Purpose of the project

The purpose of this project is to present the information of public character in relation to the functioning of the courts in the Republic of Macedonia, court expert witnesses and court interpreters in an open and transparent manner. The next phase of the project will also include an overview of judicial practice.

The availability of these information services to the expert and general public represents a significant step forward in meeting the standards of quality living and achieving faster economic and social development as well as progress toward European standards.

Project funding

The Judicial Web project has been realized through the mutual cooperation agreement signed between the Republic of Macedonia - Ministry of Justice and the Republic of Croatia - Ministry of Justice. The project has been financed through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Netherlands. The intention is to enhance regional cooperation and offer support to the reform process within the judiciary.

Mandate

The principal goal of the NGO Judges Web, which has the full support of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Macedonia, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia, the Academy for the Training of Judges and Prosecutors and the Macedonian Judges Association, will be to make this information available to the public via the Internet.

The task of the NGO Judges Web in realization of this project will be the gathering of all required information, their verification and inclusion into the database which will be available on the Internet.

The database relating to the functioning of the courts in the Republic of Macedonia, court expert witnesses and court interpreters, as well as the judicial practice at a later stage, will be created through the constant contact with these subjects and it will be used as basis for the creation of specialized webpages that can be searched in a simple way by using different keywords.

All the information on the Internet will be available in Macedonian, English and Albanian language.

Results of the project

The results of the project will be the availability of information previously unavailable to the public which can be easily searched and accessed.

After the finalization of the project, the entire application will become the ownership of the Ministry of Justice as part of the activities of the already adopted “ICT Strategy for Judiciary in the Republic of Macedonia“ that is being implemented in the field of informatization which is one of the strategic priorities of the reform of the judicial system in the Republic of Macedonia. These strategic priorities are the harmonisation of the Macedonian legislation with the European legislation, the use of best practices of the countries associated with the European Union and, finally, full membership of the Republic of Macedonia in the European Union.