About the project
The Academy of European Law implemented a project in cooperation with, and on behalf of, the European Commission for the development of training modules in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters (Framework Contract JUST/2010/JCIV/PR/0016/A4). For this project, ERA has been able to secure the partnership of the national judicial training actors from Austria (Federal Ministry for Justice), Finland (Ministry of Justice), Germany (Federal Ministry of Justice), Latvia (Latvian Judicial Training Centre), Poland (National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution), Romania (Superior Council of the Magistracy) and Slovenia (Judicial Training Centre of the Ministry of Justice). The Judicial Academy of the Czech Republic has joined ERA as a ‘supporting institution’.
The training modules include:
Materials for trainers: Guide to the training module, containing
- information and advice on how to organise a workshop implementing the training module
- related EU legislation and jurisprudence
- related international Conventions
- other related materials (reports, information notes, etc.)
- a general bibliography
- a national section with information on member states’ related legislation and jurisprudence (only for training modules 1 and 2)
- practical exercises (case studies) with their suggested solutions to be used in implementing workshops
- examples of PowerPoint presentations
Materials for legal professionals: an E-learning course, containing
- an introduction to the subject matter of the training module
- related EU legislation and jurisprudence
- related international Conventions
- other related materials (reports, information notes, etc.)
- links to further online sources
- a general bibliography
- an online tool with information on member states’ related legislation and jurisprudence (only for training modules 1 and 2)
The first two modules cover the area of European Family Law and more specifically deal with:
- ‘Cross-border divorce and maintenance: jurisdiction and applicable law’ (training module available in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian)
- ‘Parental responsibility in a cross-border context, including child abduction’ (training module available in English, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish and French)
A new training module was developed on the European Small Claims Procedure (training module available in English, French and German)