Improving quality of adjudication of electoral matters remains a challenge for Georgia. The project, in cooperation with ISFED (domestic CSO) and the High School of Justice of Georgia (HSoJ), has introduced a permanent training course for Georgian common court judges on Election Law and Election Dispute Resolution, which has become a part of the HSoJ curriculum. The training module for the course has been developed, including a training syllabus and pertinent training materials/script.

On November 30 – December 2, CoE expert, Mr Dmytro Tretyakov, jointly with Georgian judges and election and legal experts from ISFED, conducted a 3 day ToT on Election Law and Election Dispute Resolution at the premises of the HSoJ, in Tbilisi. 6 judges from Tbilisi Appellate and Tbilisi city courts have successfully completed the ToT. The project plans to continue extending the course: ToT participants, jointly with experts, will conduct a pilot training for administrative judges adjudicating on electoral matters.

The ToT was organised in the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Reform of the electoral practices in Georgia”.