Establishment
The Centre for mediation was established in 2012 by a decision of the Government of Montenegro, based on the Law on Mediation, adopted in 2005 and amended in 2012.
The Centre was established as a separate organization with the status of a legal entity, performing professional and administrative tasks related to mediation.
With the adoption of the Law on Alternative dispute resolution in July 2020, the Centre for Mediation was transformed into the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (hereinafter -the Centre).
The headquarters of the Centre is in Podgorica.
The Centre may establish organizational units in other municipalities in Montenegro.

Activities of the Centre
The Centre:
 – performs professional and administrative tasks related to mediation, early neutral assessment of disputes, and other methods of alternative dispute resolution;
 – informs the professional and general public about the possibilities and advantages of alternative dispute resolution;
 – initiates the adoption and amendment of regulations in order to align them with international standards in the field of alternative dispute resolution
 – provides opinions on the work of mediators and dispute evaluators in procedures for the extension and termination of licences for mediators and dispute evaluators;
 – monitors and evaluates the work of mediators and dispute evaluators and submits reports to the Ministry of Justice;
 – conducts training for mediators and dispute evaluators as well as for the other persons conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures, and organizes their professional development;
 – adopts the Statute and the Rulebook on the internal organization and systematization, with the approval of the Ministry of Justice;
 – adopts the Code of Ethics for mediators and Code of Ethics for dispute evaluators;
 – maintains records on alternative dispute resolution, procedures, both collectively and by individual types of proceedings;
– recieves complaints regarding the work of mediators and dispute evaluators;
– publishes materials related to alternative dispute resolution and organizes professional and scientific conferences in this field;
In addition to these activities the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution performs professional and other tasks related to alternative dispute resolution in other areas when prescribed by a special law.
The Centre may also conduct out of court consumer dispute resolution under the conditions prescribed by the law governing consumer protection, as well as carry out other alternative dispute resolution procedures in accordance with special laws.

Bodies of the Centre
The bodies of the centre are the Menagement Board and Executive Director.
The statute of the Centre may provide for additional bodies.
The new Law on Alternative Dispute resolution also provides for the establishment of an Ethics Commission, which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Code of Ethics for Mediators, the Code of Ethics for Dispute Evaluators, as well as monitoring the implementation of this law.
Acts of the centre
The Centre adopts the Statute and other general acts.
The statute of the Centre and the Rulebook on Internal Organization and Systematization require the approval of the administrative authority responsible for judicial affairs- the Ministry of Justice.

Financing
The Centre is financed from the budget of Montenegro and from its own revenues.

Supervision
Supervision over the work of the Centre shall be exercised by the Ministry of Justice.
The Centre shall submit the annual report on its work to the Ministry, containing data on the implementation of the Centre s obligations arising from strategic documents related to alternative dispute resolution; data on conducted alternative dispute resolution procedures; a general assessment of the work of mediators, dispute evaluators, and other persons conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures; an assessment of the situation in the field of alternative dispute resolution; the proposals for its improvement.