On 2 March 2016 in Baku the Council of Europe held the first meeting of the Steering Committee for the CEPEJ Project "Support to Increased Efficiency of Courts, Improved Training of Judges and Judicial Self-governance in Azerbaijan". The event gathered the Project’s partners and justice sector stakeholders, including the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Legal Council, the Justice Academy and the national pilot courts, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European Union Delegation in Azerbaijan and by national experts. The Steering Committee endorsed the report of the CEPEJ Project team on the activities carried out in 2015 and the outline of actions planned for 2016. The national partners appreciated the cooperation with the Council of Europe and praised the quality of the assistance provided to the judiciary and courts, as well as the timelines of the Project’s intervention and its coordination with the national strategic priorities.

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