Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration
The Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration (FICA) is a non-governmental organisation providing arbitration, dispute-resolution and dispute-avoidance services, founded by Ben Beaumont.
| Founded | 1996 |
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| Website | www.ficacic.com |
The first operation was initiated by ITC which recommended FICA to work with the Law Association of Zambia to create a new Arbitration Act, enacted in 2002, and train potential Arbitrators during 1996/1997 with funding provided by Chemonics and USAID.
Ben Beaumont was co-opted into the Expert Group of Working Group VI Secured Transactions assisting with the Draft Legislative Guide to the Model Law of Secured Transactions 2005-07.
In 2002 FICA was invited with Observer status to attend UNCITRAL and was accredited to the WTO in 1999 and International Trade Centre (ITC) in 1998.
The Board of Directors as at 2019 is: Professor Ibrahim Alyazy, Dr Alan Anderson (USA), Robert Ashdown, Ben Beaumont, Sir Michael Burton, Professor Petra Butler, Constantin Eschlboeck, Lord Hacking, Tim Lemay, Dr Hendrik Puschmann, Dr Dr Herman Verbist, Professor Rumiana Yotova,