November 2019 - February 2023

Context of the Project

In April 2014, the European Union and the Council of Europe agreed that targeted co-operation activities with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus – the EU’s Eastern Partnership countries – would be implemented under the Partnership for Good Governance programme. The phase I of the programme (PGGI) started in 2015 and was completed in 2018; the second phase of the programme (PGGII) was launched in 2019 and will run until 2021.

These co-operation activities aim to strengthen the capacity of the Eastern Partnership countries, which are member States of the Council of Europe, with the exception of Belarus, to implement domestic reforms to bring them closer to European standards in the fields of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Objectifs du Projet

The main objective is to assist Moldovan authorities to improve the functioning of the justice system through strengthened efficiency and quality of courts, and a better system of enforcement of court decisions. To this end, it will support the implementation of a system for monitoring the progress of judicial reforms and to allow the adoption of justice sector policies based on objective information about the workload and performance of courts. Other objectives are improving the collection, reporting and analysis of data on the efficiency and quality of the courts and of the enforcement system, and consolidating the mechanisms for judicial transparency and accountability.

Expected results

• The efficiency and quality of courts are enhanced through the application of CEPEJ tools at national level, while the mechanisms for judicial transparency and accountability are further consolidated.
• The enforcement of court decisions in civil and administrative cases is improved through the implementation of the instruments developed by CEPEJ to analyse the functioning and efficiency of the system of enforcement.

Experts reports

• Assessment Report of the Guidelines on the relations between the judiciary and the mass-media, and the Communication Strategy of the Superior Council of Magistracy of the Republic of Moldova Report 1 - ENG | RO Report 2 - available only in RO
• Report on strengthening access to courts for vulnerable groups in the Republic of Moldova ENG | RO
• Commentary to the Enforcement Code of the Republic of Moldova - available only - RO

• Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova [Council of Europe office in Chisinau]
• Link to the PGG II website
• Link to the webpage of the European Union
• Link to the country profile "Republic of Moldova" of the CEPEJ website

Translated documents

• CEPEJ Handbook on court dashboards
• Good practice guide on enforcement of judicial decisions 
• Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing CoE's Recommendation on enforcement 
• Guide for implementing SATURN management tools in courts 
• Guide on communication with the media and the public for courts and prosecution authorities 
• Use of social media by judges. Deontological rules or instructions / relevant case-law 
• Guidelines on how to drive change towards Cyberjustice 
• Toolkit for supporting the implementation of the Guidelines on how to drive change towards Cyberjustice 
• Guidelines to improve judge's skills and competencies, strengthen knowledge sharing and collaboration, and move beyond a culture of judicial isolation 
• Case weighting in judicial systems 
• SATURN guidelines for judicial time management - comments and implementation examples
• Revised SATURN guidelines for judicial time management (2nd revision)
• CEPEJ guidelines on judicial statistics (GOJUST)
• Checklist for court coaching in the framework of customer satisfaction surveys among cour users
• Guidelines on the Creation of Judicial Maps to Support Access to Justice within a Quality Judicial System
• Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts
• Handbook for conducting satisfaction surveys aimed at Court users in Council of Europe's member States
• Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing recommendation concerning mediation in penal matters
• Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing recommendation concerning family mediation and mediation in civil matters
• Guidelines for a better implementation of the existing Recommendation on alternatives to litigation between administrative authorities and private parties
• Saturn guidelines for judicial time management
• Checklist for promoting the quality of justice and the courts - Lista de criterii pentru promovarea calităŃii justiŃiei si instanŃelor judiciare