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  83 Romania Marin Who can mediate? According to art. 7 of the Law no. 192/2006, “the mediator may be the person who fulfils the following conditions: A) has full exercise capacity; B) has higher education; C) has a working experience of at least 3 years; D) is medically fit for the exercise of this activity; E) enjoys a good reputation and has not been finally convicted for committing an offense likely to prejudice the profession’s prestige; F) has completed the mediator training courses, under the law, or a postgraduate master degree program in the field, accredited by law and endorsed by the Mediation Council; G) was authorized as a mediator, under the present law . Therefore, from its beginning, mediation has represented a pro- fession open to a very broad group of people, coming from various fields of activity (medical, legal, education, social work, business, insu- rance, etc.). Is there a law that defines who can perform mediation? Yes, Law no.192 / 2006 What kind of training program is required - how many hours and main topics taught? Currently, the initial mediator training course lasts 80 hours. Althou- gh these hours may be sufficient for an initial training course, the quality