43rd Plenary meeting
of the EJN
Reporting of EJN activities
2008-2014
19-21 November 2014
Rome
Before the EJN Decision
EJN Work Programme (2003-2008)
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Meetings
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Website (main projects)
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2 Plenaries (in MSs)
1 Brussels meeting (organised by Council GS, no budgetary impact for EJN)
1 National Correspondents meeting (until 2005 in the MS)
1 Informal Working Group meeting
Atlas (MLA/ EAW)
Compendium
CP’s List
Fiches Belges
Representation/ other costs
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Awareness
Cooperation with partners
After the EJN Decision
New procedures
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Guidelines (mid 2009)
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EJN Manual (end 2009)
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Manual of operations
Trio Presidencies (2010)
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Guidelines on the EJN structure
Guidelines on the EJN meetings
Role incorporated in the Guidelines on EJN structure
Roles within EJN
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EJN Secretariat
(EJN) Presidencies of the European Union
EJN National Correspondent
EJN Tool Correspondent
After the EJN Decision (2)
Revised Work Programme (2009-onwards)
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New meetings
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Regular meeting (former Brussels held in the Hague, additional budget)
Tools Correspondents meeting
Regional Meetings (2009)
National Meetings (2010)
Trio Presidencies Meetings (2010)
Meetings of EJN Working groups (2009)
Plenary meetings organised by the EJN Secretariat (2014)
Bi-annual report (2009)
Secure telecommunication Network (2009)
Assessment of the EJN by the EU institutions
Training of the EJN Contact Points
After the EJN Decision (3)
Revised Work Programme (2009-onwards)
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New projects for the website
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Revamp of the entire website
Translation of static parts
Mutual recognition instruments in the Atlas/ Compendium
Judicial library – Status of Implementation of the EU instruments
News and events section
Registry
Main projects carried out by the
EJN Secretariat
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Website :
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Project of revamp and new tools
Regular update of the Judicial library (status of implementation) and
sections: news/ events/ partners
Training of TC’s in the Ms
Measures to encourage the Ms’s through the TC’s to update the Website
(CP’s list and Altas)
Migration to the E-justice portal
Organisation of the Language training
Main projects carried out by the
EJN Secretariat (2)
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Grant procedures for the Regional and National meetings
Bi-annual report:
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Awareness of the EJN/ Activities in the MS’s.
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EJN in the Member States
Cooperation with partners
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Preparation of report
Collecting data from MS
EJN today and before (representation in relevant fora regarding judicial
cooperation)
Enhancement of an effective cooperation with other judicial networks/
3rd Countries
Enlargement and candidate/associate Countries
Endeavours and
challenges
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EJN Secretariat’s orientation:
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Ensuring the support to the EJN Contact Points
Improving the work of the EJN as a mechanism of judicial cooperation
Implementing measures within EJN and whereas possible to improve the work of
the practitioners
Challenges:
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Adapting to the Institutional and legislation changes (in Ms and EU)
Constantly redefining priorities and planning due to limited resources
(human/ financial)
Ensuring regular update of all EJN tools (by the Secretariat or MSs)
Accomplishments = Results
Undertaking 2 roles: EJN Secretariat as manager of the Networks and as
an admin service at Eurojust (involving additional tasks and work)
Endeavours and
challenges (2)
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How to measure the work of the EJN and its Secretariat:
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Results achieved
EJN Contact Points reaction
Assessment of the EJN during the last years
Accomplishments
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Commitment of the EJN
Commitment of the EJN Secretariat team
Fulfilment of projects and activities deriving from the EJN Decision
Constant improvement of the Network
New projects carried-out to enhance the work of the EJN CP’s and
practitioners
2014 and upcoming phase
Actions taken and to be followed-up by the Secretariat
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Kick-off of the implementation EJN/E-justice cooperation
Bi-annual report:
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Analysis of EJN CP’s activities
Website statistics
Presentation in the Council Groups
Bi-lateral Meetings with SG Council and Commission
Contributions by the EJN to the EU Institutions
Working on new training possibilities for EJN Contact Points-EJTN
Reply to the recommendations to the EJN coming from the 6th Round
of Mutual Evaluations EJ/EJN
Enhancing cooperation with Eurojust ( Joint paper; EJN Perspective
on the Eurojust National Coordination System)