About CAMP
The Paraguay Arbitration and Mediation Center (CAMP), dependent on the National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Paraguay (CNCSP), is a private non-profit entity, established to promote in an institutionalized way the application of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in society, whose advantages lie in their speed, confidentiality, informality, flexibility, economy and specialty.
Currently, CAMP is the national section of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (CIAC) and a member of the Mediation Secretariat of the MERCOSUR Council of Chambers of Commerce.
Its scope of work is developed in Mediation, Arbitration, Training and Advisory services.
CAMP is a pioneer in Conflict Resolution in the country. It has a body of professional arbitrators made up of 74 prestigious professionals with a long track record in the profession, and a body of mediators made up of 41 professionals from different fields, trained in the matter.
It also has an Ethics and Certification Committee, made up of prestigious and renowned professionals who are in charge of evaluating and admitting arbitrators and mediators to the lists, and advising the Board of Directors.
Throughout its trajectory, CAMP has offered training seminars and workshops on Arbitration; general conferences on Arbitration and Mediation; seminars, training workshops, and observation and specialization internships in Mediation; as well as symposia on Arbitration.
Background
The Paraguay Arbitration and Mediation Center originated in the context of the Commercial Arbitration Project, an integral part of Sub-Program “A” Reforms to the Regulatory Framework for Investments, a component of the “Support Program for the Sectoral Investment Program”, administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with the objective of creating the appropriate conditions to promote the development of foreign investments in the Republic of Paraguay.
OnFebruary 12, 1996 a collaboration agreement was signed between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Paraguay with the aim of installing and putting into operation an Arbitration and Mediation Center.
During the execution of the Commercial Arbitration Project, the Center was established as an agency of the National Chamber of Commerce and Services of Paraguay, through the modification of its social statutes approved at the Extraordinary General Assembly of Members held onOctober 24, 1996,constant act in public deed No. 235, authorized by the Public Notary Marina Galeano Suarez, registered under No. 224 in the General Directorate of Public Registries, on the date March 21, 1997.
Since 1998 the Center provides Arbitration and Mediation Services, Consulting, Training and Dissemination of Conflict Resolution Methods to the community.
National and International Cooperation
The Center has received financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to work directly with chambers of commerce and trade associations, both national and international, to carry out its work, through 2 projects: one for its creation and another for its institutional strengthening.
Structure
Members of the Board of Directors
- Rodolfo Vouga (h)
- Juan Pablo Palacios
- Adriana Ocampos
- Santiago Gómez Abente
- Sergio Pérez
- Juan José Bosio
- Fabrizio Franco
- José María Peña
Executive Management
- Abg. Pamela Gonzalez Cañete
Arbitration Secretariat
- Abg. Diana R. Lezcano Rolón
Assistant Arbitration
- Abg. Dante Muñoz Rojas
Usher CAMP
- Wilfrido Vallejos