Mediation Negotiation

Once the petition for Mediation is received by BAPMI, the first to be conducted by the Mediator is to set a hearing agenda to be discussed together with the parties. The Mediation process will last for 30 days in a negotiation meeting that is closed to the public. The negotiation meeting is held at a place specified by BAPMI or other places as agreed upon by the parties. In the Mediation, it is possible to hold a caucus (a meeting between the Mediator and either party, with the consent of the other).

Broadly speaking, stages in the Mediation process are as follows:

1. appointment of Mediator;
2. preliminary meeting to agree on the meeting agenda/ schedule and target of each meeting;
3. negotiation in order to gather information and identify problems;
4. negotiation in order to explore perspectives, positions and interests of the parties;
5. negotiation in order to inventory and develop options for settlement;
6. negotiation in order to evaluate options for settlement;
7. negotiation in order to make conclusions;
8. final negotiation in order to enter into a Settlement Agreement.