EuroMed Justice IV Project
EIPA’s former training centre in Barcelona was the Programme Office for the EuroMed Justice IV Programme (2016-2019) funded by the EU under the European Neighbourhood (South) Instrument. EIPA was the main partner of the project consortium led by FIIAPP.
Objectives
The overall objective of the EuroMed Justice IV project funded by the European Union was to contribute to the development of a Euro-Mediterranean area of effective, efficient and democratic justice system respectful and protective of human rights by the strengthening of the rule of law and continuously progressing towards the alignment to international legal frameworks, principles and standards. This project of regional scope was addressed to the European Neighbourhood South Partner Countries (ENI SPC). Overall, the EuroMed Justice IV project seeked to consolidate and further develop the achievements of EuroMed Justice I, II and III.
South partner countries
The South partner countries were the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Israel, the Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and the Republic of Tunisia. The Syrian Arab Republic’s participation was suspended by decision of the EU.
The EuroMed Justice IV project more particularly addressed issues related to the themes of:
1. Effective independence of justice and access to justice services
2. Regional cooperation on private and criminal law.
The consortium
The project was managed by a consortium led by the Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Publicas – FIIAPP (Spain). The other consortium members were: the Center for International Legal Cooperation – CILC (the Netherlands), the European Institute of Public Administration – EIPA (the Netherlands), and Justice Coopération Internationale – JCI (France).
For more information please visit the website: http://euromed-justice.eu
EuroMed Justice III Project
The EuroMed Justice III project (2011-2015) in particular addressed issues related to the themes of Access to justice and legal aid, Resolution of cross-border family conflicts and Criminal and penitentiary law.
The project activities consisted in carrying out Working Groups and Training sessions and in organising Study visits covering the 3 components of the project. Research Reports, Handbooks and Training Modules have also been produced during the project lifecycle.
The consortium
This project was implemented by a consortium led by the EIPA and composed of FIIAPP (Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas), IRZ (Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit) and SOFRECO (Société Française de Réalisation d´Etudes et de Conseil). EIPA’s former training centre in Barcelona functioned as the Programme Management Unit for the EuroMed Justice III Project.
The beneficiaries
The beneficiaries of this project were the ENPI South countries and territories: the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Israel, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanon, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, the Syrian Arab Republic (formally part of the project even if there was a partial and temporary suspension of the EuroMed Justice III project in terms of Syrian participation), the Republic of Tunisia and Libya, as new ENPI South Beneficiary Country of the Project.
For more information please visit the website: http://euromed-justice.eu
EuroMed Justice II Project
EIPA’s former training centre in Barcelona (formerly called European Centre for the Regions), was the Programme Management Unit for the EuroMed Justice II Project (2008-2011). The beneficiaries of this project were 9 Mediterranean Partners (MP): Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia.
Objectives
The overall objective was to contribute to the development of a Euro-Mediterranean area of cooperation on justice. The modernisation of the judicial system underpinning the principles of judges´ independence and the consolidation of MP, both priority areas to all of them. Another objective of the project was to develop networks.
The project was structured around three different components:
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Access to justice and legal aid: to remove obstacles to access to justice and legal aid, and to the due enforcement of delivered ruling.
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Resolution of cross-border family conflicts: their significance, their number and impact on the less protected groups.
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Transposition of international conventions on criminal and prison law.
For more information please visit the website: http://euromed-justiceII.eu
EuroMed Justice I Project
In December 2004 a contract was signed with the EuropeAid Cooperation Office of the European Commission (EC) according to which the European Centre for the Regions (ECR), EIPA’s former training centre in Barcelona, was the Programme Management Unit of the ‘EuroMed Justice Programme’. This training programme lasted 3 years, between January 2005 and December 2007.
The EuroMed Justice Programme was entirely funded by the EC MEDA Programme and fell under Chapter 1 of the Barcelona Declaration: the Political and Security chapter. Its aim was to set up an inter-professional community of Judges, Magistrates, Public Prosecutors, Lawyers and Court Registrars at the service of an open and modern justice reinforcing the rule of law and the effective pursuing of human rights.
The MEDA countries
All the MEDA countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) participated in the seminars with a delegation comprised of 2 legal professionals, generally magistrates and/or public prosecutors.
Topics
- Initiation to and training in cooperation and international judicial mutual assistance in criminal matters.
- Terrorism and interconnection of criminal networks.
- International dimension of financial procedures; financial and economic criminality, in particular money laundering.
- Initiation to and training in cooperation and international judicial mutual assistance in civil matters.
- Management and administration of justice: management of procedures; computerisation.
- Justice and Commercial affairs.
