Integrated Court case management Albania Integrerad domstolsärendehantering Albanien Stöd för att utveckla ett integrerat ärendehanteringssystem för det albanska rättsväsendet som en direkt finansiering till Albaniens höga rättsliga råd som genomförandepartner. Support to develop an integrated case management system for the Albanian Judiciary through a direct funding to the High Judicial Council  of Albania as the implementing partner. The goal of this proposed intervention is to ensure that all people who seek justice in the courts will be given so with transparency, efficiency, less costs and
easily accessible. This goal is embedded in the HJC mission as cooperation partner  to build, lead, and govern a highperforming judicial system that
demands excellence and deserves the public trust, as defined in the legal framework in force as well as the HJC Strategic Plan. Therefore, the main objective of this has been stated as "Strengthen the rule of law through improving the information and technology instruments that guarantee, efficiency and quality of service delivery in order to increase public confidence in the justice system". This will be achieved through the development of a new Integrated  Case  Management and Information System that aims to reach to following specific objectives:

- Increase the efficiency of the courts

Digitization, replacement of manual and double data entry, standardization and simplification of courts procedures, opportunity to exchange data with other
systems serving to the needs of the Judiciary (in particular the Human Resources Management System and the systems dealing with finance) will decrease workload as well as financial and human resources needed. All functionalities of new integrated CMIS lead towards reduction of the duration of court proceedings and accurate and realtime data to manage the judiciary, by boosting court efficiency internally but also in relation to the public.

-Increase the quality of judicial work, its results and of data produced

A new CMIS will provide usable and flexible tools for: a) the drafting and the publication of judicial decisions in digital manner b) for a proper management of
the courts caseload and of their calendars by providing alerts on deadlines and informing the users about tasks or events in need of attention, as well as c)
information on courts performance and judicial caseload trends, through the indepth analysis of CMIS data processed. By reducing the workload of court staff and automatisation of work processes, automatically we have created opportunities to increase the quality of their work and at the same time to
increase the quality of services provided to citizens.

-Increase the transparency, accountability and inclusiveness

Electronic access and provision of electronic services to society, through enable the electronic filing of data and documents by external users, will increase the access of interest groups and citizens to the Albanian judicial system. Additionally, a new CMIS will offer the opportunity for different users to access
judicial decisions via a onestopshop solution (e.g., ejustice portal) without having the need to follow the current procedure through request for information.
By offering digital services though onestop approach will increase openness and transparency of the court. At the same time, it will offer the public and
interest groups (media representatives, civil society actors, business communities, etc.) the necessary tools to better exercise their rights of inclusiveness and to keep institutions accountable.  Establishment of a centralized, unified and integrated a new CMIS, which will replace the existing systems currently used in the Albanian judiciary, both suffering from numerous shortcoming as well as lack of functionalities required for further digitalization of manual paperbased processes, would significantly improve the efficiency of the courts, create better working conditions in line with current technological  developments, increasing efficiency, transparency and accountability in the judicial system, as well as fulfilling legal obligations.