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Somalia: Somalia Justice Support Programme (SOMJUST) This project aims to enable Somalia criminal justice institutions to deliver effective, efficient, accessible, and accountable justice services to Somali citizens. 1.1) The Judiciary Training Institute (JTI) offers continuous legal educational opportunities to judicial personnel at federal and Federal Member States (FMS) levels. 2.1) Federal and FMS prosecutors adopt an operational framework for the coordinated investigation and prosecution of complex crimes. 2.2) Federal and FMS prosecutors know how to carry out their functions in a coordinated way and in line with national and international standards. 3.1) Organizational and management capacities of the Mogadishu Central Prison (MCP) strengthened. 3.2) MCP staff maintain up-to-date records and share timely information with the relevant criminal justice chain actors including police, prosecutors, and courts. 4.1) The Somali Bar Association (SBA) effectively exercises its oversight function in legal education. 4.2) SBA practicing lawyers know how to represent criminal cases in court. 5.1) Somali criminal justice actors know how to professionally conduct forensic investigations. 6.1) Key policymakers at federal and FMS levels agree on a joint vision for the revised Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). Direct beneficiaries: JTI, federal and FMS' Attorney General’s Offices and Chief Justice Offices, Policy and Legislative Drafting Unit of the Ministry of Justice FGS, Somali Custodial Corps, SBA, Bureau of Forensic Science, National Forensic Institute, judges, prosecutors, court clerks, custodial corps officials, selected investigators. 
Indirect beneficiaries: Entire criminal justice chain in Somalia, including justice seekers.
Tunisia: Constitutional Rights The project aimed to ensure that Tunisian laws and procedures are aligned with the rights and freedoms of all citizens, including marginalized groups, as enshrined in the Tunisian Constitution. 1) To enable judges and lawyers to better identify, present and
monitor constitutional cases to protect the rights and freedoms enshrined in
the 2014 Constitution. 2) To enable CSOs and lawyers to jointly prepare and present
strategic litigation cases for the review or repeal of unconstitutional laws that
violate rights and freedoms, especially those of marginalized groups. Tunisian judges, lawyers and civil society organizations.
Tajikistan: Commercial Mediation: Analysis of Context, Best Practices and Recommendations 1) To assist the Tajik Government, business and civil society stakeholders to support the legislative drafting process. 2) To advance the realization of the draft Law on Mediation. 3) To promote and strengthen the mediation institutions to resolve business disputes. The project aimed to assist the Tajik Government to establish, promote and facilitate the use of commercial mediation on a national scale, with the goal of making the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) a business norm in Tajikistan. Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan, the Supreme Economic Court of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan.
Liberia: Fighting Trafficking in Persons – Phase III This project aims to combat trafficking in persons in all its forms in Liberia. 1) Targeted law enforcement and justice actors know the requirements of the Revised Act to Ban Trafficking in Persons (TIP) (2021). 2) Targeted judicial officers and court staff have knowledge and mechanisms required on judicial ethics and integrity. 3) TIP actors are aware of the priorities and strategies outlined in the National Action Plan. 4) Law enforcement institutions and civil society actors have the capacity to conduct awareness-raising campaigns on TIP. Direct beneficiaries: Judicial Institute, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency, Liberia Immigration Service, Liberia National Police, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ministry of Internal Affairs, National Anti-Trafficking Task Force, National Police Training Academy, and civil society actors.
Indirect beneficiaries: Liberian population at large, particularly victims and groups at risk of trafficking in persons.
Tajikistan: Commercial Law Judicial Training Programme The project aimed to contribute to the longer-term goal of improving investment climate in Tajikistan. 1) To develop the capacity of the Judicial Training Centre (JTC) of Tajikistan. 2) To train the Tajik judicial corps in selected commercial law topics. 3) To undertake an analysis to produce a report on developing a National Database of Commercial Law decisions. Judges dealing with matters of commercial law, the Council of Judges and the Judicial Training Centre.
Kyrgyzstan: Assistance to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in Joining the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (the ‘Singapore Convention on Mediation’) The project aims to assist the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in the process of joining and implementing the Singapore Convention on Mediation. 1) To conduct legislative and institutional analysis of the readiness to implement the Singapore Convention and advise on lessons learned from the experience of other states that joined the Convention. 2) To provide assistance in preparation of necessary legislative and regulatory changes to join the Singapore Convention as defined by the Kyrgyz Law as well as within the process of signing the Convention. 3) To further capacity development of the key players for implementation of the Convention such as judges, mediators, professional lawyers, enforcement officers and business. 4) To implement a targeted awareness-raising campaign and consensus-building concerning the adoption of the Convention. Direct beneficiaries: Ministry of Justice, judges, lawyers, mediators and enforcement officers. 
Indirect beneficiaries: Businesses and investors
Africa Regional: Africa Climate Week (ACW) Side Event: Role of Land Governance in Catalyzing Climate Justice and Peace The project aims to contribute to improving land conflict management by reinforcing efforts to strengthen the rule of law and inclusive governance over land and natural resources. To improve the existing knowledge and tools on how to improve legal frameworks and strengthen formal and informal justice mechanisms to ensure conflict prevention and climate Justice. Direct beneficiaries: Policymakers, practitioners, businesses and civil society. Indirect beneficiaries: Judiciaries and local communities in East African countries.
Liberia: Strengthening the Rule of Law: Justice and Security for the Liberian People 1) To strengthen the capacity of justice actors engaged in the investigation of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on crime scene investigation, trial techniques and psycho-social counselling related to SGBV. 2) To enhance the efficiency, transparency and accountability of the specialized sexual offences courts in the Montserrado and Nimba counties. 3) To ensure that survivors of SGBV and the more vulnerable have an increased understanding of the SGBV referral pathway and preventive mechanisms. The project aimed to strengthen the institutional capacity of the SGBV mechanisms at the national and local levels to respond to incidence of SGBV and ensure access to justice for survivors of SGBV. SGBV victims and survivors; justice sector actors, such as police, prosecutors, case liaison officers, victim support officers, public defenders and court staff from both the Nimba and Montserrado Sexual Offence Courts; clerks, bailiffs and recorders from Nimba, Lofa and Bong Counties; Women’s and Children’s Protection Section (WACPS) officers; nurses.
Pakistan: Development of a Rule of Law Reform Roadmap for the Supreme Court The project aimed to undertake a capacity statement and develop a road map leading to a suggested National Judicial Reform Framework for further consideration by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and its key stakeholders. 1) To undertake a capacity statement and develop a road map leading to a suggested National Judicial Reform Framework for further consideration by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and its key stakeholders. Indirect: Citizens of Pakistan.
Montenegro: Commercial Law Judicial Training Support The project aimed to enable Montenegrin judges to deal more effectively and independently with insolvency, maritime law, company law and consumer protection disputes, with a particular focus on the practice of courts in the European Union. 1) To provide and deliver practical modules of judicial training on company law, maritime law, insolvency and consumer protection for Montenegrin judges, so as to enable them to deal effectively with such matters. 2) To work in close collaboration with local trainers affiliated with the Judicial Training Center (JTC) to ensure that the training is adapted to local context. Montenegrin Judiciary
Kenya: People-Centred Approach to County Governance in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties 1) To improve ability of justice seekers and providers to use inclusive multi-door approaches to justice in Isiolo and Marsabit counties. 2) To improve ability of the women, especially young women, of Isiolo and Marsabit counties, to access public information and effectively participate in county-level governance processes. 3) To improve capacity of the county governments of Isiolo and Marsabit to implement gender responsive county-level climate change and natural resource management actions for inclusive climate resilience development. This project aims to ensure that the citizens of Isiolo and Marsabit counties benefit from inclusive and participatory county governance development processes. Direct beneficiaries: County governments of Isiolo and Marsabit counties, Council of Governors (COG), Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), County Assembly Forum (CAF), Kenya Judiciary Academy (KJA). 
Indirect beneficiaries: Wider population of Kenya, in particular citizens of Isiolo and Marsabit counties.
Global (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka): Global RECAP: Global Regulatory & Fiscal Capacity Building Programme The project aimed to strengthen national legislative, regulatory, and policy environments to promote healthy diets and physical activity. 1) To strengthen the capacity of government officials, regulators, policymakers, research institutions and civil society to understand, develop and implement (as appropriate) regulatory and fiscal measures that promote healthy diets and physical activity. 2) To strengthen national and international collaboration amongst lawyers, regulatory bodies, policymakers, research institutions, civil society actors and communities to support regulatory and fiscal environments that promote healthy diets and physical activity. 3) To increase generation and use of relevant evidence and research from different disciplines to develop and implement effective regulatory and fiscal measures to promote healthy diets and physical activities. Government officials working in the ministries or agencies responsible for legislative and regulatory responses to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), academic institutions, patients’ groups, children’s rights organisations, women’s organisations, youth groups, labor groups, and faith communities, consumer organisations, and civil society organizations that are engaged in project activities.
Jordan: Women Entrepreneurs' Access to Justice The project aimed to create an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs in Jordan, by understanding the barriers they may face in accessing justice and resolving disputes that affect their businesses. To identify and analyze the gender issues and barriers women entrepreneurs face in resolving disputes affecting their businesses. Women entrepreneurs.
Africa Regional: High-Level Regional Conference on Land and Conflict in the East and Horn of Africa This project aimed to explore the linkages between access to justice and the rule of law, peace, sustainable development and climate change and to contribute towards the achievement of the High-Level Regional Conference on Land and Conflict in the East and Horn of Africa in October 2022. Direct beneficiaries: Experts drawn from representatives of the Member States of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union, the United Nations system and other international organizations, think tanks, academia, civil society organizations, and the private sector.
Indirect beneficiaries: Population of East Africa, particularly women and girls, and parties to land conflicts.
Global: Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law (KPSRL) 2021-2024 The project aims to manage the Knowledge Platform for Security and Rule of Law on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to find and experiment with ways of integrating learning functions directly into programme implementation and programme portfolio management, to generate additional relevant knowledge, foster the uptake of that knowledge in programme implementation, and enhance programme effectiveness.
Kenya: Judiciary Support Programme (JSP) The project aimed to enhance access to justice through increased responsiveness of the Judiciary to the needs of justice seekers in Kenya. To enhance the capacity of the Judiciary: 1) to deliver fair, effective and representative justice outcomes; 2) to respond to the specific justice needs of women, youth and children; and 3) to monitor and communicate results and pathways to justice. Direct beneficiaries: Judiciary (Family Division of the High Court, Kadhis Courts and Magistrates Courts), Judiciary departments (Directorate of Public Affairs and Communication, Directorate of Planning and Organizational Performance, Chief Registrar of the Judiciary, Small Claims Courts, Court Annexed Mediation Secretariat, Mediation Accreditation Committee, Rules Committee and Kenya Judiciary Academy), National Council on Administration of Justice (Special Taskforce on Children Matters). Indirect beneficiaries: Justice seekers.
Ukraine: Supporting Judicial Administration Reform This project aims to improve access to justice in Ukraine by strengthening institutional capacities of judicial administration bodies. 1) To advance accountability-driven organizational change of Ukrainian judicial administration. 2) To improve knowledge of international standards applicable to judicial governance and inclusion among Ukraine’s judicial administration. 3) To institutionalize transparent appointment and sanctioning of judges. 4) To resolve the backlog in judicial appointments in line with ethical and merit-based standards. 5) To support digital transformation of Ukraine’s Judiciary. Direct beneficiaries: High Council of Justice (HCJ), HCJ Service of Disciplinary Inspectors, High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ), Public Integrity Council (PIC), State Judicial Administration (SJA). Indirect beneficiaries: Judiciary and the Ukrainian public at large.
Tunisia: Capacity Building on Competition Law Matters The project aimed to develop effective competition frameworks to foster the transition towards open market economies in Tunisia. 1) To elaborate a needs assessment report enabling the development of practical, vocationally-oriented modules of training on competition law matters for administrative judges in Tunisia; 2) To work in close collaboration with EBRD and the Administrative Tribunal of Tunisia to ensure that the Training is adapted to the local context. Direct beneficiaries: Administrative Tribunal of Tunisia. Indirect beneficiaries: Tunisian judicial and business sectors.
MENA Regional (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia): Regional Forum: Supporting the Leadership Role of Women Judges in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) Region The project aimed to convene a Regional Forum for women judges from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia, to serve as a first step in building the foundation for the establishment of a broader and sustained regional platform “Towards Women Judges’ Common Platform for the SEMED Region” to reduce gender barriers to women, including women's economic participation in entrepreneurial activities, gender-based violence, and equal family and marriage rights. 1) To exchange knowledge and experience on the key barriers, lessons, pathways and models to women judges’ effective participation and leadership in the justice sector. 2) To examine areas where the relevance and influence of women judges makes a difference. 3) To identify lessons, models and approaches for building a regional women judges platform. 4) To discuss and refine key elements of the platform, such as vision, objectives, priorities and action points toward the establishment of a regional forum of women judges. Women Judges from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.
Liberia: Strengthening Liberia’s Social Contract through Better Access to Justice and Increased Legitimacy of Justice and Security Providers - Inception Phase The project aimed to strengthen Liberia's social contract through better access to justice and increased legitimacy of justice and security providers 1) To improve understanding of the rule of law context and the challenges preventing access to justice, legal aid and accountability mechanisms for women and vulnerable groups. 2) To develop a comprehensive inception report and plan for the project implementation phase. Direct beneficiaries: Women, girls, youth, persons with disabilities, children in conflict with the law, civil society organizations (legal aid service providers), media organizations, the Liberia National Bar Association, the Judiciary, the Liberia National Police, the Liberia Immigration Services, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ministry of Internal Affairs, selected local communities.
Indirect beneficiaries: All Liberians, the wider Government.
Tajikistan: Commercial Mediation - Phase 3: COVID-19 Response: Support with Adoption of the Law on Mediation and Promotion of Commercial Mediation to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) The project aims to assist the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with the adoption of the Law on Mediation and promoting and facilitating the use of commercial mediation to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), specifically during and post the COVID-19 pandemic period, with the goal of making the use of mediation, including online mediation, a business norm in the Republic of Tajikistan. 1) To enable the Working Group on Development of the Law on Mediation of the Republic of Tajikistan to finalize the draft and adopt the Law. 2) To carry out awareness-raising campaigns and to pilot mediation. 3) To introduce online mediation for efficient resolving of commercial disputes during and post COVID-19 period and for making mediators a viable alternative to courts. 4) To involve the business community, in particular SMEs, by means of a targeted mediation awareness-raising campaign and piloting mediation. Direct beneficiaries: Ministry of Justice.
Indirect beneficiaries: Businesses, investors and the wider public.
Moldova: Supporting Moldova’s Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA) – Phase II The project aims to continue strengthening Moldova's capacity for more inclusive and accountable governance through implementation of sector-specific anti-corruption legislative and regulatory reforms. 1) To create evidence base for sector-specific anti-corruption legislative and regulatory advocacy. 2) To enable operations and activities of the Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA). Direct beneficiaries: Independent Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee (CCIA). 
Indirect beneficiaries: Population of Moldova.
Kyrgyzstan: Increasing Public Trust in the Judiciary The project aimed to increase public trust in the Judiciary as an independent branch of power that protects citizens' rights and upholds the rule of law. 1) To encourage a learning approach within the Judiciary. 2) To engage civil society and other branches of Government in constructive efforts to improve trust in the Judiciary. 3) To increase transparency and to establish or modify business processes within the Judiciary to increase its professionalism, unifying practices and independence. 4) To support the development of an open, inclusive, and secure digital ecosystem within the Kyrgyz Judiciary. Direct beneficiaries: the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic (SC), the Council on Judicial Reforms; the High Justice Training Center of the SC of the Kyrgyz Republic (HJTC); the Court Department (CD) under the SC, the Disciplinary Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic (DC), the Council of Judges (COJ) and the Council on Selection of Judges (COSJ); the Constitutional Chamber of the SC; local courts of the Kyrgyz Republic; the General Prosecutor Office; the Bar and its Advocates’ Training Center, Kyrgyzstan’s universities, associations of legal or judicial professionals; media professionals. 
Indirect beneficiaries:  Citizens of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Sustainability of Judicial Capacity Building The project aimed to strengthen the sustainability of judicial training in the area of commercial law; increase judges' knowledge of current law, new developments in jurisprudence and analysis of judicial decisions; and enhance the ability of the Judicial Training Center (JTC) to sustainably and independently deliver capacity building for the judicial corps. 1) To provide targeted advice and assistance to the JTC in updating and implementing the commercial law judicial training, as well as prepare and deliver two new training modules; 2. To prepare a detailed report identifying the extent to which the delivery of training successfully builds on the work undertaken in the Kyrgyz Republic by EBRD, together with any recommendations on how any limitations in the sustainability of the Kyrgyz Project could be overcome in future technical cooperation work. The Judicial Training Centre (JTC) of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Kuwait: Translating Legislations, Economics, Trade and Investment Laws The project aimed to translate, interpret and make accessible, in English, all Kuwaiti laws related to economic, commercial and investment activities. To make Kuwait’s laws related to economic activity more accessible to English-speaking foreign investors. The Kuwaiti Government, foreign investors, and Kuwaiti citizens.
Uzbekistan: Establishing Commercial Mediation: COVID-19 Response The project aims to support the Government of Uzbekistan to make mediation, including online mediation, an effective dispute resolution mechanism in the country. 1) To support Uzbek counterparts, namely the Ministry of Justice, the Lawyers' Training Center and the Mediation Center, to build their institutional capacity to regulate, promote and provide mediation. 2) To assist in establishing a cadre of professional business mediators, specifically during and post the COVID-19 pandemic period. Direct beneficiaries: Ministry of Justice, the Lawyers' Training Center and the Mediation Center.
Ukraine: Supporting Judicial Administration Reform The project aimed to strengthen transparency and accountability of Ukraine's judicial administration. 1) To support the re-establishment of the High Qualification Commission of Judges through a competitive procedure in line with Venice Commission's recommendations. 2) To support the Ethics Council with vetting sitting members of the High Council of Justice (HCJ) and evaluating the integrity of the HCJ membership candidates in line with the Venice Commission's recommendations. The High Qualification Commission of Judges and the High Council of Justice Ethics Commission
Romania: Commercial Law Judicial Training The project aimed to improve the investment climate by building judicial capacity on commercial law, and increase the uniformity of judicial practice in selected areas of law. 1) To build the judicial capacity on commercial law. 2) To increase the uniformity of judicial practice in selected areas of law. Direct beneficiaries: Judges, prosecutors and the National Institute of Magistracy. Indirect beneficiaries: Romanian judicial and business sectors.