Programme News: Bar Association - Council of Europe Office in Georgia

Council of Europe Provides Expertise on Training Cycle Management

A workshop on training cycle management took place in Georgia on 11-12 March 2016 within the framework of the PCF Project “Support to the Georgian Bar Association”. The meeting targeted Georgian Bar Association Training Centre employees and members of the Educational Council. These two bodies are...

Georgian Bar Association management discusses strategic goals and the 2016 action plan directions

In order to strengthen the capacity of the Georgian Bar Association management and staff to apply management techniques efficiently, the EU/CoE Joint Project "Support to the Georgian Bar Association" organised a strategic and financial planning/evaluation workshop on 26-27 February 2016. Training...

Support to the Georgian Bar Association: mandatory traineeship programme

In order to better prepare prospective lawyers for the profession, the Georgian Bar Association introduced specifically tailored programme for candidates who successfully pass the bar admission test. Council of Europe member states have extensive experience in running such programmes either...

Ethics Commission discusses means of efficient legal drafting and analyses

In order to further enhance the quality of the Ethics Commission’s decisions and provide clear, well-substantiated reasoning to the citizens of Georgia, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the USAID and the Georgian Bar Association organised a two day training on legal drafting and...

Effective internal and external communications are key to a successful Bar Association

In order to address main findings of the report: The Profession of Lawyer” prepared within the joint EU/CoE programme “Eastern partnership – Enhancing reform in the Eastern partnership countries” related to enhancing management capacities and ethical standards in the work of the Georgian Bar...

Georgian lawyers discussed upcoming amendments to the Georgian Bar Association regulatory framework

The Council of Europe has provided expertise to identify gaps in the Georgian Bar Association legislative and regulatory framework. Two European experts provided a thorough assessment of existing legal framework and presented recommendations. Primary aim of these recommendations is twofold:...

Ethics and disciplinary issues in the Georgian bar Association’s legal framework

Gaps have been found in the rules governing ethics and disciplinary issues for Georgian lawyers. European experts participated in a lively exchange of views in a round table with Georgian Bar Association Ethics Commission members, as well as the representatives of the Executive Council,...

Official launching of the project on “Support to the Georgian Bar Association”

The joint Council of Europe/European Union Project “Support to the Georgian Bar Association” was officially launched on 2 June 2015. The event highlighted the main focus areas of the Project: Improving the national legislation; Strengthening the capacity of GBA management and improve their...

A Fact-Finding Mission

A Fact-Finding Mission of the joint European Union/Council of Europe Project on “Support to the Georgian Bar Association (GBA)” took place on 11-13 March in Tbilisi, Georgia. Aim of the mission was to identify the latest developments regarding the GBA legislative/institutional framework, in the...