- Objectives
- Activities
- Events
The twelve face-to-face training seminars contemplated in this series (40 participants per seminar x 12 seminars = 480 participants), to be implemented in various EU cities over the period 2024-2027, will be complemented by six video podcasts, 25-30 mins each, related to the core topics, which can also be used as stand-alone product. Moreover, twelve audio podcasts of max 10-20 mins each will be produced and made available for a wider audience. In MP3 format, audio podcasts can be enjoyed on-the-go on portable devices (mobile learning or m-learning).
Each seminar will illustrate specific contexts (rather than general contexts) identified as:
- Videoconferencing (how to use it, do’s and don’ts, how to deal with vulnerable victims)
- Artificial intelligence (facial recognition, deep fakes, Chat GPT, procedural safeguards)
- The e-Evidence Digital Exchange System (how does it work in practice, case studies)
- Tools and information available on the website of the EJN in criminal matters (demos)
- Criminals’ new modus operandi (impact of Covid on criminal activities)
Digital tech as tool to commit crimes
Online investigation methods: cyber patrolling, cyber investigations
Effective use of Internet open source intelligence, data protection issue and defence rights
Digital forensics
Tackling the illegal trade on the darkweb
The seminars will be held, face to face, hosted by the following partners:
- Portugal (Centre for Judicial Studies, CEJ-PT) hosting the seminar in Lisbon
324DT53, Lisbon, 26-27 September 2024 - Romania (National Institute of Magistracy, NIM) hosting the seminar in Bucharest
325DT05, Bucharest, 20-21 February 2025 - Poland (National School of Judiciary and National Prosecution) hosting the seminar in Cracow
325DT06, Cracow, 8-9 May 2025 - Czech Republic (The Czech Bar Association) hosting the seminar in Prague
325DT07, Prague, 12-13 June 2025 - Greece (The Hellenic Judicial School) hosting the seminar in Thessaloniki
325DT08, Thessaloniki, 09-10 October 2025 - Spain (Barcelona Bar Association, ICAB) hosting the seminar in Barcelona
326DT01, Barcelona, February 2026 - Estonia (Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Estonia) hosting the seminar in Tallinn
326DT02, Tallinn, May 2026 - Croatia (The Croatian Judicial Academy) hosting the seminar in Zagreb
326DT03, Zagreb, June 2026 - Hungary (Hungarian Judicial Academy) hosting the seminar in Budapest
326DT04, Budapest, Oct 2026 - Spain (Centre of judicial Studies) hosting the seminar in Madrid
327DT01, Madrid, February 2027 - Bulgaria (National Institute of Judiciary, NIJ) hosting the seminar in Sofia
327DT02, Sofia, April 2027 - Ireland (The Bar of Ireland) hosting the seminar in Dublin
327DT03, Dublin, June 2027
Participants
The cross-professional approach is a key feature of the series. Judges, prosecutors, court staff and lawyers in private practice will be brought together in the same training (40 participants per seminar x 12 seminars = 480 in total). The “train together” experienced can only be an added value to all legal practitioners. By targeting judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice, the Project aims at promoting training sessions where mutual understanding, networking and confrontation can only be beneficial to all professions administering criminal justice.
Conditions of Participation
Registration Fee
€135 including documentation, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner.
Travel and Accommodation Expenses
Participants will receive a fixed contribution towards their travel expenses and are asked to book their own travel. The condition for payment of this contribution is to sign all attendance sheets at the event. No supporting documents are needed. The amount of the contribution will be determined by the EU unit cost calculation guidelines, which are based on the distance from the participant’s place of work to the seminar location and will not take account of the participant’s actual travel costs.
Participation
Judges, prosecutors, court staff, lawyers of private practice are eligible for participation residing and working in countries participating in the Justice Programme: all member states of the European Union, except Denmark, and from the acceding countries Albania and Kosovo*.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
