPOLIS MEDIATOR TRAINING INSTITUTE (INKADA), one of the five Mediator Training Institutes operating in Greece, certified by the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. It also cooperates with the University of Macedonia (Lifelong Learning sector) and successfully offers Specialisation Programmes in the field of Mediation (banking and family). Since 2015 it has been a founding member of the Balkan Association for Dispute Resolution and provides basic mediator training services in Europe and internationally.
The ADR Hellenic Center is the only centre in Greece that, since 2015, provides all the Qualifying Assessment Programs of the internationally renowned and recognised International Mediation Institute (I.M.I) and certifies the professional skills of Mediators from all over the world, so that they can be included in the official list of International Mediators of the I.M.I.
The ADR Hellenic Center has created pioneering programmes that
are run with great success and concern conflict resolution in the workplace,
succession in the family business, mediation in
family businesses, negotiations to reach a professional
agreement, Advanced Level Mediation, Medical Mediation,
Empathy and School Mediation, Neuroscience and Mediation,
Body Language, Communication skills, Intra-company Mediation,
Conflict resolution in Sport, etc.
At the same time, it is the only body both in Greece and internationally that
specialises in Medical and Bioethics Mediation and in the training of doctors
and healthcare providers in Soft Skills. From 2015 to date,
Medical Mediation programmes have been run with very great success,
aimed at mediators and lawyers, Bioethics Mediation programmes
for health professionals and lawyers, as well as programmes
in cooperation with hospitals for the training of doctors in soft skills
(softskills), medical error management and conflict resolution in clinical
medical practice.
Since 2019, the ADR Hellenic Center has created pioneering
Greek and English. It is also the only body that currently offers
ONLINE synchronous Training of Mediator Trainers (Train the Trainers)
in closed groups of 6-9 people.
