The court coaching programme of European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) continues from 25 to 28 September 2023 with the 2nd visit to the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Rustavi Municipal Court, as well as with the 1st visit to two other pilot courts: the Zugdidi District Court and the Batumi Municipal Court.

On 25 and 26 September, the CEPEJ experts presented the results of the assessment of the challenges and their recommendations following their 1^st visit to the representatives of the Supreme Court and the Rustavi Municipal Court. A preliminary agreement on the measures to be implemented as part of the programme, concerning judicial communication, satisfaction surveys, evaluation of staff workload, and analysis of statistical data in line with CEPEJ methodology and tools.

From 27 to 28 September, CEPEJ experts will then carry out an in-depth assessment of the specific needs of the Zugdidi District Court and the Batumi Municipal Court, via interviews with their presidents and staff. This assessment should lead to the elaboration of recommendations aimed at modernising and improving the management of these courts, to be then implemented as part of the court coaching programme.

On this occasion, the experts will present the methodologies and tools developed by the CEPEJ, familiarising the courts with best practices and experiences aimed at improving court management, such as promoting the quality of justice and the courts, carrying out user satisfaction surveys, improving judges' know-how and interpersonal skills, sharing knowledge and collaboration, analysing judicial data, reducing backlogs, judicial communication and mediation.

This activity was organised within the framework of the project “Support to modernisation of court management in Georgia”, 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).