Strengthening the Capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia

The Project “Strengthening the Capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia” aims to institutionally strengthen the School by developing new modules and curricula, delivering the needs-based training and improving the content of the judicial internship program.

The Project is funded by voluntary contributions of Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action plan for Georgia 2016-2019.

The Project was launched on 1 August 2016 for a duration of 18 months.

Overall objective: To enhance the capacity of the High School of Justice to organise and deliver high quality training for judges and court staff.
Specific objective 1: To strengthen the organisational capacity of the HSJG to deliver high quality in-service training for judges and court staff.
Specific objective 2: To upgrade the in-service curriculum in line with the targets of the Opinion CCJE (2003)4 of the Consultative Council of European Judges.
Specific objective 3: To ensure a judgecraft adapted content of the internship for magistracy candidates.
National partner(s): High School of Justice of Georgia, represented by its management and Independent Board.

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Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia Project

Closing event - Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia project - © CoE

On 23 January 2018 the Council of Europe Office in Georgia organised the closing ceremony of the project “Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia”.

The event was attended by the top Management of the High School of Justice, representatives of the High Council of Justice, Government of Georgia and representatives of the embassies of donor states and other international actors, as well as leading NGOs working in the field of justice. The Head of the Council of Europe Legal Co-operation Division, Simon Tonelli, was present at the event.

The participants reviewed the projects’ results and their sustainability and also elaborated on the importance of further reform of the School and the continuous training of judges. On this occasion, trainer certificates were issued to judges and other trainers of the High School of Justice who participated in the development of new modules added to the School’s curricula.

The activity was organised within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia”. The Project is funded by the voluntary contributions of Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, the Slovak Republic and Sweden to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019.

Tbilisi, Georgia 23 january 2018