At a workshop organised by the CEPEJ on 15 May 2026 in Tirana,  court presidents and judges responsible for media relations and press communication were invited to discuss the CEPEJ’s Guidelines and Best Practices for Better Integration of Users into Judicial Systems, with the aim of strengthening the judiciary’s communication with the media and the public, thereby improving transparency, public trust and understanding of the judicial system.

Mr Jean-Baptiste Crabières (France), Referendary at the Court of Cassation, Deputy Secretary-General of the First Presidency and CEPEJ expert, also presented France’s experience in applying the CEPEJ’s ‘Guide on communication with the media and the public for courts and prosecuting authorities’, , best practices regarding communication between French judges and the media, as well as the development and implementation of a communication plan for the French Court of Cassation.

Participants also had the opportunity to take part in an exercise aimed at developing a communication plan for their respective courts, tailored to the context of the Albanian judicial system. 

The activity is organised by the project ‘Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Albania’ (SEJ IV) as part of the joint European Union and Council of Europe programme, the Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey (Horizontal Facility III), co-financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.