EJTN 2012

Three dedicated Working Groups – Programmes,Exchange Programme, andTechnologies – plan and implementEJTN’s projects and programmes withintheir respective fields. Furthermore, withinWorking Programmes, five thematic Sub-Working Groups address specific projectsor issues in criminal, civil, linguistic, trainingtrainers and administrative law.The Steering Committee, the WorkingGroups and Sub-Working Groups are headedby a convener elected by their peers.While dedicated to excellence in Europeanjudicial training, EJTN works closely withthe European Commission and with nearly40 EU national judicial bodies, whichare Members and Observers of EJTN.The EJTN Secretary General, wheneverappropriate, ensures compatibility betweenthe programme of activities of EJTN andthe priorities set by the European Union.In order to plan and executeits activities, and with a viewto ensure their true Europeanadded value, EJTN relies on twomajor management concepts:decentralised planning anddecentralised execution.The decentralised planning concept meansthat every single activity to be carried outwithin the EJTN annual training programmeshould firstly be identified as correspondingto an effective training need of theEuropean judiciary by EJTN Members of theappropriate Working Group or Sub-WorkingGroup. In addition, it also signifies thatthe activity in question will be designedand structured relying on the expertiseprovided by several EJTN Members.8