This programme, which supports development of the capacity of Georgia's High School of Justice is funded by the CoE ordinary budget and a voluntary contribution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Back Strengthening the Capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia: Learning from peers - a study visit to the Portuguese Center for Judicial Studies

On 2-5 May 2017, four representatives of the High School of Justice of Georgia were on a study visit at the Portuguese Center for Judicial Studies (CEJ) in Lisbon. The objective of the study visit was to exchange experience on the implementation of the judicial training cycle management through peer to peer contact and direct learning in the Center's premises. The Georgian delegation was welcomed by the Director, Mr João Manuel da Silva Miguel, judge at the Supreme Court, and Ms Helena Leitão, Senior Prosecutor and Coordinator of the CEJ International Department. The deputy director of the High School of Justice, Ms Ketevan Kvinikadze, thanked the hosts and organisers for the excellent welcome and detailed programme of the visit. As a result of this visit, the High School of Justice staff will improve their training cycle management knowledge from best practices applied at CEJ and acquire additional skills by observing the trainings delivered in CEJ, among which for example is the application of the "snowball" method of training assessment and follow-up.

The activity was organised within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the capacity of the High School of Justice of Georgia”. This Project is funded by voluntary contributions of Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden to support the implementation of the Council of Europe Action plan for Georgia 2016-2019.

The programme aims to

  • Strengthen the functioning of the High School of Justice (HSoJ) in line with European standards;

  • Increase the capacity of the HSoJ as regards strategic planning and development;

  • Bring in line with European standards the legislation, regulation and practice concerning the work of the HSoJ;

  • Support the HSoJ in developing a new curricuum on modern court management techniques and tools;

  • Strengthen the skills of the HSoJ's in-house trainers to use the new training methodology and materials;

  • Facilitate the acquisition of new skills by court presidents and their deputies to better manage the courts and use modern court management tools.

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Programme Highlights

A comprehensive needs assessment of the HSoJ carried out;

Strategy and its Action Plan for the HSoJ developed;

Follow-up support for the adoption of the Strategy and its Action Plan provided;

Study Visit to the Dutch Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary organised;

Training curriculum for court managers being elaborated;

Training of trainers (ToT)  on court management for the HSoJ being developed;

Pilot training for court managers being organised.