EJTN 2012

During the exchange, participants areassigned to the office of a national member(Eurojust), to the cabinet of the member ofthe Court (CJEU) or to the Registry (ECHR)and, thus, become acquainted with therespective work, procedures and case law(in the case of CJEU and ECHR).Alongside the short-term and long-termexchanges, one-week study visits inEuropean bodies and initial trainingexchange schemes have been introducedas of 2010.The study visits to European bodies focusedon specific thematic subjects. These havetaken place in cooperation with theEuropean Court of Human Rights (threeactivities), and with Eurojust (one activity).The latter was organised as a complementto the more extensive three-monthexchanges, in order to provide participantswith first-hand insight into the institution,its role and its activities.Furthermore, and building on the successof the previous study visits, in 2012 EJTN’sExchange Programme included study visitsat the Court of Justice of the European Union(four activities) into its array of activities.In total, 8 study visits were organised in2012. These activities offer the participantsthe opportunity to better understand thefunctioning of these institutions and oftheir procedures, and to reflect on andimprove their professional practice. Thestudy visits are intended to provide aforum of fruitful exchange of experienceand information between members of thejudiciary and their European counterparts.As a result, the capacity of European judgesand prosecutors to apply in their dailywork the acquis, the rights and freedomsguaranteed by the ECHR is reinforced, sothat a true European judicial culture andthe fulfilment of an area of freedom securityand justice comes even closer.13