Support to the Moldovan Bar AssociationThe “Support to the Moldovan Bar Association” Project is part of Council of Europe and European Union Programmatic Co-operation Framework for 2015-2017 (Theme II “Ensuring Justice”, aiming at “Improving the quality of the profession of lawyers (advocates)”.

The project’s specific objectives were to strengthen the self-governing bodies of lawyers (advocates) including their role in recruitment, training and disciplinary proceedings and strengthen the national training institutions of legal professionals.

For a period of 21 months (March 2015 - December 2016), the project provided expertise and capacity building support to the Ministry of Justice and the Moldovan Union of Lawyers and its structures, through 35 conferences, workshops, round tables and visits for more than 500 participants.

The approval of a number of key documents (the Strategy for 2016-2020, the Communication policy, the revised Code of Ethics), re-established relations with the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, a new twinning between the Cahul and Gdansk Bars, relations established with the European Women Bar Association, a pool of MBA trainers specialised in adult learning, a pool of ethics trainers were among most valuable achievements acquired through joint work.

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Support to the Moldovan Bar Association

On 6-10 June 2017 a delegation of Gdansk lawyers visited the Southern Regional Bar in Cahul and the Moldovan Bar Association in Chisinau. The peer-to-peer exchange included challenges faced by the profession of lawyers in young democracies and ways to overcome them, the importance of an effective and independent profession, collaboration with the judiciary and the academic environment.  As a result of the visit, the regional Bars aspire to conclude a collaboration memorandum and continue collaboration on a regular and systemic level.

This visit was a follow-up to the visit of Cahul lawyers to the Gdansk Bar in December 2016, facilitated and enabled by the Component “Support to the Moldovan Bar Association”. The component on the "Support to the Moldovan Bar Association" of the "Strengthening the efficiency of justice and support to the lawyers' profession in the Republic of Moldova" project is funded by the Programmatic Co-operation Framework for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The Council of Europe and the European Union are working in partnership with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus to help  meet Council of Europe benchmarks in human rights, democracy and the rule of law and improve the lives of citizens.

Cahul and Chisinau, Republic of Moldova 6-10 June 2017
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