2003 - usaid/ofda

A funher factor that may have caused :his increase in time fron~ the last hexing in uhich cases were
resewed for final judgment to the publication of coun opinion is the fact that uses nerc conswntly
reassigned to new panels and judges in an aucmpt by the XCC to reduce corruption in the couns. This
meant that aRer a case was resewed for judgment. it may have been transfencd to a ncw panel that needed
to review the case holistically before it could formulate its final opinion and issue its judgment. In such
cases. it is customary for panels to reson lo a law that allowx thcni to postpone the publication of he coun's
opinion with regard to the said case until they have had the time to review the case file in detail.
These factors also impacted the avenge number of days consumcd by the opinion pmcss xhicred in 2003
(34 days). However, the final average achieved again marks a decreasing trend (from 59.7 in 1002 to j4 in
1003) This decrease points to the couns' effons. in close collaboration with the AOJS tcmt. to cspcdile the
opinion process and bring older cases to closure in order for panels to Stan conccntnting on nowr uws.
I Indicator: Number ofcottrt procedures re-engineered and simplijed I
Unit or Xltnsure I: Number of procedural steps simplified and re -engineered in thc
filing process
Total numbcr pl~nnccl by 2003: 8 Total number achievcd by 2003: 10
Discussion of result: AOJS set out to simplify and rccngincer a total of 8 procedures pruining to the
filins process. Over the life of the Project. 20 proccdures were identified for reengineering and succasfully
simplified or rcengineered. This represents an outstanding achievement of 150% of Project u qcu in this
area. This ach~evement \\as made possiblc by thc cffcc~ivencss of automated systcn~s introduced by the
Project. especially thc ClRN system. Annex B list$ the relevant filing procedures simplified or
recngincered.
Unit of Ncasurr I: Nuntbcr or procedural steps simplified and re-engineered in the
service process
Total number plrnnecl by 2003: 12 Total number achicrcd by 2003: 6
Discussion of result: Work on senkc ,crocedurcs \