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BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL ADR WEEK – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION OF THE CONSOLAT DE MAR

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On October 25 to 27, 2023, the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce held the International Congress of Mediation and Arbitration, Barcelona International ADR Week, which featured the participation of top-level speakers, professors from Harvard and California University, keynote speakers from Herbert Smith Freehills and ThreeCrows, representatives of international institutions such as the Milan Chamber of Commerce, the Paris Arbitration Center, and representatives of the Department of Justice of Catalan Government.

The presentations addressed innovative matters such as artificial intelligence in mediation and arbitration processes, health matters and ADR, management of cross-border relations and maritime trade practices. This congress combined lectures and workshops where participants practiced mediation techniques, role-plays and gained knowledge on collaborative law and insurance mediation matters.

The Congress was held on streaming and at the Llotja de Mar premises in Barcelona, with an attendance of more than 130 people from more than 10 different countries and generating 566,408 interactions on social media. The congress had an impact in the local press and was published by the Catalan Government in their regular publications.30

30th October 2023

HISTORIOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION – “FROM THE GOTHIC TO THE METAVERS”

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From June 15 to October 22, 2023, the exhibition “From the Gothic to the Metavers” will be held at the Barcelona Maritime Museum, which proposes a journey through history to learn about the origins of the Consolat de Mar, its contribution to law and the history and future perspective in the field of dispute resolution.

This exhibition combines different channels and supports to communicate the history of Consolat de Mar from its beginnings to its future projection. Real objects and the most relevant books that record the history of this institution are presented, audiovisual elements in which highly prestigious professionals explain the historical and legal elements of the Consolat de Mar, especially its contribution to mediation, and immersive elements where glasses are placed at the service of the visitor and transported through virtual reality to a 14th century cake, which sailed in the middle of the sea.

The exhibition is supported by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Provincial Council, Barcelona Turisme, and the Barcelona Grain Market.

15th June 2023

The Consolat de Mar celebrates the 750 years of history

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On October 24th 2022, it took place in Tortosa (Tarragona) the opening ceremony for the 3/4 de Mil·lenni – Consolat de Mar Memorial of the 750 years of history of this institution.

This celebration was held at Felip Pedrell Theater and several authorities attended the event, as well as Ms. Meritxell Roigé, mayor of Tortosa; Mr. Jordi Domingo, first consul at Consolat de Mar, and Ms. Mònica Roca, president of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

 

20th October 2022

Presentation of the 3/4 Millennium Celebration of the Consolat de Mar of Barcelona

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This 2022 the Consolat de Mar commemorates its 750 years of history. From this fall to fall 2023, the institution will celebrate with all honors the 750th anniversary of the Consolats de Mar. The anniversary will pay tribute to the social value and the representation and contribution that this institution bought to our country and to the world during these seven and a half centuries. During this period it will be introduced the institution’s present activity, its future role, and how it is increasingly interconnecting in the world.

For this reason, a wide range of activities will be developed under the ¾ Millennium brand with the following objectives:

• Positioning the Consolat de Mar within the current collective thought of Catalan, Balearic and Valencian society, as a living institution that has shared its present and future history.

• Promoting the collective pride that means to have created an institution with seven and a half centuries of history with values, contributions and fundamental contributions to the western world.

• Promoting relations between several Catalan-speaking territories, which also had a Consolat de Mar.

• Establishing and promoting international relations throughout Europe and the world, based on cooperation and cultural diplomacy.

• Opening and promoting several Consolats de Mar —Llotges—at home and abroad that shall spread and explain the current role of the Consulate of the Sea.

• Raise awareness amongst companies about the values and advantages of mediation and arbitration as an alternative conflict resolution systems, opening a way for these tools to regain the weight they had had throughout the Mediterranean and in the world.

The first of these actions took place on July 13, 2022 in Tortosa, origin of the Book of Customs of Tortosa, which this year turns 750 years old and where the first uses and customs of the sea were compiled. The Book  later became a source of inspiration and the true cradle of international maritime law. In Tortosa took place the preparations for the celebration of these three quarters of a millennium of history of the Consolat de Mar.

13th July 2022

London International Disputes Week (LIDW2022)

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Dispute Resolution – Global, Sustainable, Ethical?

London & Online 9th – 13th May 2022

The event provides an opportunity for dispute resolution professionals from around the globe to debate the current disputes landscape, and the future of disputes resolution – with a focus on London as a hub for international disputes. The conference will open with a day dedicated to international dispute resolution with a “follow the sun” model for different jurisdictions globally. Please see the programme.

3rd May 2022

Compendium.cat, the new key portal for the Catalan legal language, kicks-off

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A total of 18 Catalan and Andorran institutions and entities, led by the Council of Catalan Lawyers, with the collaboration of the Departments of Justice and Culture, promote the creation of this new website;

Among others, it will allow the consultation of documents such as legal, registry, arbitration, notarial and solicitor forms, as well as clauses for referral to mediation.     

 

A tool for everyone 

The portal is oriented to help legal professionals (lawyers, solicitors, notaries, registrars, social graduates, judges), language professionals (correctors, translators, legal language teachers) and administrative staff, public or private, to draft legal and administrative documents. It also tends to help students of legal language or law students, university professors, researchers in the fields of linguistics and terminology, as well as anyone interested in this language. As Ms. Ciuró stated “in the defense of the Catalan we must be everyone”, and referring to the Department she heads, she said that “the Administration supports all those entities that make tools such as the Compendium possible”.

More information at -> www.compendium.cat

19th April 2022

The Consolat de Mar Collaborates with the Barcelona School of Management – UPF on the VI International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflicts

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We collaborate with the University Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona School of Management on the 6th International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict, which will take place in Barcelona, October 21st & 22nd.  Please find here the program and registration details ->  VI Congreso Internacional para el estudio de la mediación y el conflicto (congresocuemyc-bsm.com)

 

13th October 2021