DE ROOJJAGTENBERG detem ined on the basis of the income of the parties. If both parties are entitled to legal aid, they both pay a fee based on their income akin to the fee for a court procedure 20 If a procedure is initiated following mediation, this fee does not have b paid again. If one of the parties is not en legal aid, half of the costs of the mediator will be bome by that party In both these two projects, the parties are asked to participate on a voluntary basis.2I Apart from these ma jor projects, there are experiments with mediation n Professional publications Vith the rise and interest in modern med iation also the need for more information and exchange increased. In 1997 the Tijdschrift voor Mediation (Journal for Mediation) appeared as the first joumal purely focussing on mediation. An important purpose of this quarterly is to serve as a forum for mediators and all others who have an interest in the practice and academic study of mediation. There is a great demand for exchange of experiences with(other) mediation professionals. Consequently there is a strong input from the mediation-practitioner The Joumal for Medation has four categories of contributions. The first category encompasses in-depth contributions dealing with mediation from an analytical angle, followed by Mediation in de Praktik(Mediation in Practice). This category is the ultimate ga thering for the practising medator. Here the ins and outs of a mediation case are discussed. The principle learning by doing is the centre of attention in the category with the telling title valkuil(Pitfall). Here medator-mistakes are described and analysed. Each issue concludes with information on mediation workshops and recent developments. The number of ubscriptions of the journal is steadily growing. Its readers are legal professionals accountants, psychologists, architectsetc Another carrier of mediation information is the ADR Nieusbnief(Ad Newsletter), which is published eight times a year. Its main focus is to serve its reader with brief, up to date mediation information and is sent to all NMl-mediators 6 Mediation training and university education The(short) history of mediation teaching in the Netherlands largely runs parallel with the development of modern mediation itself and has become a booming usiness for private training institutions The first, full fledged training programmes took off in the early 1990s. It were private institutions that took the lead in compiling and offering specialist, mediation training schemes. Educational institutions, such as universities, would follow suit later. As a consequence of those private sector init atives, the early programmes were emphasis was and still is on impartingskills At present, there are 10 programmes, which have been certified by the NmI These costs do not cover all legal costs. One may wonder whether parties will tum downa suggestion by a judge to mediateDE ROO/JAGTENBERG 6 determined on the basis of the income of the parties. If both parties are entitled to legal aid, they both pay a fee based on their income akin to the fee for a court procedure.20 If a procedure is initiated following mediation, this fee does not have to be paid again. If one of the parties is not entitled to legal aid, half of the costs of the mediator will be borne by that party. In both these two projects, the parties are asked to participate on a voluntary basis.21 Apart from these major projects, there are experiments with mediation in divorce and parental access disputes. 5 Professional publications With the rise and interest in modern mediation, also the need for more information and exchange increased. In 1997 the Tijdschrift voor Mediation (Journal for Mediation) appeared as the first journal purely focussing on mediation. An important purpose of this quarterly is to serve as a forum for mediators and all others who have an interest in the practice and academic study of mediation. There is a great demand for exchange of experiences with (other) mediation professionals. Consequently, there is a strong input from the mediation-practitioner. The Journal for Mediation has four categories of contributions. The first category encompasses in-depth contributions dealing with mediation from an analytical angle, followed by Mediation in de Praktijk (Mediation in Practice). This category is the ultimate gathering for the practising mediator. Here the ins and outs of a mediation case are discussed. The principle learning by doing is the centre of attention in the category with the telling title Valkuil (Pitfall). Here mediator-mistakes are described and analysed. Each issue concludes with information on mediation workshops and recent developments. The number of subscriptions of the journal is steadily growing. Its readers are legal professionals, accountants, psychologists, architects etc. Another carrier of mediation information is the ADR Nieuwsbrief (ADR Newsletter), which is published eight times a year. Its main focus is to serve its reader with brief, up to date mediation information and is sent to all NMI-mediators. 6 Mediation training and university education The (short) history of mediation teaching in the Netherlands largely runs parallel with the development of modern mediation itself and has become a booming business for private training institutions. The first, full fledged training programmes took off in the early 1990s. It were private institutions that took the lead in compiling and offering specialist, mediation training schemes. Educational institutions, such as universities, would follow suit later. As a consequence of those private sector initiatives, the early programmes were particularly designed for professionals such as lawyers and psychologists. The emphasis was and still is on imparting skills. At present, there are 10 programmes, which have been certified by the NMI. 20. These costs do not cover all legal costs. 21. One may wonder whether parties will turn down a suggestion by a judge to mediate