The Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights and the Rule of law has issued a call for interest for local short term consultants for the Council of Europe and European Union's joint project: support to increased efficiency of courts, improved training of judges and judicial self-governance in Azerbaijan: improving judicial time management and quality of judicial services.

Required areas of expertise: efficiency and quality of the justice system and courts. Court organisation and judicial proceedings. Court management (judicial time management and judicial statistics, quality management). Satisfaction surveys aimed at court users. Training of judges and court staff on efficiency and quality issues.

Activities under the project will take place in Baku and different court locations in the Republic of Azerbaijan (e.g. Sheki, Oghuz, Sumgayit).

Call for expression of interest for local short-term consultants

The deadline for applications is 3 December 2015.