The Council of Europe European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ), in co-operation with the Albanian School of Magistrates, organised in Tirana a meeting on the role and use of information technologies and artificial intelligence in modern judicial systems. The importance of using electronic case management systems and European best practices in this area were widely discussed with representatives from from courts and prosecution offices

The exchange aimed in particular to present to domestic counterparts involved in the development of the training curriculum, the CEPEJ's tools on cyberjustice, the “Guidelines on How to Drive Change towards Cyberjustice” and the "European Ethical Charter on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Systems and their Environment[BB2] ”. During the meeting key discussions with the prosecution service focused on the importance of the use of the electronic case management system and its impact for the efficiency of justice. The curriculum will be further enriche[BB3] d with best practices from Albania and will be available to judges as part of their initial training.

The activity was organised by the action Strengthening the Quality and Efficiency of Justice in Albania (SEJ IV)  in the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe joint programme Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye (Horizontal Facility III), co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.