CAF and Justice: Quality Development in the field of Justice

Seminar organised by the EIPA CAF Resource Centre (CAF RC) in cooperation with the antenna of EIPA in Luxembourg

The entire public sector is in need of reform and modernisation, which can also be seen from the use of new jargon such as “citizen and user orientation”, “efficiency and effectiveness”, “transparency”, “quality care”, “benchmarking”, “result orientation” and “accountability”. The judiciary as well as judicial authorities also need to update their management and policies.
The key question in this respect is: How can the basic requirements of a legal system, such as equal justice and the independence and autonomy of the courts in administering justice, be combined with effectiveness, efficiency and quality? Can quality models such as the EFQM and CAF be used in this context or does the specific nature of justice demand a special approach? At the seminar, management reforms in the field of justice in Europe will be presented by practitioners and academics and addressed in more depth in workshops.

Objective of the seminar:
The objective of this seminar is two-fold: Firstly, to explore reforms in the management of justice and the possibility to introduce quality management principles and tools such as CAF. Secondly, to inspire the participants with concrete initiatives to be considered implemented in their courts/judiciary authorities and to inform them of the support they can get from EIPA’s CAF Resource Centre.

Profile of the participants:
Presidents of courts and judges, registrars and administrators at EU and national Courts, chief prosecutors, officials at Ministries of Justice and law makers/legislators dealing with the organisation and functioning of courts. The seminar may also be of interest to private practicing lawyers with interest in the functioning and reform of court systems.

The Methodology used is a mixture of presentations of national approaches, specific case studies, workshops and plenary sessions.