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Community Justice Centre annual report 2011-2012

Details:

Title

Community Justice Centre annual report 2011-2012

Creator

Northern Territory. Community Justice Centre

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Community Justice Centre annual report; Annual Report

Date

2012

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Language

English

Subject

Neighborhood justice centers; Periodicals; Legal services; Mediation; Annual report

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Darwin

Series

Community Justice Centre annual report; Annual Report

File type

application/pdf

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/259224

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/498591

Page content

Community Justice Centre Annual Report 2011-12 Page 8 7. National Mediator Accreditation System The National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) commenced on 1 January 2008. During 2011-12, the CJC maintained Recognised Mediation Accreditation Body (RMAB) status and membership to the National Mediator Standards Body (MSB) that underpins the Approvals Standards and Practice Standards (the Standards). The CJC continues to pioneer innovative training packages for Indigenous Australians in the non-urban context and this has led to national recognition and appointment of the CJC Director to the MSB during the reporting period. The CJC Mediation Accreditation Committee continues to conduct video assessments, review and make recommendations to improve the National Approval Standards. The CJC Accreditation Committee conducted 29 video assessments this financial year and made 2 submissions to the MSB during the reporting period in relation to the Standards. National Dispute Resolution Network The CJC maintains membership with counterpart State and Territory Government based or funded mediation services to form the National Dispute Resolution Network (NDRN) to: Improve the quality of mediation services through exchange of information, expertise and resources; Deliver quality training that is consistent; Identify emerging issues; and, contribute to research. NDRN members include counterpart services in all States (except Tasmania) and the ACT and include CJC (NSW), Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria, Dispute Resolution Centre (Qld) that are a division within the State based Attorney Generals Department. During this reporting period the NDRN produced materials for the Australian Dispute Resolution Loose-leaf service produced by Thomson Reuters that provides practical instruction on various ADR techniques used in Australia and New Zealand.