On 10 December 2020, the 4th Steering Committee Meeting of the Project on “Improving the Effectiveness of The Administrative Judiciary and Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of The Council of State” was held online. The achieved progress, COVID-19 Pandemic effects and the measures taken against, as well as the future planning of the Project were as at the focus of the meeting. The planned updates in the Description of Action of the Project were addressed and opinions of the stakeholders on the envisaged changes were received.
Representatives from the Council of State, the Council of Judges and Prosecutors, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Directorate for EU Affairs), the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, the Ombudsman Institution, the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, the Central Finance and Contracts Unit and the Council of Europe as well as the presidents of the Regional Administrative Courts acknowledged the progress and shared ideas about the planned activities and a possible extension of the Project.
The Joint Project on Improving the Effectiveness of the Administrative Judiciary and Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Council of State is co-funded by the European Union, the Council of Europe and Republic of Turkey, and implemented by the Council of Europe. The Turkish Ministry of Justice - Directorate General for Legal Affairs is the end beneficiary of the Project.
