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 representatives of the Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils and the Center for Training in Judiciary and State Prosecution Service who participated in the study visit to the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg on 12-15 March 2019 are now more aware and familiar with the work of the Council of Europe standard setting and monitoring bodies.
During the two-day study visit, meetings were held with the Head of Justice and Legal Co-operation Department, the Head of the Division for the independence and efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), with representatives of the GRECO, CCPE, CCJE, with a judge of the ECtHR on behalf of Montenegro. In addition, colleagues from the Directorate for gender policies delivered a workshop on gender mainstreaming in the judiciary focusing on the topics of women’s access to justice - availability and accessibility of justice services, legal aid and equal career opportunities for female legal professionals.
The study visit took place in the framework of the Action “Accountability of the Judicial System”, jointly funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe.
