The HELP course "Quality of the judicial act. CEPEJ activity" was launched

The distance training course "The quality of the act of justice. The activity of CEPEJ" was launched in online format on Friday, September 12, 2025. It is piloted by the National Institute of Justice, being developed within the European Program for the training of lawyers in the field of human rights (HELP) and the project "Support for the further modernization of the management of the courts in the Republic of Moldova".

The launch event was opened by Ramona Strugariu, director of the National Institute of Justice, Sorin Popescu, state secretary of the Ministry of Justice and titular member of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), as well as Leonid Antohi, CEPEJ project coordinator from the Council of Europe.

During the launch, Ana-Maria Telbis, director of the HELP Program of the CoE, and Victoria Palanciuc, CEPEJ project officer, presented the training opportunities made available through the HELP platform, the new courses under development, as well as the prospects for leveraging CEPEJ tools in the context of European integration and the proposed solutions for current challenges. Tatiana Ciaglic, head of the e-Training Section at the National Institute of Justice, national tutor of the course, spoke about the CEPEJ tools for the effective management of the justice administration process, also providing practical details on the implementation of the course: the methods of registration on the platform, navigation and the tasks of the participants.

The HELP course "Quality of the act of justice. Activity of the CEPEJ" will be active from September 12 to November 7, 2025 and includes seven modules: introduction to the activities of the CEPEJ, assessment of the quality of the act of justice, litigants and the quality of the act of justice, time management in court, digitization of judicial procedures, artificial intelligence and justice, the importance of the quality of the act of justice in mediation. Participants will also benefit from four online tutoring sessions of practical activities.

Upon completion of the program, the beneficiaries - court presidents and vice-presidents, judges, prosecutors, as well as court and prosecutor's office staff - will receive certificates issued by the National Institute of Justice, attesting to the completion of the 40 hours of training.