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Justice for All Project in Albania JUSTICE FOR ALL PROJECT IN ALBANIA QUARTERLY REPORT January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020 JUSTICE FOR ALL PROJECT IN ALBANIA QUARTERLY REPORT January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020 Prepared under: USAID Contract Number AID-OAA-I-13-0035 / AID-182-TO-16-00001 Submitted to: USAID/Albania on April 24, 2020 Contractor: East-West Management Institute, Inc. Disclaimer This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the East-West Management Institute and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. CONTENTS TABLE OF ACRONYMS 4 INTRODUCTION 5 COMPONENT 1: STREAMLINED, EXPEDITIOUS AND TRANSPARENT COURT PROCEEDINGS 8 EXPECTED RESULT 1.1: COURTS PERFORM THEIR FUNCTIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY, AVOIDING UNPRODUCTIVE HEARINGS AND UNNECESSARY DELAYS. EXPECTED RESULT 1.2: COURT SESSIONS TAKE PLACE IN COURTROOMS WHERE THE HEARINGS ARE VERBATIM RECORDED AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EXPECTED RESULT 1.3: PUBLIC HAS EASY ACCESS TO THE COURTS EXPECTED RESULT 1.4: JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP IS STRENGTHENED AND UNDERTAKES AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE JUDICIAL REFORM PROCESS. COMPONENT 3: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM 22 EXPECTED RESULT 3.1: CORRUPTION AND OTHER ECONOMIC CRIMES ARE BETTER EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC EXPECTED RESULT 3.2: THE QUALITY OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IS INCREASED THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY, DOCUMENTED, FACT-BASED, CROSS- BORDER, AND NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE PUBLICATIONS EXPECTED RESULT 3.3: A MORE POLITICALLY ENGAGED AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS PROMOTED. EXPECTED RESULT 3.4: INDEPENDENT AND OPEN MEDIA IS STRENGTHENED. ANNEXES: SUBMITTED SEPARATELY TABLE OF ACRONYMS AFWJ Albanian Forum of Women Judges AHC Albanian Helsinki Committee BIRN Balkan Investigative Report Network CAP Court Administration Program CEA Court Efficiency Assistant CC Constitutional Court CMS Case Management System CoE Council of Europe CSSF Conflict, Security and Stability Fund DAR Digital Audio Recording DARCRA Digital Audio Records Central Records Archive DC District Court DMU De Montfort University DoJ Department of Journalism EWMI East-West Management Institute, Inc. EURALIUS European Union Project for Consolidation of the Justice System in Albania FCO Foreign Commonwealth Office HJC High Judicial Council HIDACCI High Inspectorate on Assets Declaration and Prevention of Conflicts of Interests HPC High Prosecutorial Council IACA International Association of Court Administrators ICMIS Integrated Case Management Information System IFCN International Fact Checking Network IMA Investigative Media Advisor JWD Justice without Delay MDCC Meeting of the District Court Chairpersons MOJ Ministry of Justice MOU Memorandum of Understanding MPRO Media and Public Relations Officer NGO Non-Governmental Organization OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe PAKS System for Courts Calendaring and Scheduling RFA Request for Applications SCI Social Contract Institute SoM School of Magistrates UoT University of Tirana USAID United States Agency for International Development WG Working Group JUSTICE FOR ALL IN ALBANIA: QUARTERLY REPORT – 1 JANUARY – 31 MARCH 2020 | 4 The following deliverables were completed within this quarter: ✔ Completed training of trainers for Albanian Forum of Women Judges members for Gender Studies Program; ✔ Completed 2 Court Administration Program Faculty Development Sessions; ✔ Completed ToT for CAP Working Group on Effective Presentation Skills; ✔ Completed ToT for CAP Working Group on Leadership, Ethics and Research Methods; ✔ Complete Justice without Delay National Study Report data collection in Dibra, Tropoja, Korca, Pogradec, Permet, Gjirokastra, Saranda, Elbasan, Kurbin and Shkodra District Courts; ✔ Completed one Court Chairpersons’ Leadership Meeting; ✔ Completed the mock trial courtroom in the School of Magistrates; ✔ Completed and handed over the new temporary High Judicial Council website; ✔ Created a judicial map application; ✔ Completed baseline gender training with AFWJ members; ✔ Supported the first meeting between the High Judicial Council , media judges, and Media and Public Relations Officers; ✔ Supported two stakeholder engagement meetings with the High Judicial Council; ✔ Supported the Albanian Forum of Women Judges with electing new leadership, finalizing its JFA grant proposal, and updating the court registration and registering with the tax authorities; ✔ Completed International Fact-checking Network application assistance for Faktoje, which received a positive evaluation and became a signatory member, making it the only fact- checking service in Albania; ✔ Completed training sessions for Faktoje on data journalism, the right to know, and fact- checking justice institutions; ✔ Completed targeted mentoring sessions with Faktoje’s management team on grant acquisitions, staff management, and networking; ✔ Assisted Faktoje with the development and launch of an online campaign on spotting disinformation and fake news; ✔ Completed first training course for the Beyond Fences initiative with Shkodra and Elbasan universities and Rana Labs; ✔ Completed two ToTs with the University of Tirana Department of Journalism and visiting experts from De Montfort University and conducted five practical sessions with UT journalism students; ✔ Designed a webpage for the master’s in investigative journalism at the University of Tirana; ✔ Completed a ToT workshop for the local experts that will deliver modules as part of the 2020 Court and Crime Reporting course at the University of Tirana; ✔ Launched the Court and Crime Reporting course at the University of Tirana; ✔ Published an investigative article as part of the grants scheme to independent journalists; JUSTICE FOR ALL IN ALBANIA: QUARTERLY REPORT – 1 JANUARY – 31 MARCH 2020 | 5 ✔ Cooperated with the Albanian Helsinki Committee to publish an awareness-raising video on journalists’ rights at workplace; ✔ Cooperated with Albanian Helsinki Committee to publish of a revised version of the manual for labor rights for journalists; and ✔ Cooperated with the Social Contract Institute to record and publish 10 podcasts on the elimination of gender discriminations in media. The following deliverables were not completed during this quarter due to the impacts ofCOVID- 19 and the resulting “stay@home” and restricted movement directives from the Albanian government: ✔ The third Tirana-based capacity building event for University of Tirana Department of Journalism faculty conducted by De Montfort University experts was not held; ✔ An exchange visit for seven University of Tirana Department of Journalism faculty to De Montfort University in the UK was postponed; ✔ The final event and roundtable to be hosted by the Albanian Helsinki Committee on the topic of labor rights for journalists could not be held; ✔ The second training course for the Beyond Fences initiative with Shkodra and Elbasan Universities and Rana Labs was postponed; ✔ The eighteenth Court Leadership Meeting was not held; ✔ The inauguration of the mock trial courtroom at the School of Magistrates did not occur; ✔ Data collection for the final nine courts to support the Justice without Delay National Study Report could not be completed. JUSTICE FOR ALL IN ALBANIA: QUARTERLY REPORT – 1 JANUARY – 31 MARCH 2020 | 6 COMPONENT 1 STREAMLINED, EXPEDITIOUS AND TRANSPARENT COURT PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED RESULT 1.1 COURTS PERFORM THEIR FUNCTIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY, AVOIDING UNPRODUCTIVE HEARINGS AND UNNECESSARY DELAYS. 1.1.1 FINAL STOCKTAKING ASSESSMENT & INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF JWD IN THE DISTRICT COURTS Stocktaking Assessment of JWD Courts During this quarter, the Project collected data from ten district courts in preparation for the nationwide report on Justice without Delay (JWD), bringing the total to 13 out of 22 courts where data collection has been completed. Data was collected from the following courts this quarter: Dibra District Court 23 civil cases and 55 criminal cases Elbasan District Court 48 civil cases and 80 criminal cases Gjirokastra District Court 43 civil cases and 60 criminal cases Korca District Court 50 civil cases and 80 criminal cases Kurbin District Court 47 civil cases and 21 criminal cases Pogradec District Court 19 civil cases and 42 criminal cases Permet District Court 12 civil cases and 16 criminal cases Saranda District Court 37 civil cases and 44 criminal cases Shkoder District Court 56 civil cases and 179 criminal cases Tropoja District Court 19 civil cases and 35 criminal cases Data collection was halted on March 10 due the Albanian government’s restrictions on movement and subsequent stay@home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the directives and restrictions, the High Judicial Council (HJC) suspended all non- essential court activity on March 10 as well. Those measures remained in place through the remainder of the quarter. An online coordination meeting was held with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representatives, prior to which they shared their draft of the nationwide report, portions of which will now be incorporated into the final nationwide report. OSCE has reversed their position on the nationwide report twice in prior quarters, moving first to partnership on a joint nationwide report then to separate reports and now back to a joint report; both projects have now agreed on a uniform way forward and a clear collaboration plan for the report. The Project also prepared draft statistical templates
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