An awareness-raising workshop on referral to mediation was organised today with 15 magistrates and graduating magistrates of Albania with CEPEJ experts, in co-operation with the School of Magistrates and the National Mediation Chamber of Albania.

The activity, organised with the support of the European Union and the Council of Europe, combined lectures and round-table discussions based on the CEPEJ tools on mediation, European best practices and national practices, giving the participants the opportunity to increase their knowledge of the national legislation in relation to mediation in civil and administrative matters, and on a wide range of different mediation practices within the Council of Europe Member States.

The activity was organized by the action Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Albania (SEJ IV) in the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye (Horizontal Facility III), co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.