Support to modernisation of court management in Georgia
March 2023 – February 2026
Support to modernisation of court management in Georgia
The project is funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance III (2023-2027). An earlier phase of this programme (January 2020 - February 2023) was supported by the European Union.
Context and objectives of the project
The project “Support to modernisation of court management in Georgia” will assist the improvement of the efficiency of the Georgian judicial system, notably in reducing backlogs and length of proceedings, facilitating the modernisation of court management including through implementation of new cyber justice tools, building the capacity of justice professionals, as well as increasing judges' referrals to mediation and improving data collection of mediation cases based on the CEPEJ Mediation Development Toolkit.
The project will support further application of European standards and will contribute to the implementation Georgian Strategy and Action Plan on Judiciary adopted in October 2022, and requirements stemming from Georgia’s candidacy for membership of the European Union.
Main activities
Individual court coaching projects to improve court performance and reduce backlog
Recommendations to introducing a tool to fighting backlogs
Recommendations on the optimisation of the workload of judges and court staff
Support to conducting court users’ satisfaction surveys in pilot courts
Capacity building activities to improve the collection, processing and analysis of data on the functioning of the judicial system and judicial statistics according to the CEPEJ methodology (in coordination with the regional project Justice Dashboard EaP)
Introducing specific training modules on the efficiency and quality of justice
Organising Managers' Forums on selected topics
Capacity building activities for judges on referral to mediation based on relevant CEPEJ tools
Project beneficiaries and stakeholders
Court Users, High Council of Justice, Courts, High School of Justice, Independent Inspector of the High Council of Justice, judges, court staff, Mediators’ Association.
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CEPEJ workshop on piloting its Backlog reduction tool in Batumi City Court (Georgia)
Sara RADOVICKA
Modified 3 Months ago.
As part of its court coaching programme in Georgian courts, the CEPEJ conducted from 16 to 17 May 2024 a workshop to present and put in practice its backlog reduction tool in Batumi City Court. Statistical analyses carried out beforehand at the court enabled the experts to give a contextualised presentation of this practical tool.
The experts were thus able to propose tailor-made recommendations to the Court’s representatives and discuss with them the follow-up activities to be undertaken throughout the year to meet the challenges identified and improve court management practices.
Based on the recommendations, an action plan will be prepared by Batumi City Court in cooperation with the experts.