MISSION AND VISION

Assist ADR Users (the public, business, non-profit communities and government bodies at all levels) to consider, design, implement and administer alternative (increasingly known as appropriate) dispute resolution strategies, programmes and processes.
Assist ADR Users to locate ADR professionals with the skill and experience required to meet their needs.
Provide training standards and accreditation procedures that contribute to the development of a community of ADR practitioners across Atlantic Canada that is competent, well educated and highly professional in delivering ADR services to ADR Users.
Provide a regulatory infrastructure that includes a Code of Ethics that sets high standards of practice and includes a complaint and discipline process for any issues arising from a ADR member’s services.
Provide ADR professionals throughout Atlantic Canada with educational and networking opportunities.
Speak on behalf of ADR professionals in response to current events and government initiatives.