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EURALIUS Inception Report Project funded by the European Union INCEPTION REPORT covering 01 September 2014 – 30 November 2014 CONSOLIDATION OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN Title of the action: ALBANIA (EURALIUS IV) Location(s) of the action: Albania Deutsche Stiftung für internationale rechtliche Zusammenarbeit e.V. (IRZ) Ubierstraße 92, D-53173 Bonn, Germany Implemented by Contact person: Nathalie Herbeck/Head of Section [email protected] Kronenstraße 73,10117 Berlin, Germany Tel: + 49 - 30 - 2000 900 - 86 IPA 2013 - BGUE-B2013-22.020200-C1-ELARG Reference DELALB Reference: EuropeAid/135374/L/ACT/AL EuropeAid ID DE – 2007 – DOP - 2711221083 Ongoing contract/Legal Entity File Number (if 6000066345 available) Dr. Rainer Deville, Team Leader [email protected] Project team Tel: + 355 4 22 40 333; Mob: +355 68 8046 000 Project office: Ministria e Drejtësisë, Blvd. Zogu i Parë, Tirana, Albania, [email protected] Center for international Legal Cooperation (CILC) Consortium member CILC Koninginnegracht 7, 2514 AA The Hague, The Netherlands Agency for Economic Cooperation and Development, Consortium member aed Austrian (aed), Heiligenstädter Lände 29, 1190 Vienna, Austria Index PART ONE : INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 9 1. READ ME FIRST ........................................................................................................................................... 9 2. SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................... 9 3. MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................10 3.1. STAFF ...................................................................................................................................................10 3.2. ORGANIZATION OF THE MISSION ...............................................................................................................11 3.3. CONTACTS TO STAKEHOLDERS ................................................................................................................12 3.4. OPENING EVENT AND VISIBILITY ...............................................................................................................13 3.5. RELATED PROJECTS AND PARTNERS ........................................................................................................14 3.5.1. Council of Europe .........................................................................................................................14 3.5.2. Community Policing Program .....................................................................................................14 3.5.3. ENCJ ..............................................................................................................................................15 3.5.4. EU Member States’ Embassies ....................................................................................................15 3.5.5. OSCE Presence in Tirana .............................................................................................................16 3.5.6. PAMECA ........................................................................................................................................16 3.5.7. Sigma .............................................................................................................................................16 3.5.8. Slynn Foundation .........................................................................................................................17 3.5.9. SOROS Foundation ......................................................................................................................17 3.5.10. US Embassy/Department of Justice programs .....................................................................18 3.5.11. USAID ........................................................................................................................................19 3.5.12. Venice Commission .................................................................................................................19 3.5.13. Upcoming Twinning Projects ..................................................................................................20 4. POLITICAL SITUATION ...............................................................................................................................20 5. METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................22 PART TWO: ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS………………………………………………………….....................27 ACTIVITY 1.1.1: JUSTICE REFORM STRATEGY. .....................................................................................27 ACTIVITY 1.1.2: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW JUSTICE REFORM STRATEGY. .............................32 ACTIVITY 1.1.3 HUMAN RESOURCES AND BUDGETARY NEEDS .........................................................33 ACTIVITY 1.2.1.: CODIFICATION AND INTERNATIONA JUDICIAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT. .36 ACTIVITY 1.2.2.: ORGANIZE AND DELIVER TRAININGS ON BUDGET PLANNING ...............................39 ACTIVITY 1.2.3: ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY.....................................................................................42 ACTIVITY 1.2.4: TRACK RECORD OF INVESTIGATIONS, ELABORATE STATISTICS. .........................45 ACTIVITY 1.2.5: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE MOJ REGARDING APPOINTMENT. .....46 ACTIVITY 1.2.6: PROCUREMENT. .............................................................................................................49 ACTIVITY 1.3.1: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON LEGAL AID ........................51 ACTIVITY 1.3.2: CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE LEGAL AID ............................................54 ACTIVITY 1.3.3: JUDICIAL FEE STRUCTURE WITH. ................................................................................56 ACTIVITY 1.4.1: SYSTEMATIC PUBLICATION OF COURTS' DECISIONS. ..............................................59 ACTIVITY 1.4.2: JUDICIAL DOCUMENTATION CENTRE. .........................................................................62 2 ACTIVITY 1.4.3: IMPROVE THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OF COURTS WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC,. ...66 ACTIVITY 1.5.1: ASSIST THE HCJ IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS INTERNAL RULES ...................72 ACTIVITY 1.5.2: ASSIST THE HCJ IN IMPLEMENTING THE NEW SECONDARY LEGISLATION. .........77 ACTIVITY 1.5.3: EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR JUDGES. ..........................................................................81 ACTIVITY 1.5.4: RULES ON DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES AGAINST JUDGES ...................................86 ACTIVITY 1.5.5: ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY.....................................................................................90 ACTIVITY 1.6.1: HIGH COURT IN IMPROVING ITS INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ........91 ACTIVITY 1.6.2: APPOINTMENT PROCESS OF JUDGES TO THE HIGH COURT. ..................................95 ACTIVITY 1.6.3: THE HIGH COURT DISSEMINATING INFORMATION. ...................................................99 ACTIVITY 1.7.1: COURTS' TERRITORIAL REORGANIZATION ..............................................................101 ACTIVITY 1.7.2: CONDUCT OF JOINT INSPECTIONS. ...........................................................................104 ACTIVITY 1.7.3: TRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM. .....................................................................................108 ACTIVITY 1.7.4: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL COOPERATION ...........................110 ACTIVITY 1.7.5: INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DATA BASES. .....................................................................112 ACTIVITY 2.1.1: PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE SOM .........................................................................117 ACTIVITY 2.1.2: PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE SOM, CONTINUOUS TRAINING. ............................119 ACTIVITY 2.1.3: MONITOR THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY THE SOM .........................................121 ACTIVITY 2.1.4: ASSIST IN ENSURING THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL MEANS ..................................124 ACTIVITY 2.1.5: SUPPORT THE "ZERO TOLERANCE" POLICY OF THE SOM ....................................126 ACTIVITY 2.2.1: EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF COURT TRIALS.........................................................130 ACTIVITY 2.2.2: ASSIST IN EMPOWERING JUDGES. ...........................................................................134 ACTIVITY 2.2.3: FUNCTIONAL AND EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK FOR COURT EXPERTS. ...................137 ACTIVITY 2.3.1: UNIFICATION OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. .............................................139 ACTIVITY 2.3.2: MOJ, A COMPUTERISED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ....................................................141 ACTIVITY 2.3.3: ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS AND TOOLS IN THE JUDICIARY SUCH....................143 ACTIVITY 2.4.1: ESTABLISH A "JUDICIAL CIVIL SERVICE" .................................................................146 ACTIVITY 2.4.2: TRAINING TO CHANCELLORS. ....................................................................................148 ACTIVITY 2.4.3: MANAGERIAL CAPACITIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURT STAFF. .........................150 ACTIVITY 2.5.1: LAW ON THE PROFESSION OF LAWYERS. ................................................................153 ACTIVITY 2.5.2: TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LAWYERS .......................................................................156
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