In the framework of the TEMPUS-Project "Training on alternative dispute resolution as an approach for ensuring of human rights" (TRADIR) the Law Faculty of the Hrodna State University hosted the First Progress-Seminar from 9 to 13 November 2014.
The seminar was attended by representatives of the partners involved: University of Potsdam, Federal Republic of Germany (coordinator); Belarusian State University, Minsk, Republic of Belarus; Link Campus University, Rome, the Italian Republic; Vilnius University, Lithuania; Boleslawa Markowskiego High School of Commerce in Kielce, Poland; Lviv National University, Ukraine; Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law, Ukraine; Kharkiv Ntional University, Ukraine; Hrodna State University, Belarus.
A meeting of the management of the Yanka Kupala State University of Hrodna with the participants was held on November 10, 2014. At the meeting with a welcoming speech and a presentation the university vice-rector for scientific work V. Barsukov held the floor. Head of the international project activities Y. Voytukevich provided to the participants information on the international project activity of YKSUG. The event was also attended by the head of project development sector I. Ledchankava and Head of the International Cooperation A. Minau.
Professors from partner universities of the EU countries gave lectures to the participants of the seminar on alternative dispute resolution in foreign countries from 10 to 12 November 2014. After each presentation there were a discussions on the presented topics. Both sides exchanged views and shared experiences on alternative dispute resolution in civil procedure, criminal procedure, labor law and environmental law.
During seminar the work on curricula and training programs for new master programms in the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine in the field of alternative dispute resolution was discussed taking into account the experience of the EU countries.
An unforgettable experience for each seminar participant left the tour through the City of Hrodna, which was organized and hosted by the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law, M. Kalatsey.