The online course “Quality of Justice. The work of CEPEJ” was officially launched on Friday, 12 September 2025. The course is piloted by the National Institute of Justice and developed under the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP), within the project “Support to further modernisation of court management in the Republic of Moldova”.
The launch event was opened by Ramona Strugariu, Director of the National Institute of Justice, Sorin Popescu, State Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and member of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ), as well as Leonid Antohi, CEPEJ Project Coordinator at the Council of Europe.
During the event, Ana-Maria Telbis, Head of the HELP Programme of the Council of Europe, and Victoria Palanciuc, CEPEJ Project Officer, presented the training opportunities available through the HELP platform, the new courses under development, and prospects for making better use of CEPEJ tools in the context of European integration, along with solutions to today’s challenges. Tatiana Ciaglic, Head of the E-Learning Section of the National Institute of Justice and national tutor of the course, introduced the CEPEJ tools designed to improve the efficiency of justice delivery and provided practical details on the course, including registration, platform navigation, and participants’ assignments.
The HELP course “Quality of Justice. the work of CEPEJ” will run from 12 September to 7 November 2025 and consists of seven modules: introduction to CEPEJ activities, assessing the quality of justice, litigants and the quality of justice, time management in courts, digitalisation of judicial procedures, artificial intelligence and justice, and the importance of the quality of justice in mediation. In addition, participants will benefit from four online tutoring sessions with practical activities.
Upon completion of the programme, participants – including court presidents and vice-presidents, judges, prosecutors, as well as court and prosecution staff – will receive certificates issued by the National Institute of Justice, confirming the completion of 40 hours of training.