On 04 November, EURALIUS organised on behalf of the High Judicial Council (HJC) a roundtable meeting of judges from courts of all levels in the Republic of Albania. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the draft acts on the professional evaluation of judges and receive input from the judges on the structure and content of (i) the draft decision on professional evaluation of judges, (ii) the draft scoring scheme and related methodology, and (iii) the draft standard evaluation forms.

On 15 and 16 October 2019, EURALIUS organized a workshop on the 5-year strategic plan of the High Prosecutorial Council (HPC). The training took place in Vlora and was attended by nine HPC members, the Chief of Cabinet and three legal advisors, who participated extensively in discussions.
Earlier this year, EURALIUS had organised another workshop on the same topic, where the mission, vision and core values were discussed and defined by the HPC members.
During the event, EURALIUS experts delivered presentations on the main components of the strategy, while the HPC members and staff discussed the content of the expected results, objectives, indicators and targets.  HPC members and staff also discussed a risk management matrix regarding the realization of the strategy, and the content of a quarterly action plan for the year 2020.
The outcome of the workshop will be a revised version of the strategy that will be submitted to the HPC for further elaboration, revision–including through incorporation of the input from the main stakeholders following a public consultation–and final adoption of the strategic plan in the coming months.

On 14 and 15 October 2019, EURALIUS in collaboration with PAMECA and the School of Magistrates organized two days training on Anti-Mafia Law in Vlora. This is the first regional training and will be followed up by another training in Shkodra in November 2019.
During the training, PAMECA Experts delivered presentations on the Italian experience on the application of the Ant-Mafia Law. While EURALIUS Experts provided guidance regarding practical aspects of the law.
Experts from the School of Magistrates presented the Albanian experience and improvements on the efficiency of investigations, as well as the interpretation and application of the Anti-Mafia Law from the perspective of the Court of Serious Crimes.
Training took place in Vlora and was attended by 40 magistrates who showed high interest for the topic and extensively participated in discussions.

On 16-17 September 2019 EURALIUS in cooperation with the Dutch Study Centre for the Judiciary (SSR), organized a two days training of trainers on mentoring.