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CEPEJ supports peer to peer exchange between the Albanian High Judicial Council and the High Council of Magistracy of Portugal
From 23 to 25 May 2022, members of the Albanian High Judicial Council visited members of the High Council of Magistracy of Portugal. The study visit focused primarily on the experience of the Portuguese Council’s role in protecting judicial independence, its internal organization, procedures and...
Supporting court leadership to enhance managerial capacities
The European Union and Council of Europe joint action “Strengthening the Efficiency and Quality of Justice in Albania” is supporting the School of Magistrates to improve managerial capacities of the court leadership in Albania. The first regional activity with the court leadership took place in...
Study visits to support the judicial reform in Albania (SEJ II Action)
On 7 May 2019, a CEPEJ study visit was organised in Strasbourg for representatives of the new High Judicial Council, Courts and the School of Magistrates on ‘case flow and court administration’. Albanian beneficiaries were welcomed by the Court President and Public Prosecutor of the Strasbourg...
Third Meeting of the Horizontal Facility Steering Committee for Albania
On 4 April 2019, SEJII beneficiaries from the Ministry of Justice and the High Judicial Council (HCJ) together with the Action Team presented the concrete results of the Action at the third meeting of the Horizontal Facility steering committee for Albania held in Tirana. They also highlighted...
Presentation of the Training Needs Assessment draft report on the continuous training of the Albanian School of Magistrates
The CEPEJ expert Marina Naumovska, presented on 14 and 15 February the first draft of the Training Needs Assessment (TNA) report concerning the continuous training delivered by the Albanian School of Magistrates. The TNA report is based on the results of the interviews conducted with...
Support to the new scheme for the evaluation of judges in Albania
From 14 to 15 January 2019, CEPEJ international expert Anne Sanders led a seminar and several meetings in Tirana to present and discuss the CEPEJ report on the new system of individual evaluation of judges in Albania established by the Law No 96/2016 "On the Status of Judges and Prosecutors in...
2018/AO/SEJII/7bis - Call for tender - 18 January 2019 - For the provision of intellectual services on efficiency and quality of Justice at local level - SEJ II
Under the framework of the European Union / Council of Europe Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey, the Council of Europe is looking for a maximum of 6 Provider(s) at local level in order to support the implementation of the Action on ‘Strengthening the efficiency and quality of...
Court Coaching Project: Improving the Safety and Security in Albanian Courts
From 12 to 13 November 2018, CEPEJ international experts Pierre Laporte and Michel Perchepied will present and discuss their final report on court security with various beneficiaries and partners in Tirana. The report and accompanying recommendations are based on the experts’ findings from...
Improving the Albanian Case Management System: Study Visit to Estonia
CEPEJ International expert Harold Epineuse accompanied an Albanian delegation of 14 participants, including courts chairpersons, specialists in judicial statistics, the head of the IT Unit at the Ministry of Justice and a chief inspector from the High Council of Justice of Albania, on a study...
Presentation of the report “Categorisation of the role of Court Presidents, Chancellors, and Legal Assistants”
The findings of the CEPEJ report on the “Categorization of the role of Court Presidents, Chancellors, and Legal Assistants” were presented in Tirana on 17 October 2018. The seminar was attended by around 40 participants, including court presidents, chancellors, legal advisors and assistants,...
Call for tenders - Intellectual services on efficiency and quality of Justice in the Republic of Albania based on CEPEJ tools
Under the framework of the joint European Union / Council of Europe programme entitled :”Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey”, the Council of Europe is looking for a maximum of 6 Provider(s) at local level in order to support the implementation of the Action on “Strengthening...
Results of the SEJ II Second Steering Committee meeting
The Second Steering Committee meeting of the SEJ II Action took place on 11 July 2018 in Tirana, Albania. It was co-chaired by the European Union and the Council of Europe. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the SEJ II Action in its new phase with the agreement to extend the Action until...
Strengthening the use of Information technologies (IT) in the justice system in Albania
On 3-6 July 2018, in Tirana, Albania, CEPEJ experts met with the Ministry of Justice, the General Prosecutor Office, the School of Magistrates as well as key partners from Euralius and USAID to present tailor-made CEPEJ experts’ documents for Albania with concrete suggestions for the preparation...
Presentation of the tailor-made methodology for the judicial map review for Albania
On 20-21 June 2018, Carmela Germinario, CEPEJ expert, presented the final work on the proposed methodology for Albania developed according to the CEPEJ indicators to support the planned judicial map review, which will be launched by the future High Judicial Council, and is currently being...
Presentation of the results of the satisfaction surveys in 2 courts in Albania
On 13-14 June 2018, the CEPEJ expert, Mr. Marko Aavik, met individually with the Presidents of the Shkoder Court of 1st Instance and the Tirana Appeal Administrative Court to present the CEPEJ report analysing the results of the satisfaction surveys carried out in each of these courts with the...
Developing a positive relationship between media and prosecutorial offices in Albania
The CEPEJ participated on 14-15 May 2018 in a training for Albanian prosecutorial offices on their relationships with the media. The purpose of this activity was to increase the transparency of justice, the quality of reporting of criminal cases by the media, and public trust. Practical examples...
Court coaching project in Albania to reinforce court safety and security
On 20-21 March 2018, two international experts of the CEPEJ launched a court coaching project to improve safety and security measures in courts in light of the CEPEJ Guidelines on the Organization and Accessibility of Court Premises. Experts visited courts in Tirana, Fieri and Berati and led a...
Training on court management for Chancellors of all courts of Albania
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), in cooperation with the School of Magistrates, provided training for Chancellors from all courts in Albania. With the justice reform, Chancellors will have a new and more important role in managing courts in cooperation with other...
Improving the relationship between the media and the judiciary in Albania
On 8 and 9 February 2018, Ms Brigitte Koppenhöfer, CEPEJ international expert, came to Tirana to work on the relationship between the judiciary and the media in the context of the justice reform. She led a workshop to present European good practices to judges, prosecutors, lawyers and...
Training in Tirana to improve the system of notifications and the service of judicial documents
The CEPEJ expert, Mr Mathieu Chardon, led training sessions on 19-20 February 2018, at the Tirana Court of First Instance for judicial staff, postal workers and bailiffs. Around 120 professionals participated. The objective was to present measures to improve the system of notifications and the...
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