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Best Practice Exchange on Judicial Data Collection in Greece – Athens, 8–11 September 2026
As part of the cooperation project between Greece and the CEPEJ on reducing the backlog of court cases, the Athens Court of First Instance hosted the statistics department of the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance from 8 to 11 September 2026 for an exchange of best practice on the collection of...
Working session on measures and targets to address backlog in Thessaloniki First Instance Court
Following the initial findings of the analysis of data relating to the court backlog for 2024 and 2025, carried out using the CEPEJ’s backlog reduction tool, the working group set up specifically for the project sought to identify the specific factors that may have contributed to the build-up of...
The CEPEJ supports the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki in the analysis of judicial data to reduce case backlogs
The CEPEJ organised in Athens and Thessaloniki a training activity dedicated to the analysis of judicial data, as part of the joint EU-CoE project “Supporting the reduction of backlog in the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki.” These activities brought together, in each court, the...
Key CEPEJ project milestone met in Greece: adoption of joint backlog definition among Athens and Thessaloniki pilot courts
During the latest hybrid meeting of the Advisory Board of the joint CoE-EU Project Supporting the reduction of backlog in the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki (pilot courts) , the members endorsed a joint backlog definition to be applied in the First Instance Courts of Athens and...
Athens and Thessaloniki First Instance Courts advance action plans towards backlog case reduction.
On 12-13 November 2025 the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organised in Thessaloniki and Athens respectively two technical workshops bringing together around 20 participants each among which the presidents, court staff and IT specialists from both pilot courts....
Validation of the Draft Action Plan for Backlog Reduction and Efficiency Improvement 2026-2028 –First Instance Court of Thessaloniki
On 8–9 December 2025, the Court Team of the First Instance Court of Thessaloniki adopted the measures which will be implemented in the next three years in the framework of the Action Plan for the Reduction of backlog and efficiency improvement. Also, they defined the timing of the deployment of...
Raising awareness on backlog reduction tool and practical solutions for Greek pilot courts
Athens, 15 May 2025 – CEPEJ organised an awareness-raising event to promote effective practical approaches to reducing case backlog in the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki. Organised within the framework of the joint EU/CoE supported initiative “Supporting the reduction of backlog...
CEPEJ fact-finding mission to the courts of first instance of Athens and Thessaloniki on the management of civil cases and backlog reduction
The CEPEJ organised a fact-finding mission aimed at deepening the analysis on the functioning of the first instance courts of Athens and Thessaloniki, particularly focusing on challenges related to the management of civil cases and backlog reduction. Meetings were held with the presidents,...
Support to reducing Backlogs in the First Instance Courts of Athens and Thessaloniki based on CEPEJ tools
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) launched the project ‘Supporting the reduction of the backlog of cases in the courts of first instance of Athens and Thessaloniki)’ during a kick-off meeting which took place on 5 November 2024 in Athens in cooperation with DGREFORM,...