PROSECO Project: Support to Prosecutor's Network in South-Eastern Europe

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of the CARDS countries to develop and implement judiciary co-operation against serious crime based on the European Union acquis and other European and international standards and practices by supporting the Prosecutor’s Network.

In particular, the project will focus on strengthening the legislation and institutional capacities of General Prosecutors’ Offices of South Eastern Europe in view of a more effective co-operation against serious crime. The Project whose implementation started in April 2008, and finishes in April 2010, is implemented in the following project areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and UNMIK/Kosovo.

The Council of Europe (Economic Crime Division, Technical Co-operation Department, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs) is responsible for overall management of the project, in close co-operation with the Italian Ministry of Justice.

Activities

Cybercrime training for Prosecutors and Judges from South-Eastern Europe - International Co-operation against Cybercrime: Review of Effectiveness

18 and 19 November 2008, Ohrid, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

[20 October 2008, Strasbourg] The Regional Cybercrime event, composed of a Cybercrime training and a Workshop on international co-operation against cybercrime, is organised within the Projects on Cybercrime and on Support to Prosecutors' Network in South Eastern Europe. Thr objectives of the meeting are:

- to train prosecutors and judges from countries of South Eastern Europe in the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of cybercrime
- to identify needs and opportunities for further training of judges and prosecutors
- to enhance the effectiveness of international co-operation against cybercrime (urgent, provisional measures and international co-operation).

Agenda in English

PROSECO: Regional Conference on Financial Investigations and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime

[23 September 2008, Strasbourg] Within the framework of the Regional Project "Support to Prosecutor's Network in South Eastern Europe" the Council of Europe organised a Regional Thematic Conference on Financial Investigations and Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime", which took place in Cavtat (Croatia) on 25 and 26 September. The main topics of the Conference were: legislative and technical preconditions for financial investigations, cross border financial investigations and confiscation of proceeds from crime and agencies for handling seized or confiscated property.

Link to the Agenda
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Training Seminars on Mutual Legal Assistance - International Instruments

[17 September 2008, Strasbourg] Within the framework of the "Support to Prosecutor's Network in South Eastern Europe" - regional PROSECO project, the Council of Europe is organising two training seminars on Mutual Legal Assistance in International Instruments. These seminars are aimed at the prosecutors from prosecutors offices in Serbia and will take place in Belgrade and Nis on 18 and 19 september 2008. The relevant instruments in the field of co-operation of the Council of Europe, United Nations and European Union will be presented by the experts from the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Agenda in English

Support to Prosecutors' Network in South-Eastern Europe - Regional PROSECO Project
Start-up Conference

[26 and 27 June 2008, Rome, Italy] Within the framework of the joint project of the European Commission and the Council of Europe “Support to Prosecutor’s Network in South-Eastern Europe (SEE)”, the Council of Europe co-organised, with the Ministry of Justice of Italy, a Start-up Conference which took place in Rome on 26 June 2008. The Start-up Conference was followed by the project’s Steering Committee Meeting on 27 June 2008, and which the work plan of the activities was to be adopted. The Support to Prosecutor’s Network in SEE, whose implementation started in April 2008 aims at strengthening the legislative and institutional capacities of Prosecutor’s Offices of South-Eastern Europe in view of more effective co-operation against serious crime. It is implemented in the following seven project areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and UNMIK/Kosovo.

Link to Agenda English | Macedonian| B-C-M-S | Albanian

PROSECO Project: Start-up Conference

[26 and 27 June 2008, Rome, Italy] Within the framework of the joint project of the European Commission and the Council of Europe “Support to Prosecutor’s Network in South-Eastern Europe (SEE)”, the Council of Europe co-organised, with the Ministry of Justice of Italy, a Start-up Conference which took place in Rome on 26 June 2008. The Start-up Conference was followed by the project’s Steering Committee Meeting on 27 June 2008, and which the work plan of the activities was to be adopted. The Support to Prosecutor’s Network in SEE, whose implementation started in April 2008 aims at strengthening the legislative and institutional capacities of Prosecutor’s Offices of South-Eastern Europe in view of more effective co-operation against serious crime. It is implemented in the following seven project areas: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and UNMIK/Kosovo.

Link to Agenda Albanian | B-C-M-S | English | Macedonian