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Civil Mediation, How To Kick-
Start It; The Italian Experience
Training, compulsory, tax relieves, control
Dr. Giovanni Matteucci
Giovanni Matteucci was born in Rome, Italy, in 1949.
He graduated in Law and Economics & Commerce at
"La Sapienza" University of Rome and earned a "Di-
ploma in Economics" from the University of York
(UK). He attended the postgraduate specialization
courses in "Alternative Dispute Resolution techniques"
and “Bankruptcy law” at the University of Siena.
He worked as a bank officer, specialized in assessing
and managing risk, especially the uncertainly realized.
He has been a civil mediator certified by the Minis-
try of Justice since 2006 and a trainer since 2011; he
operates as a mediator at the Chamber of Commerce
of Grosseto, Conciliatore BancarioFinanziario and
ADRCenter, and as a trainer at Risorsa cittadino s.c.s e
Arbimedia s.r.l. . He specializes in the use of mediation
to prevent conflict in the event of corporate financial
crisis. He trained in Online Dispute Resolution with
Virtualmediationlab-Hawaii.
Since 2014, he is a European funding consultant.
ABSTRACT
: According to the European Parliament (12.9.2017) “
Italy uses
mediation at a rate six times higher than the rest of Europe
”. Mandatory
mediation was ruled in 2010 in Italy and came in force in 2011. In 2013 the
“Opt-Out” model was introduced. Results:
year 2011 - 60,810 proceedings, 9,912 agreements, 16% success rate.
year 2016 - 183,977 proceedings, 20,237 agreements, 11% success rate.
20,237 is the highest number of agreements through mediation ever
reached in Italy, thanks to:
- the judges and the controls carried out by the Ministry of Justice on
the mediation bodies;