The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), in partnership with the Higher Council of the Judiciary and the Higher Institute of the Judiciary of Morocco, organized on 23 and 24 June a training session on court management and judicial leadership, aimed at women magistrates currently holding or expected to hold positions of judicial responsibility.
Ninety participants benefited from this session, which aimed to identify the various management missions of a court and to define the skills and interpersonal qualities required of judicial leaders. The training particularly addressed human relations management within courts, as well as work-life balance. Finally, the tools enabling effective court management were reviewed, such as change management, communication, crisis management, and the use of statistical data.
Enhancing women magistrates’ access to leadership positions is part of the strategy implemented by Moroccan judicial authorities to promote a more representative, more inclusive judiciary, rooted in the country’s social realities.
Participants benefited from the expertise of two trainers from the French National School for the Judiciary: Joëlle Munier, Inspector General of Justice, and Agnès Boissinot, President of of Châteauroux Court. At the national level, Hajiba Boukhari, President of the Commercial Court of Fez, Rajae El Mrahi, Head of Legal Affairs Department at the CSPJ, and Karim Ait Bella, Public Prosecutor at the First Instance Court of Kenitra, also contributed, enabling a rich exchange of European and Moroccan experiences.
The training session was opened by M’hammed Abdenabaoui, Deputy President of the Higher Council of the Judiciary, Hicham Balaoui, President of the Public Prosecution Office, Daniele Dotto, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation in Morocco, and, remotely, Carmen Morte-Gomez, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Rabat.