OBJECTIVES OF THE CENTRE

The Ghana Arbitration Centre is an autonomous, non profit-making institution, incorporated in October 1996, as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Code 1963 (Act 179).

The objects of the Centre are:

• To provide a forum for the resolution of disputes through arbitration, and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (ADR)
• To promote the resolution of disputes by arbitration and ADR and the study of the laws, rules, practice and procedures relating thereto.
• To promote opportunities for educating the public through the reading of papers, delivering of lectures and the holding of seminars on the subjects of arbitration and ADR.
• To publish or assist in the publication of proceeding of the Centre and of books, articles and papers on arbitration and ADR.
• To sponsor, study and research in arbitration and ADR and provide fellowships, grants, scholarships and bursaries for this purpose to deserving applicants.
• To affiliate and or co-operate with any other centre, societies or organizations which have similar objectives.
• To provide accreditation for members of the Centre to act as arbitrators or mediators or conciliators in resolving domestic and international disputes.