The Council of Europe is currently implementing the joint European Union-Council of Europe project “24HR02 - Paperless commercial courts in Croatia”. The Project is implemented in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation of the Republic of Croatia and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (EC/DG REFORM) during the period from 1 August 2024 to 31 January 2026.
The Project supports workflow digitalisation of Croatia’s commercial courts to increase their overall efficiency.
The Council of Europe is looking for a maximum of 37 Providers (6 for Lots 1 and 2 - 5 for Lots 3,4,5,6 and 7) for the provision of consultancy services on legal, business and IT aspects of fully digital commercial courts (i.e. paperless courts) and change management to be requested by the Council of Europe on an as-needed basis for the Lots below:
- Lot 1: Provision of research, needs assessment and expert advice on the existing legal framework pertinent to the full digitalisation of commercial courts (paperless workflows)
- Lot 2: Provision of research, needs assessment and expert advice on the existing business and IT processes pertinent to the full digitalisation and paperless workflows of commercial courts
Sublot 2a: Provision of research, needs assessment and expert advice on the existing business processes pertinent to the full digitalisation and paperless workflows of commercial courts
Sublot 2b: Provision of research, needs assessment and expert advice on the existing IT processes pertinent to the full digitalisation and paperless workflows of commercial courts
- Lot 3: Provision of research, needs assessment and expert advice on the existing legal framework on various procedures pending before commercial courts including but not limited to bankruptcy, liquidation, commercial litigation etc.
- Lot 4: Provision of expert advice on the draft methodology for the full adoption of a digital case flow in Croatian commercial courts with a set of recommendations for the further enhancement of the legal framework pertinent to the working methods of commercial courts
- Lot 5: Provision of expert advice on the draft methodology for the full adoption of a digital case flow in Croatian commercial courts with a set of recommendations for the further enhancement of business and/or IT processes pertinent to the working methods of commercial courts
- Lot 6: Provision of a list of focal points in state institutions and commercial courts in EU member states* already implementing fully digital workflows, as well as the provision of an analysis of:
- methodologies and approaches applied to fully digital case procedures,
- practices of data collection in a fully digital format for the potential introduction of AI tools.
*the deliverable is member-state-specific, and not a comparative analysis
- Lot 7: Change management training sessions and coaching for commercial courts presidents in support of the transition from a hybrid paper-based and scanned document digital files system to a fully digital system
Applicants are invited to consult the documents below and carefully follow the instructions for submission.
The deadline for submission of applications is 10 September 2024 (23:59 CET) and all submissions are to be addressed exclusively to ecom.support.Project@coe.int.
