EU for Serbia – Support to the
Supreme Court of Cassation
September 2018 - Ongoing
About the project
Key project beneficiaries are:
EU for Serbia - Support to the Supreme Court of Cassation was an EU funded project. The aim of the project is to contribute to the advancement of Serbia's judicial system and rule of law in line with the EU accession requirements. The Project shall enhance the capacities of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the courts, with reference to backlog reduction and prevention, introduction of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with focus on mediation and streamlining of the case-law harmonisation. The project implementation started in September 2018 and ended in February 2021 (2.5 years), with overall budget of 2.3 million EUR.
It builds upon very successful EU initiative implemented through the Judicial Efficiency Project (JEP) which ended on 31 July 2018.
The project is implemented by a consortium led by the British Council.
Solutions
Key problems that were addressed during project implementation included:
Case backlog reduction
Improvement of ADR
legal framework
Further development of ADR long term education
Harmonisation of jurisprudence, including upgrading of case-law database
Achievements
The project activities were designed to improve the overall efficiency of the judiciary, quality of work, access to justice and transparency of the judicial system in the Republic of Serbia. Some of the most important expected project achievements are: