This joint European Union and Council of Europe Project aims to institutionally strengthen the Georgian Bar Association (GBA) by enhancing the capacity of individual lawyers as well as GBA management. The Project additionally envisages increasing compliance of national legislations and regulations concerning the mandate and functioning of GBA with European standards.

The Project was launched in January 2015. Project aims to

  • Increase compliance of national legislations and regulations concerning the mandate and functioning of GBA with European standards and CoE recommendations;
  • Strengthen capacity of GBA management and staff to apply management techniques in carrying out their tasks efficiently;
  • Increase compliance of the Code of Professional Ethics for Lawyers practicing in Georgia in line with European standards and best practices;
  • Increase legal skills of lawyers through the development of curricula for continuous training courses and use of the Online Teaching Platform;
  • Modernise entrance examination for lawyers.
The Project co-operates with different state and non-governmental institutions, international and donor organisations, working in the field of justice system in Georgia.

Retour Public Presentation of the Research on the Effectiveness of Georgian Bar Association’s Committees

Public Presentation of the Research on the Effectiveness of Georgian Bar Association’s Committees

The Council of Europe Office in Georgia held the public presentation of the research on operation of Georgian Bar Association (GBA) committees. The participants were lawyers, heads of GBA Committees, GBA management and CoE representatives, including the Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia.

The research on the effectiveness of Association’s committees and subsequent recommendations were developed by the CoE international expert who participated in the event remotely, presented his work and answered questions. Presentations on the operation of Committees on Labor Rights and on Criminal Law were delivered by the heads of the aforementioned committees.

The research on the effectiveness reviews the selection system of its members, operation, accountability, evaluation and reporting in committees. Following the GBA elections scheduled in December 2021, the new committees will be formed in early 2022, fulfilling the objective of the project - to put the new statutory framework and management the system in place before the end of the calendar year.

The activity was organised within the framework of the Council of Europe Project “Support to the Profession of Lawyer in Georgia”, implemented with the support of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Latvia, the Human Rights Trust Fund, and the Fund to End Violence Against Children.

22 October 2021
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