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title: "Mediator Certification and Registry"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/dispute-resolution-and-litigation-en/mediator-certification-and-registry-en"
field: "Dispute Resolution & Litigation"
description: "Mediator certification and registry under Articles 2, 14 and 18: 40-hour training, certificate and the Association's registry. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Mediator Certification and Registry

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/dispute-resolution-and-litigation-en/mediator-certification-and-registry-en

## About this service

The status of a mediator in Georgia acquires force not by self-declaration but through a system of certification and registration established by law: Articles 2, 14 and 18 of the Law on Mediation determine who may be a mediator, what training and certificate the unified registry of mediators requires, how the self-regulation of the Mediators Association operates, and how this system took shape during the transitional period. This page assembles that framework for those planning a mediator's career or verifying a mediator's status.

## Who is a mediator and what is the unified registry

Article 2 defines the term precisely: a mediator is a natural person registered in the unified registry of mediators who meets the requirements provided by law and agrees to conduct mediation — regardless of that person's status and of the manner of election or appointment. The unified registry of mediators is the common list of members of the Association of Mediators of Georgia maintained by the Association. Article 14 gives this system its institutional foundation: the Association is a legal entity of public law created on the basis of the law, founded on membership, which carries out the self-regulation of mediators, and its members are precisely the mediators registered in the unified registry.

## Conditions of registration and the certification programme

Article 14 describes the gateway to the registry clearly: a capable natural person who has not been convicted, who has completed mediation/mediator training in accordance with the mediators certification programme and who holds a certificate issued by the Mediators Association may be registered in the unified registry. The certification programme must establish minimum standards for the training and determine its content and duration, the qualifications of trainers and the procedure for verifying the knowledge obtained through the training; the programme is approved by the Association. With the Association's consent, the right to organise and conduct training belongs to an institution or organisation whose proposed standard meets the conditions of the programme; the Association also determines the list of international programmes whose training meets those conditions.

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### What does a person need for registration as a mediator?

Legal capacity, no conviction, training under the certification programme and the Association's certificate.

### Where is the registry published?

On the Association's website; it contains the name, year of birth, qualification and registration date.

### Who approves the certification programme?

The Mediators Association, whose functions also include approving the continuing professional development system.

### What happened to mediations started before 1 January 2020?

Under the transitional provisions they were to be completed under the rules in force until then.