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The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) was established by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in to improve the quality and efficiency of the European judicial systems and strengthen the court users’ confidence in such systems. The CEPEJ develops practical measures and tools to improve the efficiency and quality of the public service of justice for the benefit of its users aimed at policy makers and judicial practitioners. It also works to optimise judicial time management and to promote the quality of the public service of justice, as well as the implementation of European standards in the field of justice.
The CEPEJ is thus responsible for:
a. developing tools for measuring and analysing the functioning of justice and ensuring that public policies of justice are geared towards greater efficiency and quality,
b. obtaining an in-depth knowledge of the timeframes of proceedings for reaching optimum and foreseeable judicial time,
c. promoting quality of judicial systems and courts,
d. developing targeted co-operation at the request of a member or partner State and promoting among the stakeholders in the member or partner States the implementation of the measures and the use of the tools designed by the CEPEJ,
e. analysing and developing relevant tools on emerging issues such as the use of cyberjustice and artificial intelligence in judicial systems as regards the efficiency and quality of judicial systems,
f. strengthening relations with users of the justice system, as well as national and international bodies.
As well as, implementing co-operation programmes (including Joint programmes with the European Union) for promoting the concrete implementation of the CEPEJ methodology and tools by justice decision-makers and in courts, as an integral part of the CEPEJ’s own activities.
Mainly with the financial support of the European Union, the CEPEJ is increasingly engaged in supporting member states and other beneficiaries in their reforms to strengthen the efficiency and quality of their justice systems. At the moment, the CEPEJ is currently implementing EU/CoE joint cooperation programmes in EU Member States (Bulgria, Latvia, Malta), in the Western Balkans (Albania, Kosovo and reginal project), in Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaidjan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and regional project) and with Southern Mediterranean countries (Morocco). More programmes are expected to start in 2024 and the current contract may be used to assist the implementation of the latter too.
As a consequence, the activities to be implemented under the intergovernmental activities as well as cooperation programmes are primarily focused on judicial statistics, judicial time management, quality, court management, cyberjustice, alternative dispute resolution especially mediation, enforcement, etc.