Administrative mediations can be initiated at any stage of administrative proceedings (at the first instance, during appellate proceedings, as well as during extraordinary proceedings).
In administrative mediation, the parties can include: the public administration authority conducting the proceedings, and the party or parties to these proceedings, or exclusively the parties between whom a dispute has arisen. The initiative to initiate administrative mediation can be taken by the administrative authority or by any of the parties involved in the case.
The public administration authority should strive for amicable resolution of disputed issues
and attempt to persuade the parties to reach an administrative settlement in cases involving parties with divergent interests. In the event that the parties do not agree with the decision of the public administration authority, the authority may initiate administrative mediation on its own initiative.
Administrative mediations do not allow for arbitrary dispute resolution
but rather those that fall within the limits of applicable administrative regulations. The task here is to balance the interests of the party and the public interest.
The main advantage of conducting administrative mediation for the public administration authority
is the opportunity to convince the party of the correctness of the decisions made by the authority. This, in turn, reduces the risk of challenging those decisions and prolonging administrative proceedings in the future.
Administrative mediations work well in complex customs and tax cases, as well as in matters involving construction supervision and historic preservation authorities.