Back CEPEJ workshop on the role of lawyers in managing judicial time

CEPEJ workshop on the role of lawyers in managing judicial time

On 25 November 2023, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) organised a workshop in Pristina for 25 lawyers to discuss their possible contribution to improving the management of judicial time. The workshop was an opportunity to identify with Slovenian and French experts ways to make the conduct of proceedings more efficient, highlighting the importance of pre-trial preparation and the establishment of procedural timetables in coordination with the authorities involved (in line with the CEPEJ SATURN Guidelines for judicial time management). Participants also reflected together on the importance of  digitalisation and alternative dispute resolution processes to increase the efficiency of their work and of the judicial system.

This activity is organised by the KOSEJ III action, which is funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe under the Council of Europe under the Horizontal Facility programme.

PRISTINA 25 November 2023
  • Diminuer la taille du texte
  • Augmenter la taille du texte
  • Imprimer la page
Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
  • Diminuer la taille du texte
  • Augmenter la taille du texte
  • Imprimer la page