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 84 of the training is much more important. And here is one of the biggest problems: quality of the initial training course. Initial training is provided by private companies, some of them are owned by the members of the Mediation Council. No university is accredited, although the law allows it. The Mediation Council authorizes training programs. Another problem is the examination of the candidates. Currently, the graduation exam is orga- nized by the training school and the student is examined by a committee whose members are elected by the training school itself. Do you have a national organization of mediators? No. The Mediation Law provides that mediators can be organized in professional associations at local or national level, aimed for defending the rights and representing the interests of mediators, associations of which mediators are free to join in. The associations are independent. They are not subordinated to the Mediation Council. In other words, the profession of mediator is a liberal profession, where its members are not organized in the system of a single national association. Although the law makes no provisions for territorial organization of mediators, the present Mediation Council created county structures, wi- thout legal personality, under its subordination, in that the leading bodies of these structures can be assigned or revoked by the Mediation Council. These structures look like territorial extensions of Mediation Council, ha- ving no independence. Croatia Srdjan Who can mediate? Croatia adopted Law on Mediation and Book of Rules of the Registry of Mediators and Standards for Accreditations of the Media- tion Institutions and Mediators, at 2003. Ministry of Justice runs na- tional Registry of Mediators.