Mediacje w postępowaniu administracyjnym - Uwarunkowania aksjologiczne i prakseologiczne

In her article, the author presents the institution of mediation that was introduced to the Administrative Procedure Code (Polish: Kodeks postępowania administracyjnego, k.p.a.) with the amendments of 1st June 2017. Mediation is not a completely new institution in the area of public administration. The regulations that were in force before the amendments foresaw their direct application, or set out the duty to initiate similar measures. Moreover, it was observed that during administrative procedures activities were undertaken that corresponded to the notion of mediation, or other non-confrontational ways to reach a consensus. Therefore, it can be concluded that the amended Code has in fact legitimised the existing need and the practice of conciliatory activities that previously were not applied in a unified way, though. At present, the situation is likely to change.