The Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey is a co-operation initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe for South East Europe. It is a three-year programme, which was implemented from May 2016 for a period of 36 months. The actions under the Horizontal Facility are funded primarily by the EU and are co-funded and implemented by the Council of Europe.
The third Steering Committee meeting for the Horizontal Facility Action “Accountability of the Judicial System” took place on 6 February 2018 in Podgorica, hosted by the Prosecutorial Council of Montenegro, one of the key project partner institutions.
Mr Ivica Stankovic, Supreme State Prosecutor of Montenegro, opened the meeting, which was attended by representatives of Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro and of the Council of Europe, together with the main beneficiary institutions – Judicial Council, Prosecutorial Council, Supreme Court of Montenegro, Supreme State Prosecutor`s Office, Centre for training in Judiciary and State Prosecution, Ministry of Justice of Montenegro, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Association of Judges of Montenegro and Association of Prosecutors of Montenegro.
Updates on project progress and plans for the future activities were presented and discussed. Full support to the project was once again confirmed by the partner institutions who also proposed new activities to be included in the project.
The fourth Steering Committee meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 2018.
