The second working group meeting was held on 10-11 May 2022 in Ankara within the scope of the activity on developing new manuals on conciliation for five target groups under the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution in Turkey”.
The meeting was attended by 23 participants, including the Directorate General for Criminal Affairs of the Ministry of Justice, local and international consultants, prosecutors, conciliators, lawyers and academicians, as well as the Council of Europe project team.
During the two day meeting, consultants presented the draft manuals for judges, prosecutors, personnel of conciliation bureau, conciliators and lawyers which were revised after the comments of the Beneficiary, the Council of Europe project team and participants following the first working group meeting held in February 2022. The content of the revised handbook, appropriateness of the proposed steps on the titles for investigation and prosecution phases of conciliaition were discussed.
Once the manuals are finalised, 2000 copies will be produced and disseminated in raising awareness seminars and their electronic format will be advertised through different institutions’ websites. Above all, the manuals will serve as practical tools for the legal practitioners in the Turkish conciliation mechanism to easily understand and steer the process and to find all the necessary and basic references and information in a single publication.
The Joint Project on “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Turkey” is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Turkey – Directorate General for Criminals Affairs and Directorate General for Legal Affairs are the end beneficiaries of the Project. The Central Finance and Contracts Unit is the contracting authority.
