To offer an alternative solution to the out-of-court settlement of commercial and industrial disputes, on a national and international scale; to propose to parties in dispute an alternative dispute resolution procedure (P.A.R.L.) consisting of a first phase of mediation endorsed by a second phase of arbitration, called "medi-arbitration" (a fair and sensible procedure practiced by mediator-judges that allows the mediation process to be reinforced by an arbitral award granting a de facto final and unappealable resolution of the dispute); to contribute to the realization of an effective, rapid and economic justice, established with the aim of helping entrepreneurs and individuals; to guarantee the confidentiality of information, the entire staff and organs of the association being bound by professional secrecy within the meaning of Article 320 of the Swiss Penal Code; to defend strict equality of treatment between the different parties and the various States concerned by a dispute; to federate mediation and arbitration centers or institutions around the world and train them in the practice of medi-arbitration.