Roundtable to Improve Modalities and Skills when Interpreting Career Development Rules and to Improve Efficiency and Quality of Decision Making on Career Development of Prosecutors
On 7 October 2025, the EU4Justice project supported an activity aimed at assisting the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC) in refining its methodologies through structured roundtable discussions with project magistrate experts. The initiative focused on strengthening both the technical competencies and the essential soft skills required for cohesive, transparent, and effective governance. The activity sought to […]
ROUNDTABLE WITH HIGH JUSTICE INSPECTOR OFFICE ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE FUNCTION OF INSPECTIONS
On 30th of September 2025, the EU4Justice project organized a Roundtable on “Judicial Independence and the Function of Inspections”, with participation of the HJI staff members. High Inspector of Justice, Mr. Artur Metani, accompanied by the unit of Inspectors and the unit of Assistant Inspectors of the Office of the High Inspector of Justice, took […]
HPC Workshop ‘Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Misconduct of Magistrates, Based on EU Standards and Best Practices, and the Role of the Ethics Advisor’
On 17 July 2025, the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC), in collaboration with the EU4Justice project, successfully hosted a workshop titled ‘Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Misconduct of Magistrates, Based on EU Standards and Best Practices, and the Role of the Ethics Advisor’. This significant event gathered an esteemed assembly of participants, including members and legal advisors […]
The second annual joint meeting between the High Judicial Council (HJC) and the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC)
On July 10th, 2025, the second annual joint meeting between the High Judicial Council (HJC) and the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC) was held. The meeting aimed to present two common regulations: on the conduct of re-evaluation procedure for assessments by the High Judicial Council and the High Prosecutorial Council and on governing joint meetings and […]
Training Workshop on Judicial Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas
On 2 July 2025, the EU4Justice project, in cooperation with the High Judicial Council (HJC) and the School of Magistrates (SoM), organised a dedicated training workshop on the Guidelines on Ethical Dilemmas and the Code of Ethics for newly graduated candidate judges and prosecutors from the School of Magistrates. The objective of the training was […]
CONTINUOUS TRAINING AS A WORKING PHILOSOPHY TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INSPECTION UNITS IN THE HIJ
On 18 – 20 June 2025, the Unit of Inspectors and the Unit of Assistant Inspectors of the High Justice Inspector participated in a three-day training on the specific stages of carrying out thematic and institutional inspections. Conducted by two international short-term experts, Prosecutor María del Carmen de la Fuente Méndez, Inspector at the General […]
First Annual Joint Meeting of the Councils – Advancing Interinstitutional Cooperation through Thematic Inspections
On 11 June 2025, the First Annual Joint Meeting of the High Judicial Council (HJC) and the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC), with the participation of the High Justice Inspector (HJI) and the General Prosecutor (GP), was held in Tirana. Convened by the HPC and organized with the support of the EU4Justice Project, the meeting brought […]
Training of the Prosecution Offices and the High Prosecutorial Council on ‘Data entry, Processing and Reporting regarding Evaluation of Prosecutors’
The EU4Justice project continues to play a vital role in supporting the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC) to enhance data quality and accuracy in the evaluation of prosecutors. On 10 June 2025, the project facilitated a pivotal training session titled ‘Data Entry, Processing, and Reporting Regarding Evaluation of Prosecutors’ aimed at refining data management practices. This […]
The 4th Stakeholders Committee Meeting of the EU4justice Project
The 4th Stakeholders Committee Meeting of the EU4Justice Project, the EU-funded project with the contribution of Italy and France, was held on June 09, 2025, at the High Judicial Council premises. Representatives of all consortium partners – leading partner Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS), Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y […]
Workshops for the High Prosecutorial Council Members, the General Prosecution Office, the Heads of Prosecution Offices and Media Prosecutors on ‘Institutional communication, transparency and the management of relations with the media, based on the principles and best EU practices’
The HPC, with the support of the EU4Justice project, conducted two workshops back-to-back on 28 and 29 May 2025 on ‘Institutional communication, transparency, and the management of relations with the media, based on the principles and best EU practices’. The events gathered the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC) members and the General Prosecution Office (GPO) representatives […]