Kick Off Meeting and First Exchange Visit in Bucharest Within the Project

List of participants:

District Court of Rotterdam

Robine de Lange-Tegelaar, - president of the District Court of Rotterdam, Petra de Bruin - vice-president (senior judge) of the District Court of Rotterdam, dealing with commerce law, projectleader Hans Evers – vice-president (senior judge) of the District Court of Rotterdam, head of the criminal section Jacqueline Frima – vice-president (senior judge) of the District Court of Rotterdam, head of insolvency section Jorik Klomp – judge of the District Court of Rotterdam, dealing with administrative law

The Netherlands Council for the Judiciary

Ymkje Lugten

Jos Puts (expert on finances)

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Romania

Myrthe Feddema

Oana Brumă

Court of Appeal of Bucharest

Lia Savonea – president of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Elisabeta Roşu – vicepresident of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Mariana Constantinescu – vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Maria Speranţa Cornea – president of the 5th civil section of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Lucreţia Postelnicu – vice-president of the Tribunal of Bucharest;

Maria Ceauşescu – judge dealing with cases in labor law and social security, Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Corina Podaru – judge dealing with administrative law and fiscal cases, Court of Appeal of Bucharest;

Monica Avramescu – judge, Court of first instance, 3rd district, Bucharest;

Bogdan Gavrilă – judge, vice-president of the Court of first instance, 6th district, Bucharest. AGENDA

Draft (14 October 2015)

Kick off meeting and first exchange visit in Bucharest within the project Improving efficiency and quality of the Judiciary, with a focus on a balanced resources allocation through a sound judicial management

26 – 29 October 2015, Bucharest

26 October 2015, Monday

15.00-16.00 Visit of the premises of Court of appeal of Bucharest – Coffee break

Registration room, court rooms, attending a court session, etc. (following the steps of a file in court, from the complaint to the decision).

27 October 2015, Tuesday

Venue: Court of appeal of Bucharest 09.30 -10.00 Opening of the visit - Lia Savonea, president of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest - Robine de Lange-Tegelaar, president of the District Court of Rotterdam - Presentation of the participants - Introductory presentations of the Dutch and Romanian Judiciary

10.00-10.15 Coffee break 10.15-11.15 Funding of the 1) Jos Puts, expert on finances Judiciary 2) Horatius Dumbravă, member of the Superior Council of Magistracy

11.15-12.15 3) Budget and allocation of limited resources, Robine de Lange

Limits of the managerial powers of the president of the Court in relation to the human resources, Lia Savonea

Q&A 12.15 – 13.15 Lunch Venue – Court of appeal of Bucharest

13.15-14.45 Presentations & 4) Quality aspects (i.e. co-reading verdicts, debates average resolution time), Petra de Bruin

Ensuring a balance between efficiency and quality, Postelnicu Lucreţia

Drafting the judicial decisions, Bogdan Gavrilă, Q&A

14.45-15.00 Coffee break 15.00 -16.30 Kijken in de ziel 5) A television program in which judges are being interviewed on their job and on who they are (Jorik Klomp) Debates on the movie

28 October 2015, Wednesday

9.00 -11.00 Presentations and 6) Key performance indicators in debates insolvency cases, Jacqueline Frima

KPIs in insolvency cases, Elisabeta Roşu Q&A

7) Scheduling, Jorik Klomp 8) Delegation (from judges tot legal staff), Petra de Bruin Q&A

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-13.00 Presentations and 9) Culture and leadership (including debates dealting with satisfaction surveys for judges and legal staff), Robine de Lange

Tools needed to increase the efficiency within the courts, Lia Savonea

10) National consultations on rules of procedure and uniformity- and policy matters (i.e. on how to sentence in cases that are to be dealt with on a regular basis like shoplifting or assault cases), Hans Evers

The ineffectiveness of the legal instruments needed to unify the judicial practice, Maria Ceauşescu Q&A

13.00-14.00 Lunch

Venue – Court of appeal of Bucharest

14.00-15.15 11) Contacts with third parties, Jacqueline Frima

12) The evaluation of judges, including the way in which they are promoted and rotate around the court, Hans Evers

Evaluation and promotion of judges, Mariana Constantinescu Q&A

15.30-16.30 Visit at the Superior Council of Magistracy

29 October 2015, Thursday

9,00 Conclusions of the visit & suggestions and dates for next meeting (s)