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

Training of Trainers on Effective Communication © CoE

On 25-26 November 2017 in Tbilisi, the trainers of the High School of Justice of Georgia participated in a Training of Trainers on Effective Communication. The objective of the training was to prepare for the pilot training scheduled to take place in December this year.

The training was delivered by Mr. Tornike Guruli, national consultant for the Project. The training programme focused on skills necessary for the communication of court staff with citizens. Specifically, peculiarities of verbal and non-verbal communication; approaches to different types of individuals, as well as ways of dealing with conflicts were part of the training. As a result of the training, the trainers of the High School of Justice are prepared to conduct the pilot training and they are expected to deliver the module to court staff within the High School of Justice’s continuous training programme.

The activity was organised within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia”. This 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.

key words: High School of Justice, judicial training, training on communication, court staff training, Council of Europe cooperation

Tbilisi, Georgia 25-26 November 2017