EU Support to the Rule of Law Montenegro

Jan 1, 2014 - Jan 1, 2017

Project description

The global objective of the action was to support the reform of rule of law in line with EU standards and best practices. The specific objective of the action was to strengthen the independence, efficiency and accountability of the Judiciary, and the fight against corruption and organised crime.

The main activities of this project consisted of supporting the Ministry of Justice in developing a management and organisational model in line with EU best practices; supporting to upgrade the PRIS electronic system; supporting the MOJ, the Judicial Council and Prosecutorial Council to identify the proper statistical indicators; supporting the Judicial Training Centre; providing advice on programming IPA assistance in the justice and law enforcement sector; Intelligence Led Policing; Capacity building provision on site and in Member States to meet SOCTA standards; Know-how transfer in priority setting and Multi Annual Strategic Planning (MASP) and Operational Annual Plans; Conducting a needs assessment of the IT equipment and SIM equipment, Improving inter-agency co-operation.

Activities:

A full set of activities has been developed in order to achieve each of the results outlined above. These involved working closely with MOJ, Police Directorate, APMLTF and the Public Property Agency in areas including, but not limited to:

• Review of IT requirements and drafting specifications for equipment and managing procurement process, including upgrading of PRIS system
• Improving management and organisational structures in all institutional partners, in particular MOJ
• Training and capacity building in EU best practice in general and in specific technical areas such as Intelligence Led Policing, OTCA/SOTCA, Special Investigative Measures, Anti Money Laundering and seizure of assets
• Providing support to Judicial Training Centre
• Providing advice and support on IPA programming to MOJ and MOI
• The team will plan and undertake these tasks as the project is implemented over 36 months