The ICAC delegation composed of Mykola SELIVON, President of the ICAC and MAC at the Ukrainian CCI, and his deputy Tetiana ZAKHARCHENKO, took part in the work of the scientific-practical conference “Arbitration in Moldova: Achievements and Perspectives”, which was held on 16 May 2014 in Chisinau.

The conference was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of arbitration in the Republic of Moldova. The event of national significance was attended by Igor Korman, Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the executive and judicial authorities of the Republic of Moldova, as well as lawyers both from Moldova and other European countries. The conference participants also included representatives of arbitration centers of Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Romania and Ukraine.

The conference focused not only on the development of arbitration in the Republic of Moldova, but also on the problems of modern arbitration in general: improvement of legislation on arbitration and novelties of national legislation on arbitration in separate states; interpretation of pathological arbitration clauses; interaction of arbitration and the judiciary; application of interim measures; arbitration training in higher education institutions.

The members of Ukrainian delegation participated in the discussion of almost all reports presented at the conference and, in their turn, made reports on the application of interim measures in international commercial arbitration (Mykola SELIVON) as well as the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards (Tetiana ZAKHARCHENKO), which aroused a lively discussion among the audience.

The conference has also sounded a thesis that the ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI actively performs its functions, which is evidenced, in particular, by the fact that for the period from January to May 2014 the ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI has registered about 200 cases, which is more than for the corresponding period in 2013.