3. Registration and Admission

Rule 3.1 – Application Process

Each university may register one Team to take part in the Competition. Registration takes place online at www.CDRCVienna.org. Universities may register their Team on the Competition website by the deadline posted by the Competition Director (28 February 2015). The Organising Committee in consultation with the Competition Director will select, based on the criteria in Rule 3.2., at its discretion 16 Teams to be admitted to the 2015 Competition. The Teams will be informed about their admission to the Competition by the end of March 2015. The selected Teams shall announce the students selected to participate and submit their registration fee by the subsequent deadline announced by the Competition Director.

Rule 3.2 – Selection Criteria

The Organising Committee will select Teams based on the following criteria (in no particular order) at its full discretion:

• representation of geographic and cultural diversity
• performance at previous mediation or negotiation competitions
• Mediation and Negotiation courses available at the applying university

Rule 3.3 – Registration Fee

The registration fee is payable upon admittance of a Team within the announced deadline. Failure to transfer the registration fee on time will result in loss of the university’s spot in the Competition.

The registration fee shall be € 100 per coach plus € 150 for a Team of 3 students, € 200 for a Team of 4 students and € 250 for a Team of 5 students.

The registration fee covers the attendance of a maximum of 5 students and 2 coaches to all Competition events.

All transfer fees must be paid by the transferor. The transfer must indicate the name of the university for which the transfer has been made.

The registration fee is not refundable. Amounts short of the registration fee must be paid in cash upon arrival in Vienna.

published November 25, 2014