EuRoQuod

The project „Practical exercises in implementing judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters“ (JUST/2013/JCUV/AG/4634) is a project supported by the European Commission (the Specific Programme Civil Justice of the European Union) that is taking place between 1 February 2014 and 31 January 2016 and is coordinated by the Romanian Superior Council of Magistracy.

The Partnership brings together 7 national judicial training institutions (the School for the Judiciary from Italy, the National Institute for the Magistracy from Romania and the National School of Clerks, the Institute for Judicial Training (IFG-IGO) from Belgium, the National Institute of Justice from Bulgaria, the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution from Poland, the Judicial School of the General Council for the Judiciary in Spain) and also one institution involved in continuing education at European level (ERA).

The general objective of the project is the improvement of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters. It is designed to give support to Member States’ judicial training institutions in their endeavour to provide a training framework where members of the national judicial cooperation networks and other judges can strengthen their professional cooperation in two specific fields: matrimonial matters and insolvency matters.

The project entails the use of six task-oriented training group meetings which allow us to bring together different national experiences in a format that includes workshops on how to approach cases with EU law elements in these two fields.

The core of the training events consists of 3-day workshops (4 seminars in the field of judicial cooperation in matrimonial matters and 2 seminars in the field of insolvency), supported by lectures and linguistic training sessions. The practical exercises include a workshop on preliminary references and also focus on acquiring and developing the abilities needed for the use of on-line resources. The linguistic training module concentrates on the meaning and use of the most frequently used terms in the interaction between courts from different Member States.
Two online theme files (matrimonial issues and insolvency) were developed in the framework of the project, and uploaded on the EuRoQuod website, in Romanian, with a short description in English. Their central feature is a step-by-step guide for the management of a case in the two fields, and is supported by national and European legislation of relevance, EU case law in these fields, the training materials used in the seminars and references to other relevant materials.
The final conference (with 80 European participants) on the dissemination of the two files will be transmitted live to the benefit of all partners and the recording will be made available on the SCM and NIM websites and also to other partners at their request.