The management of the National Institute of Justice – Ramona Strugariu, Director, and Ghennadi Epure, Deputy Director – participated in the Conference of Directors of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), held in Bordeaux, France.
The management of the National Institute of Justice – Ramona Strugariu, Director, and Ghennadi Epure, Deputy Director – participated in the Conference of Directors of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN), held in Bordeaux, France.
The festive ceremony, which began with the performance of the National Anthem of the Republic of Moldova, brought together representatives of justice sector authorities, candidates for the positions of judge and prosecutor, trainers, and NIJ staff members.
Two-day meeting, held under the framework of the European Union’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative with the support of UNICRI.
The National Institute of Justice hosted the Evaluation meeting of the Mentoring programme for legal professionals, implemented within the regional project “Women’s Access to Justice – Implementing Council of Europe Standards on Gender Equality and Combating Violence against Women”, part of the Partnership for Good Governance III.
The Director of the National Institute of Justice, Ramona Strugariu, participated as a special guest at the conference “Women Transforming Justice – dialogues on courage, safety, and solidarity,” held on November 7, 2025.
Between 6-7 November 2025, Bucharest hosted the Fourth Edition of the Euro-Atlantic Resilience Forum, organized in a duplex/hybrid format with simultaneous connections to several cities around the world. The event promoted an international dialogue on resilience across critical sectors for NATO and European Union member states.
The National Institute of Justice, which plays an essential role in the architecture of the justice system of the Republic of Moldova, frequently opens its doors to pupils and students eager to explore the learning environment and the values that define professional training in the legal field. Thus, on November 4, 2025, the Institute was visited by students of the Faculty of Law of Moldova State University, members of the Law Students’ Association.
Magistrates from the Court of Appeal of Versailles and representatives of the French Ministry of Justice held an exchange of experience with Moldovan judges and prosecutors during a workshop organized on Friday, November 7, 2025, at the National Institute of Justice. The event was organized in partnership with the Embassy of France in the Republic of Moldova and the French Ministry of Justice. The delegation was accompanied by Simona Pavel, the French Liaison Magistrate for the Republic of Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria.
The National Institute of Justice, in partnership with the Council of Europe, launched on Tuesday, 4 November 2025, the new online course under the HELP Programme entitled “Alternatives to Immigration Detention”. The event marked the beginning of the training for 86 legal professionals, including judges, prosecutors, judicial assistants, court clerks, prosecutors’ consultants, lawyers providing state-guaranteed legal aid, and officers of the General Inspectorate for Migration.
Several trainers from the National Institute of Justice participated, on 23-24 October 2025, in an online training course designed for potential certified tutors of the Council of Europe’s European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP).
On the afternoon of Thursday, October 23, 2025, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, Ramona Strugariu, welcomed the new Council of Europe Project Manager for “Support to justice reform in the Republic of Moldova”, Monica Martinez. The visit – the first of its kind to the Institute – aimed to establish professional relations and discuss prospects for future cooperation.
Between 21-24 October 2025, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), organized the Autumn School on Competition Law and Anti-Corruption. The event, held with the financial support of the European Union, is part of the project “Support to the Ministry of Justice and to Justice Sector Reforms in the Republic of Moldova” and contributes to the implementation of the Strategy for Ensuring the Independence and Integrity of the Justice Sector 2022-2025.
