European Day of Civil Justice

Ljubljana, Hotel LEV, 25 October 2010

Seminar on European cooperation in civil matters

and

Award ceremony of the Crystal Scales of Justice

8.30 - 9.00      Registration of participants

9.00 - 9.15      Welcome address by Mr. Rok Janez Šteblaj, Head of International Cooperation Division, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia

9.15 - 9.45      Presentation of the plans of the European commission to further develop

European judicial training

Ms Emmanuelle Cretin-Magand, Policy Officer, Directorate General Justice, European Commission 

9.45 - 10.15    Action Plan on Implementation of the Stockholm Programme

                        Ms Ümit Oral, Belgian Ministry of Justice, Presidency to the EU Council

10.15 - 10.30  Coffee break

10.30 - 11.30 Brussels IIa Regulation;

Rome III Regulation

Dr Špelca Mežnar, International School for Social and Business Studies and The   Čeferin Law Firm

11.30 - 12.30 Maintenance Regulation;

Hague Convention on Maintenance 2007

                        Ms Salla Saastamoinen, Directorate General Justice, European Commission

12.30 - 13.45  Lunch break

13.45 - 15.30 The Future of E-mediaton

Moderator: Mrs Bojana Jovin Hrastnik, district court judge, attached to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia

Keynote speaker: Ms Salla Saastamoinen, Directorate General Justice, European Commission

Project Risolvi Online (IT) by Ms Roberta Regazzoni, Chamber of Arbitration of Milan, Chamber of Commerce of Milan

Project Small Claims Mediation Service (UK) by Mr Simon Madden, Head of Civil Justice Transformation and Dispute Resolution Policy, Civil, Family and Legal Aid Policy Directorate, Ministry of Justice of the UK

Debate: Ms Roberta Regazzoni, Mr Simon Madden and Ms Nina Betetto, Supreme Court Judge in Slovenia.

15.30 - 16.00  Coffee break

16.00               Award ceremony of the Crystal Scales of Justice

FURTHER INFORMATION

Registration:No fee, obligatory registration to the e-mail [email protected] (please use registration form attached); deadline: 19 October 2010.

Location:Both events will take place in the HOTEL LEV d.d., Vošnjakova ulica 1,

1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija. Room Karantanija.

http://www.hotel-lev.si/en/, e-mail: [email protected],

 Phone: + 386 1 433 21 55, Fax: + 386 1 434 33 50

Proposed accomodation: Hotel Lev: http://www.hotel-lev.si/en/

Interpretation:Slovenian/English/French

Accompanying programme:  guided tour of Ljubljana (at no extra costs)

Sunday, 24 October 2010 at 18h00; meeting point: in front of the entrance of the Hotel Lev.

Contact persons at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia:

Ms Helena JAKLITSCH (logistics), e-mail: [email protected], mobile: 00 386 51 390 386

Ms Ana KERIN (seminar), e-mail: [email protected], phone: 00 386 1 369 5772

Ms Maja VELIC, e-mail: [email protected],  phone: 00 386 1 369 5773

Tourist information:

about Ljubljana: http://www.visitljubljana.si/

about Slovenia: http://www.slovenia.info/