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Effectiveness and judicial training can be tackled in two different ways.
First, institutions in charge of training judges around the world are also exposed to the consequences of the economic and financial crisis. The following topics, amongst others, will be addressed : In such a context of budget constraints, how can the efficiency and quality of judicial training be guaranteed ? Financing judicial training: what resources (public, private funds, etc.) ? Instruments to streamline judicial training programs (logistical and instructional organization, human resources, pilot sites, etc.) ; How should management be included in judicial training ? ; Judicial training evaluation and impact studies: which indicators ? (performance indicators, "Result-based evaluation in judicial programs", opinion surveys); Are regional programs a response to constraint (pooling of material and human resources, etc.) ?
Second, and bearing in mind that judicial training should participate in providing an effective judicial system, one must acknowledge that certain events such as terrorist attacks, collective accidents, industrial and environmental disasters... etc put judges in exceptional situations, sometimes during the investigation when carried out by investigating judges and always during court hearings. How can judges be prepared to fulfil their mission in this context? The following topics, amongst others, will be addressed: instructional design: is crisis management training possible (problems simulating a crisis and reproducing it in training sessions)? Judicial communication and Media training: aims and methods; Should judges be trained to manage their stress and should they be provided with psychological support (training and/or medical follow-up)? Preparing judges to hold exceptional trials ("mega-trials")... etc.
Tuesday 1st November
Plenary 02: Training, justice and effectiveness
How can justice and effectiveness be matched? Using which indicators? What does that imply?
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Roundtable 07: Effectiveness of judicial training: what teaching methods and resources should be used?
Are there any teaching methods which are more suited to judicial training? Examples of innovative methods and resources…
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Roundtable 08: Judicial training and specialization of judges
Should judges be specialised and, if so, how should their training be adapted accordingly? What are the new judicial challenges worldwide (civil litigation and criminal cases in the economic and financial fields, in the field of organised crime, terrorism, public health & the environment …)?
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Roundtable 09: Effectiveness of judicial training: networks and partnerships
How can the efficiency of training be heightened by pooling resources? The role of networks of Training Schools, of trainers and regional partnerships etc.
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Wednesday 2 November
Judicial training and effectiveness
Roundtable 10: Responding to new needs in the field of judicial training
Besides fundamental issues, efficient judicial training should follow trends of the modern world.
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Roundtable 11: Effectiveness of judicial training: what assessment tools should be used?
How can the effectiveness of judicial training be measured, not only in terms of one-off training initiatives but also training given by training organisations (micro and macro analysis)? Are there any objective criteria which enable the “quality” of judicial training to be measured? What tools are effectively implemented by stakeholders? Is it possible to outsource assessment?
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Roundtable 12: Training judges to deal with exceptional circumstances
Besides fundamental issues, judicial training should allow judges and future judges to handle exceptional circumstances.
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