Dear colleagues and FBE members,

⚖️ We have the greatest pleasure to invite actively engaged lawyers from your bar associations, mediators, judges and legal practitioners from all across Europe to take part in FBE International Family Mediation Web Event, organized by Yordanka Bekirska – President of the Family Law Commission and Carles Garcia – President of Mediation Commission at Federation Barreaux d’Europe.

​📍The topic of the Web event is “Family mediation and cross border effective resolutions”

👉 Date: 7th of May 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 pm CET, Zoom platform

📣 Agenda: 4 highly professional international family lawyers and mediators from different jurisdictions will share good and effective ADR practices and cross border challenges in relation to national and international family mediation:

• Nuno Cardoso-Ribeiro – Portugal 🇵🇹 (Family Law Commission);

• Albena Penova – Bulgaria 🇧🇬 (Mediation Commission);

• Joanna Wsolek – Poland 🇵🇱 (Family Law Commission);

📣 Guest speaker: The participants will have the honor to be inspired by the ADR speech of Mrs. Jessica Reid – United Kingdom 🇬🇧.

📍Q&A session will be provided, moderated by:

• Yordanka Bekirska – Bulgaria 🇧🇬, international family lawyer and family cross border mediator;

• Michele Calantropo – Italy 🇮🇹, lawyer and arbitrator.

📍 The joint event is organized by: Family Law Commission and Mediation Commission at FBE

📍​Hosted by: Bulgaria, Sofia Bar Association​

📍 Supported by: Attorneys’ Training Center of Bulgaria

Working language: English​ 🇬🇧

✍️ Registration for the Web Event is now open at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUude-oqTMtHt3kKZAhEn95ePPqWFNehEKS

⁉️ Questions and comments are highly appreciated and they can be submitted in advance at coa@abv.bg or during the Webinar session in Zoom platform.

Looking forward to meeting representatives from your bar associations, mediators as well as legal practitioners to join us and discuss the national and international alternative dispute resolutions.

Sincerely,

Yordanka Bekirska – President of the Family Law Commission

&

Carles Garcia – President of Mediation Commission at Federation Barreaux d’Europe