Strasbourg, 7 February 2011
CEPEJ-RL/ODJ(2011)1Prov
(Network for the judicial training institutions of the Council of Europe Member States)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR THE EFFICIENCY OF JUSTICE (CEPEJ)
Thursday 17 February 2011 (9.30 – 18.00)
Strasbourg – Agora building (Room G02)
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1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Information by the President of the CEPEJ and the Secretariat
4. The Lisbon Network, a consultative body of the CEPEJ in matters of judicial training
Rapporteur: Stéphane LEYENBERGER, Secretary of the CEPEJ
a. Presentation of the new judicial framework of the Lisbon Network
Working documents
Note on a possible integration of the Lisbon Network into the CEPEJ’s activity programme
CEPEJ(2009)12
Resolution Res(2002)12 establishing the CEPEJ
CEPEJ/GENERAL (2003) 1 rev.
b. Overview of the CEPEJ and its activities
Working documents
2011 activity programme of the CEPEJ
CEPEJ(2010)9
CEPEJ medium-term activity programme
CEPEJ(2009)4
c. Overview of some specific instruments used by the CEPEJ
§ Report on the European judicial systems, 2010 edition
Rapporteur: John STACEY (United-Kingdom), President of the CEPEJ
Working document
Report on the European judicial systems – 2010 Edition
§ SATURN Centre Guidelines for judicial time management
Rapporteur: Muriel DECOT, Co-secretary of the CEPEJ
Working documents
SATURN Centre Guidelines for judicial time management
CEPEJ(2008)8Rev
§ Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts
Rapporteur: François PAYCHERE (Switzerland), President of the Working Group of the CEPEJ on quality of justice (CEPEJ-GT-QUAL)
Working document
Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts
Reference document
"What do we mean when we talk about quality of justice"?
(in French only)
5. General tasks entrusted to the Lisbon Network in the framework of the activity programme of the CEPEJ
§ The Lisbon Network advises the CEPEJ on issues related to judicial training
§ The Lisbon Network uses the works of the CEPEJ in its judicial training programmes.
§ The Lisbon Network evaluates the pertinent CEPEJ instruments within the judicial training institutions
6. Specific task entrusted to the Lisbon Network: Experimentation of the handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users in the Council of Europe Member States
Rapporteur: François PAYCHERE, President of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL
§ Presentation
§ Implementation of a committee for the coordination of works related to the handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users (CEPEJ-RL-CC)
Task : to coordinate and collect information on the activities of the Lisbon Network regarding the practice of the satisfaction surveys; each member of the committee will be entrusted with the responsibility to collect information regarding a certain number of States (groups of States to be defined)
Frequency: meetings are organised as necessary
Composition : 6 members
Working documents
Handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users
CEPEJ(2010)1
Report on conducted satisfaction surveys aimed at court users
7. Organisation of future works and structure of the Lisbon Network
a. Plenary meetings of the Lisbon Network (CEPEJ-RL)
§ Frequency : a plenary meeting, once every two years
§ Composition : each Member State may send a representative of the training institution for judges and a representative of the training institution for prosecutors, if need be
§ Observers
b. Implementation of a pilot committee (CEPEJ-RL-CP)
§ Task: establish links with the CEPEJ, provide working directions for the Lisbon Network, suggest a work programme
§ Frequency: one meeting every year
§ Composition: 4 members, proposed by the Member States and appointed for one year by the CEPEJ’s Bureau.
c. Implementation of a committee for the coordination of works related to the handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at court users (CEPEJ-RL-CC) (Please see point 6 above)
8. Recent developments in the field of judicial training within Council of Europe Member States
9. Information by the observers of the Lisbon Network (The European Judicial Training Network – EJTN, « Institut de formation judiciaire du Liban », Kosovo Judicial Institute)
10. Other business
Reference documents
Report of the 16th plenary meeting of the CEPEJ
CEPEJ(2010)13
Report of the 8th meeting of the CEPEJ-GT-QUAL
CEPEJ-GT-QUAL(2010)7
