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EIPA - European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Mutual Introduction

Programme Objectives

Director, Peter Goldschmidt (DK)

Welcome

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Content

• Introducing EIPA

• Introducing EIPA’s European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

• Services and fields of expertise

• Examples of contracts and partners

• Objectives of workshop

• Mutual introduction

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EIPA

Founded in 1981 by the then EEC Member States as a Dutch non-profit

foundation vested with a public mission

Mission: To support European integration through learning and

development, consultancy, research and other capacity building services

Stakeholders and clients: national governments and public

administrations (central and sub-national), the legal professions and EU

institutions

Staff: 100 resident staff, of which ca. 45 are faculty members = multi-

national, multi-disciplinary academics and practitioners (incl. national

secondees)

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EIPA - Organisation

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EIPA - Statistical Information

2014: Implemented more than 100 Open Enrolment Seminars annually

2014: Delivered over 600 Contract Training Activities

2014: More than 14.500 people attended EIPA Open Enrolment and

Contract Training Activities

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EIPA Luxembourg European Centre for Judges and Lawyers

Established in 1992 with the aim to provide research, training and

life long learning in the field of EC Law

Objectives: Within EIPA’s overall Mission, to enhance

- understanding of European Union Law,

- approximation, application and enforcement of same at EU and

national level, and

- administration and quality of Justice

Staff: 15 resident staff members, of which 8 are faculty members: multinational, multidisciplinary academics and practitioners with studies and/or practical experience on EU legal or court administration issues

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Implemented 14 Open Enrolment Seminars + Annual Summer School +

MELS Online: Weekly Online Sessions and Monthly Academic Weekends

Implemented more than 100 Contract Activities (training activities, consul-

tancy assignments and actions related to the preparation of studies)

2.900 people attended EIPA Luxembourg Open and Contract Training

Activities

Statistical Information - 2014

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Services

Training

Seminars

Workshops

Simulations

E- and Online and Blended Learning Programmes

Forums for Exchange of Experience and Identification of Good Practices

Focus Groups

Study Visits

- Visits or In-service Exchanges

- Combined Training and Visits to relevant public and judicial Authorities

Applied / Comparative Research

Master Programmes and Summer Schools

Conferences

Consultancy and Coaching

Approximation of specific legal instruments

Institution building (e.g. ReSPA and the Montenegrin Judicial Training Centre)

LNA and TNA

Applied Research

- comparative analyses

- briefing notes and studies

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Methodologies

General approach towards training

- Learning needs analysis: Identifying the gap

between what participants already know and

what they need to know and/or to be able to do

- Emphasis on practical applicability

- Combining passive and active learning methodologies

- Combining F2F, e- and online learning

- Inviting questions and comments

- Giving (and taking) constructive feedback

- Evaluations (quality and effect)

- Challenging IDEAS, never people

- Keeping discussions focused

- Respecting confidentiality

- Respecting time

- Allowing time for informal learning and exchanges

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EIPA’s European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Fields of expertise

•EU Law-making

•General EU Law

•Fundamental Principles

EU Law Approximation and

Implementation

• Horizontal

• In specific policy areas

European Litigation

• EU Court Procedures

• Infringement Procedures

• EU law and national courts

Administration and Quality

of Justice

• TQM

• Court management

• Interpersonal skills

Cross Border Judicial and

Law Enforcement Cooperation

• Civil and commercial matters

• Criminal matters

Horizontal and Special

Programmes

• Master and Summer School

• EULFNL & Recent Trends

• EPSO and Staff Regulations

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Current specialised in-house expertise

The Four Freedoms

Internal Market / Regulatory Affairs:

- Competition, Consumer protection and food safety,

Company and Environmental law, Financial services,

Free movement of labour and services

Freedom, Justice and Security Affairs (cross-border judicial and law enforcement co-operation in civil, commercial and criminal matters)

E-Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution

EU Litigation (e.g. CJEU procedural law, preliminary rulings, litigating before the CJEU and applying EU law before the national courts) and the Infringement Procedure

Total Quality Management (CAF, LEAN, etc.), administration and management for judicial institutions, judicial training (curriculum and training of trainers)

Inter-personal Skills for the Legal Professions, incl. Relations to the Media for the Judiciary

Fundamental rights and human rights

EU association agreements and enlargement

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Examples of current horizontal programmes

Law Approximation and National Coordination

Lisbon Treaty and the EU legislative framework, incl. delegated and implementing acts

EU law for newly appointed judges, prosecutors and lawyers

EU law for newly appointed civil servants and non-lawyers

EPSO preparation

Summer schools and online Master programmes

Training-of-Trainers (substance and methodologies)

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Major Contracts 2015

Annual Multi-Country Conventions with the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 1999) providing training of and study visits for the judiciary and civil servants as well as institution building consultancy in the West-Balkan states and Turkey

MEDA Justice III – providing handbooks, fiches belges, training and study visits for legal professionals in the Southern Mediterranean countries (in support of EIPA Barcelona: 2011 - 2015)

EIPA’s Lot 6 Framework Contract on the provision of training and e-learning to officials from the EU Institutions on EU Governance (decision-making, EU policies and law). ECJL provides annually between 30 and 45 training activities. (2012 – 2015)

Framework contract (Lot 5) with European Parliament to produce studies and briefing notes in the field of criminal justice

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Contracts addressing the justice sector

Grant agreement with DG Justice to train judges in the EU Member States on Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters with the Danish Court Administration and Romanian Public Prosecutors Office (2014-2015)

Grant agreements awarded by DG Justice to consortia led by

- the CNUE to evaluate the training of European notaries in EU judicial co-operation in civil matters (2013-2014 – application for continuation pending)

- the Italian national association of notaries to evaluate project output (training and research) in the field of judicial co-operation in civil matters (2014-2015)

- JCI to train trainers on EU legal terminology and judicial cooperation instruments (2015 – 2016)

Two Service Contracts with DG Justice to prepare studies and recommenda-tions on judicial training in EU law for private practicing lawyers and non-judge court staff in the EU Member States (2013-2014)

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Examples of small contracts

Luxembourg:

- Ministry of Justice: Initial training of future judges and prosecutors (1 week module on

EU law and CJEU procedures)

- INAP: 2-day training courses on EU law

- Ministry of Public Administration and Reform: Compliance review of draft environmental

legislation

European Investment Bank (EIB): Initial training of newly recruited staff (pilot

project with (so far) seven 1-day seminars on the EU and the EIB’s role therein)

Bulgaria: Partner in ESF projects led by the Bulgarian judicial academy: Training

of judges, public prosecutors, court staff and officials from the ministries of justice

in EU law as well as administration and quality of justice (both on location and

through attendance at EIPA ECJL’s open enrolment activities)

Slovakia – Pilot project with AINova: Joint open enrolment workshops related to

the EU Presidency preparation

South Korea Supreme Court: Organisation of study visits for judges to courts in

European countries

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Partners

National judicial training institutions (incl. for non-judges

such as court clerks)

National court and prosecutor authorities (judicial councils, supreme

courts, chief prosecutor offices, etc.)

Ministries of Justice

Ministries, authorities and schools for public administration

European Commission, Council of Ministers, European Parliament and

EU agencies

National associations of lawyers and notaries

Universities

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European Centre for Judges and Lawyers Other important partners/clients and BD initiatives

Europe

- Ministries of foreign and European affairs

- Various consultancy and training firms (e.g. IRZ, Icon Institute, IBF,

FIIAPP, Sofreco)

- Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

- Council of the Notaries of the European Union (CNUE)

International

- Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA)

- The Supreme Court of South Korea

- International Organisation for Judicial Training

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Objectives

Identify roles and responsibilities within

the administration of justice

Identify the skills and the tools needed to

execute leadership and managerial

functions

Discuss good practices how to combine

judicial responsibilities with leadership

and management

Development of leadership and management capacity in the judiciary

and

Improving team efficiency

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It would be appreciated if you would participate in all phases of the seminar by:

- Contributing as much as you can

- Inviting questions and comments

- Give and take constructive feedback

- Challenge IDEAS, not people

- Keeping the discussion focused

- Appropriate confidentiality

- Respect time

Participation

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Mutual Introduction

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Main education

Place of work and

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Managerial tasks

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Domestic Arrangements

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Peter Goldschmidt (DK)

Director, EIPA Luxembourg

Consult our EIPA website:

http://www.eipa.eu

Contact Address

Tel. +352 426 230 1

Fax +352 426 237

email p.goldschmidt@eipa.eu