Seminar for the attention of the Jordanian pilot courts

Organised by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), Council of Europe

Court activity management and the functioning of courts

Place:

Al Qasr Metropole Hotel – 3 Arroub Street

Shmeisani Amman, Jordan

Date:

Saturday 6 December 2014

Programme and List of participants

December 2, 2014

programme

9:45       Registration

10:00     Opening of the seminar

                       H.E. Judge Ahmad Al Jamaliah, Secretary General, Ministry of Justice

                       Mr Audun Berg

10:10     The scoreboard: an analysis and activity management tool

                       Scoreboards as part of a bigger court management picture, Mr Bernt Bahr and Mr Audun Hognes Berg

                       The example of a scoreboard in civil and criminal cases, as it exists and is used in Nedre Romerike District Court, Norway: Mr Bernt Bahr

                       Questions and answers

11:00     Coffee break

11:15     Data collection and court management - the example of Slovenia

                       Mr Jaša Vrabec

12:00     Discussion

12:30     Lunch break

14:00     The three Jordanian Pilot Courts

                  Judge Mr Muhammad Al Ghurier, Amman First Instance Court

                  Judge Ms Rana Arna'ot, Madaba First Instance Court

                  Judge Mr Jaber Al Shdiefat, Sahab Magistrates’ Court

14:25     MIZAN as a measuring tool

                       Ms Fatina Abwini, Ministry of Justice

14:45     Discussion: how to improve the use of MIZAN as a court and case management tool?

15:20     Concluding remarks

15:30     End of the seminar

Provisional list of participants

PILOT COURTS

Amman First Instance Court

- Judge Muhammad Al Ghurier, Head of the court

- Fayez Shajrawi, Judge

- Muhammad Khasawneh, Court manager

- Muhammad Abu Salim, Head of staff

Madaba First Instance Court

- Judge Khaled Al-Nsour, Head of the court

- Rana Arna'ot, Judge

- Ahmad Masandeh, chief of staff

- Musallam Abdullah, IT engineer

Sahab Magistrates’ Court

- Judge Jaber Al Shdiefat, Head of Court

- Ziad Muhareb, Judge

- Abdulrahman Nusairat, Judge

- Bilal Qudah, Head of staff

- Hind Duraidi, technical support department

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

- H.E. Ahmad Al-Jamaliah, Secretary General

- Judge Hiba Al-Bitar, Head of Policies & Institutional Development Unit

- Fatina Abwini (MIZAN)

- Mohammad Allahham (IT department)

- Malak Hassoun

- Basama Diab

- Osama Alkhawaldeh (Quality Management Department)

JORDANIAN JUDICIAL COUNCIL

- Sawsan Mua'th

JORDANIAN JUDICIAL INSTITUTE

- Tha'er Alodwan, judge

EXPERTS TRAINERS

Bernt Bahr,

Chief Judge at Nedre Romerike District Court, Norway

Jaša Vrabec,

Head of the Office for Court Management Development, Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia,

CEPEJ National Correspondent in respect of Slovenia

CEPEJ EXPERTS

Audun Hognes Berg

Head of International Secretariat at the Norwegian Courts Administration, Norway

Member of the Bureau of the CEPEJ

SECRETARIAT

Muriel Iseli, project manager, CEPEJ, Strasbourg

Ala K. Asali, consultant

Susan A. Yassin, consultant

INTERPRETERS

Lina Dokhgan

Serene Huleileh