Reconstruction of the Municipal court building in Split and promotion of e-services

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project is designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the judicial system through improvement of physical conditions and availability of &nbsp;the judicial infrastructure, reinforcing the use of e-services within the judiciary and reinforcing the capacity of judges through training at the European Court of Human Rights. Improvements in e-services field will be achieved in cooperation with Norwegian Courts Administration and other Norwegian entities. Judges, court advisers and other court staff at the Municipal Court in Split will benefit from improved working conditions, this will enable them to raise efficiency of their work. Citizens of Split and surrounding areas will benefit from using the reconstructed building, especially people with reduced mobility and disabled persons who will be able to access the Court more easily. Promoter’s staff will benefit from cooperation with Norwegian Courts Administration regarding reinforcing judicial e-services. Through recommendations by Norwegian experts, the Promoter will significantly improve its effectiveness and efficiency in establishing and promoting e-services within the Croatian judiciary. Croatian judges seconded to the ECtHR will improve competences by working on the European level, especially in the field of human rights protection. Most importantly, Croatian citizens and legal entities will benefit from upgraded judicial infrastructure, improved performance of judges and raised awareness on the availability of e-services within the judicial system. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project consists of following components: </span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Reconstruction of the ex-department store for the Municipal court in Split</span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Reinforcing e-services within the judicial system</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">Secondment of judges to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) </span></span></li> </ul>

Bilateral cooperation results

Bilateral cooperation has been achieved in the area of e-Services analysis and providing the recommendations in relation to the practice and services used in Norway. Study visit to Norway was organized in 2021 to exchange Croatian experience with the representatives of the Norwegian state institutions in charge for various e-registers and Norwegian State Administration. Croatian delegation has also met with the representatives of the Legal Tech Department of the Law Faculty in Oslo working on the analysis and recommendations for new -Service for Croatian judiciary.

Project partners

• Norwegian Courts Administration Donor project partner· Norway
• Judicial Academy Project partner· Croatia