Working Group on assessment of the complaints handling process to enhance the efficiency and transparency, applying unified standards and procedures.
On 7th – 8th of November 2023 the EU4JUSTICE project organised a meeting of the working group on assessment of the complaints handling process, to propose recommendations to enhance the efficiency and transparency, applying unified standards and procedures. The meeting was organised with participation of High Justice Inspector staff, project experts and 3 International Short-Term […]
Short Term Experts (STE) Mission on Draft Regulation on Appointment of Chairs of other Courts
On 20th – 21st of November 2023 the EU4JUSTICE project organised a two-day mission focussing on “Draft Regulation on Appointment of Chairs of other Courts”, enlisting the expertise of two Short Term Experts from the Spanish Judicial Council. During this mission the STEs and EU4Justice experts held dedicated meetings with the HJC Career Development Committee, […]
Conducting jointly with the HPC HR Unit analysis for setting up a Training Unit within the institution
During 19-23 February 2024, the EU4Justice assigned STE conducted its mission jointly with HPC to analyse the internal capacity building of HPC to establish a training unit within the institution to provide support for sustainable training practice to prosecutors, civil servants, and administrative staff of prosecution offices. For the purpose of analysing the capacities, structure, […]
Revision of Regulation on Performance Evaluation of Chairperson of Prosecution Office and drafting sub-legal act on Annual Workload for Prosecutors.
From 19 to 21 February 2024, EU4Justice mobilized an STE mission, aimed at assisting the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC) with the revision of Regulation ‘On Performance Evaluation of Chairperson of Prosecution Office and Methodology of Evaluation’, which was approved by the Council on its Plenary of 30 November 2023 by providing expertise and deliver recommendations […]
A needs assessment and legal analysis for the Ethical and Professional Performance Evaluation of Prosecutors.
Three EU4Justice STEs, during 19-22 February 2024 and 26 February – 1 March 2024, conducted a needs assessment and a legal analysis on the current system and process of ethical and professional performance evaluation of prosecutors. Various meetings were held between the HPC and the STEs to single out the most crucial issues, problems and […]
Improving HPC Internal Rules and Procedures and improving Rules on Career Developments of Prosecutors
During 12-16 February 2024, the EU4Justice Project STEs 1st Mission was conducted. The two STEs work aim at simplifying complex processes and standardize procedures wherever is possible, based on EU standards and best practice of existing internal rules, improve them, or by drafting necessary rules required by the law, which will strengthen the organizational and […]
Supporting HPC Defining priorities for the new Strategic Plan 2025-2029 and with Monitoring Mechanism
In December 2023, the project started activities pertaining to ‘Revision of the existing HPC Strategic Plan 2021-2024 and defining new priorities for the next Strategic Plan, as well as defining a monitoring mechanism for the implementation of the Strategic Plan, based on EU standards and best practice’. The activity continued also during January-February 2024. During […]
Training on Identifying and addressing conflict of interest issues
From 21st to 22nd of February 2024, EU4Justice organized a two-day mission contributing to the preparation and delivery of a two-day training workshop on identification and addressing conflict of interest for High Justice Inspector staff. The training workshop aimed at enhancing the capacity of HIJ inspectors and assistant inspectors in identifying, addressing, and mitigating conflict-of-interest […]
Training workshop on Judicial Communication for Media Judges
On 21st February 2024, EU4Justice organized a training workshop focusing on courts’ communication with the media. The workshop was delivered by two international STEs: a Spanish journalist responsible for judicial communication at the Spanish Supreme Court and a Greek lawyer specialised in judicial communication. Attended by 12 media judges and 3 staff members from the […]
Drafting of a Joint Regulation on Unified Disciplinary Proceedings for Violation Cases Involving a Judge and a Prosecutor
On 20th – 21st of November 2023 the EU4JUSTICE project organised a two-day mission focussing on “Draft Regulation on Appointment of Chairs of other Courts”, enlisting the expertise of two Short Term Experts from the Spanish Judicial Council. During this mission the STEs and EU4Justice experts held dedicated meetings with the HJC Career Development Committee, […]