Clarifying the new roles of court presidents, chancellors, and legal advisors and legal assistants in Albania

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On 14 November, the Council of Europe launched a court coaching project for 10 pilot courts in Tirana, Albania to support Court Presidents, Chancellors, legal advisors and legal assistants to develop concrete understanding of their roles following the adoption of new laws in this area. The objective of this coaching is to develop a report with concrete guidelines to support firstly future training in this respect. As a first step, a meeting was led by three Commission on the Efficiency of Justice System (CEPEJ) experts, Vivien Whyte, Jon Johnsen and Marco Fabri, to present European standards and examples of good practices. Workshops per role also took place to discuss concrete measures to improve court management and encourage proactive engagement to contribute to a better court management system in Albania.

This activity took place under the Action “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the justice system in Albania - SEJ II”, which is part of the programme entitled "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey", co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe.

Tirana 15 NOvember 2017

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Albania became member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995. Following its accession, a Council of Europe presence headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe was established in Albania, and succeeded, in June 2003, by the establishment of the Information Office of the Council of Europe. Since January 2011, a Council of Europe Office in Tirana is set up as a new institutional form of co-operation.

As representative of the Secretary General in Albania, the Office works to promote the Council of Europe values and standards pertaining to human rights, rule of law and democracy. It facilitates the effective co-operation between the various Council of Europe bodies located in its Headquarters in Strasbourg and the domestic and international partner institutions in Albania.

The work of the Council of Europe in Albania is dedicated to assisting the Albanian authorities to continue bringing the Albanian legislation, its institutional practices and policies fully in line with its obligations stemming from its Council of Europe membership.

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