Objective E-Arbitration-T will provide a networked dispute resolution forum within the eCommerce community. It will analyse and define the technological requirements, the necessary infrastructure and the regulatory framework for establishing and co-ordinating an internationally-distributed Arbitration Tribunal using networked computers and intelligent multi-agent systems as their primary means of communication. The project will also deliver a validated agent architecture and concrete exploitation plans.OBJECTIVESThe main objective is to provide a networked dispute resolution forum with the same style and ease of access as exists between business partners within the eCommerce community. It will develop and validate the regulatory structure and the dynamic and intelligent infrastructure needed to allow simple and efficient distributed processes in electronic out-of-court dispute settlement systems.In particular: (i) to develop a deep analysis of arbitration processes in order to define the tasks that can have the highest degree of ubiquity and automatization; (ii) to guarantee a secure and reliable environment through which users may safely access the service through the Internet; (iii) to provide the legal framework for defining the activities, procedures, best practices and competence of the E-Arbitration. The E-Arbitration-T framework will be particularly targeted at the needs of SMEs.DESCRIPTION OF WORKThe E-Arbitration-T Project will analyse, define, pilot and validate the technological requirements, the necessary infrastructure and the regulatory framework for establishing and co-ordinating a seamless Arbitration Tribunal using networked computers as their primary means of communication. To establish the international legal framework the project needs to analyse existing solutions. This will require the study of legal documents (at European and international level) and Treaties relevant to out-of-court dispute resolution mechanisms, particularly in the context of international commercial relations and electronic commerce. To implement its technological objectives, the project will define the initial framework for the E-Arbitration Tribunal using Multi-Agent communication protocols for maintaining the relationship, security and transparency between all parties to the process (Appointing Authority, Claimants, Respondents, and Arbitrators). It will also define the users' interactive interfaces and components for all stages of the process (asserting, documenting, arbitrating and resolving) and for all the parties involved in the arbitral procedures and the systems of storage for the standardised acts of the arbitration. To implement an intelligent arbitration processes as a Smart Organization the E-Arbitration-T Project will develop autonomous agents capable of reasoning based on experience and improving their arbitration behaviour incrementally. The project will also define a very large exploitation and dissemination strategy and will demonstrate worldwide the effectiveness of the E-Arbitration Tribunal Project in full scale deployment using modelling and simulation techniques and a demonstration software. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommercee-commerce Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator TIGA TECHNOLOGIES EU contribution No data Address Rue Vivienne 33 75002 PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION ESPANOLA PARA EL DERECHO Y LA ECONOMIA DIGITAL (AEDED) Spain EU contribution No data Address VIA IBERICA 29 - PUERTA N 16 50012 ZARAGOZA See on map Total cost No data BRUNEL UNIVERSITY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Kingston Lane Uxbridge See on map Total cost No data CAMERA ARBITRALE E DI CONCILIAZIONE DI CATANIA Italy EU contribution No data Address PALAZZO DI GUISTIZIA 95100 CATANIA See on map Total cost No data COMERCIO ELECTRONICO GLOBAL S .C . Spain EU contribution No data Address VIA IBERICA 29 - PUERTA N 16 50012 ZARAGOZA See on map Total cost No data CUATRECASAS ABOGADOS, S.R.L. Spain EU contribution No data Address PASEO DE GRACIA 111 08008 BARCELONA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DI CATANIA Italy EU contribution No data Address PIAZZA UNIVERSITA 2 95124 CATANIA See on map Total cost No data
