Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration
| Founded | 1996 |
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| Website | www.ficacic.com |
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.
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 is accredited to the WTO in 1999 and International Trade Centre (ITC) in 1998.