Macedonia: closed
Project description
This project brought together Dutch and Macedonian experts in the field of legal cooperation, administration of justice, case-law and legal informatics. The project succeeded in strengthening the role and the use of jurisprudence in the Macedonian legal system, and in this way it made a substantial contribution to improving the efficiency and professionalism in the Macedonian justice sector. The adopted inclusive implementation strategy with a strong emphasis on small-scale working meetings, discussion seminars and conferences has proved effective. The project team is proud to have made a significant contribution to raising the awareness among Macedonian judges, justices, lawyers and legal trainers about the role of jurisprudence in a modern and developed legal system. As a result, decision makers in the Macedonian justice sector now champion the belief that the Macedonian judiciary should continue paying due attention to jurisprudence as a highly relevant (be it informal) source of law.
The positive appreciation in the Macedonian justice sector of this project, its activities and achievements benefited the Dutch-Macedonian bilateral political and social relations.
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Lino Brosius
Project Manager
Anna Demoed
Project Officer
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