European judicial training covers the training of justice professionals (judges, prosecutors, court staff, bailiffs or enforcement officers, lawyers, notaries, mediators, legal interpreters and translators, court experts, prison management and staff, probation officers) on all EU legislation, including EU judicial cooperation instruments as well as the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and the Union's core values such as the rule of law.
Training of justice professionals on EU law is essential to ensure the correct and coherent application of EU law and smooth cross-border judicial proceedings. In 2011, the European Commission adopted a long-term strategy on European Judicial Training which set specific objectives for the training of justice professionals to be reached by 2020.
On 1 February 2018 EC announced a public consultation to gather interested stakeholders' views on the 2011 European judicial training strategy as well as the European judicial training strategy for 2019-2025.
The questionnaire is accessible in English, French and German. Contributions may be submitted in any of the official EU languages.
This public consultation is complemented by a targeted questionnaire addressed to the main stakeholders (EU-level training providers for justice professionals, EU-level representatives of justice professions and EU-level associations of justice professionals). It is accessible here.
More information about the survey is available at EC website.