Revista da EMERJ - V. 20 - N. 2 - Maio/Agosto - 2018

 R. EMERJ, Rio de Janeiro, v. 20, n. 2, p. 73 - 115, Maio/Agosto 2018  107 Do you have a national organization of mediators? Currently, there is no national registry which contains a list of me- diators in the country. Neither is there a national organization regulating mediators in the country. The only list of mediators available to the public are the list of mediators empanelled with the MMC, KLRCA and CIDB. For mediation to take off successfully, it is pertinent to have mediators in the country who are appropriately skilled, qualified and have reliable standards of practice. In the near future, a national regulatory body should be set up the Government to regulate mediators in the country to ascertain a bench- mark for one to practice as a mediator. Poland Cezary Who can mediate ? There are two categories of mediators in Poland. Mediator is not a protected title and anyone can call her/himself one. The only requirement is to be a natural person with full capacity to undertake legal actions, exercising full range of public rights and not to be a judge (except for retired judges). A protected title is “a permanent mediator”, with a bit higher, but still rather mode- rate requirements, verified by the court prior to being enlisted as permanent mediator of the specific District Court. Vast majority of mediations in Poland are in-court media- tions, either initiated by the court order to refer the case to me- diation or by joint consent of the parties. When it comes to the first category, the order is made ex parte and the parties have 7 days to object to it. This week is probably the hardest job we have, because we learn about the possible mediation at the same