Consultations with participation of CEPEJ international and national experts on the draft court coaching reports

11:00 – 12:30

-          General issues;

-          Draft court coaching reports for the first instance pilot courts.

14:30 – 16:00

-          Draft court coaching reports for the appellate pilot courts.

16:00 – 16:30

-          Conclusions.

Participants

1. Mr Rado Brezovar, Adviser to the President of the Supreme Court (Slovenia);

2.    Mr Roland Eshuis, Senior Researcher at the Dutch Ministry of Justice Research Department (the Netherlands);

3.    Mr Philippe Thelin, Judge at the Administrative Chamber of the Court of Justice of Geneva (Switzerland);

4. Mr Marko Aavik, Deputy Secretary General the Judicial Administration at the Ministry of Justice (Estonia);
5. Mr Jabir Aliyev, national expert;
6. Ms Ellada Abbasova, national expert;
7. Mr Leonid Antohi, Project Coordinator;
8. Ms Aynur Quliyeva, Senior Project Officer;
9. Ms Nargiz Abdullayeva, Project Assistant

Meeting of the Project’s Steering Committee

09:30 – 10:00

Registration of participants and welcoming coffee.

10:00 – 10:30

Welcoming remarks

-          Ms Dragana Filipovic, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Azerbaijan (tbc)

-          Mr Jeroen Willems, Head of the Operations Section, European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan (tbc)

-          Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (tbc)

-          Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan (tbc)

-          Judicial-Legal Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan (tbc)

-          Justice Academy of the Republic of Azerbaijan (tbc)

10:30 – 11:00

Project’s main achievements and encountered challenges

-          Mr Leonid Antohi, Project Coordinator

-          Ms Aynur Quliyeva, Senior Project Officer

-          CEPEJ experts

11:00 – 11:30

Comments by national partners

-          Mr Aladdin Jafarov, Chairman of the Baku city Yasamal District Court (tbc)

-          Ms Saadet Bektashi, Chairwoman of the Sumgayit Court of Appeal (tbc)

-          Mr Mubariz Akbarov, Chairman of the Sheki Court of Appeal (tbc)

-          Mr Rafael Shirinov, Chairman of the Oghuz District Court (tbc)

-          Mr Chingiz Bashirov, Chairman of the Sumgayit Administrative-Economic Court (tbc)

-          Other representatives of the national partner institutions (tbc)

11:30 – 12:00

Discussion and endorsement of the Project’s Work Plan for 2016.

Conclusions and closing of the Steering Committee’s meeting.

Roundtable to present the draft court coaching reports for the Sumgayit Court of Appeal and Sheki Court of Appeal

14:00  - 15:00

Presentation and discussion of the draft court coaching report for the Sumgayit Court of Appeal

-          CEPEJ experts

-          Comments by representatives of the pilot courts

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30

Presentation and discussion of the draft court coaching report for the Sheki Court of Appeal

-          CEPEJ experts

-          Comments by representatives of the pilot courts

16:30 – 17:00

Endorsement of the draft court coaching reports and of the activities to be implemented by the Sheki Court of Appeal and Sumgayit Court of Appeal in response to the CEPEJ experts’ recommendations.

17:00

Conclusions and closing of the meeting.

Roundtable to present the draft court coaching reports for the Baku city Yasamal District Court, Oghuz District Court and Sumgayit Administrative-Economic Court

09:30 – 10:00

Introductory remarks

-          Mr Leonid Antohi, Project Coordinator

10:00 – 11:00

Presentation and discussion of the draft court coaching report for Baku city Yasamal District Court

-          CEPEJ experts

-          Comments by representatives of the pilot courts

11:30 – 12:30

Presentation and discussion of the draft court coaching reports for Oghuz District Court

-          CEPEJ experts

-          Comments by representatives of the pilot courts

12:30 – 13:30

Presentation and discussion of the draft court coaching reports for Sumgayit Administrative-Economic Court

-          CEPEJ experts

-          Comments by representatives of the pilot courts

15:00 – 16:00

Endorsement of the draft court coaching reports and of the activities to be implemented by the Oghuz District Court, Baku city Yasamal District Court and Sumgayit Administrative-Economic Court in response to the CEPEJ experts’ recommendations.

16:00 – 16:30

Conclusions and closing of the meeting.

Co-ordination meetings with the national partners (MoJ, Justice Academy) (tbc)

Co-ordination meeting with World Bank (tbc)

Co-ordination meeting with the EU Delegation (tbc)