EJTN 2012

Table 18 – 2012 Linguistic Project Participants – Nationality breakdown4230 32 8193212481111210AT BE CZ EE FI FR IT LV MT NL PL RO SI ESOverview of the entire projectFrom across the EU Member States, 343judges and prosecutors attended theproject’s seven seminars, clearly surpassingthe initial projected figures.Preparatory meetings of experts appointedto the project (in charge of the preparationof the materials and lectures) took place inBrussels in September 2010, January 2011and December 2011 as well as in Paris inMay 2011.The following topics constituted the legalbackground of the courses: Surrender ofpersons; European Arrest Warrant andExtradition; Mutual Legal Assistance;Enforcement of Foreign Criminal Judgments;Transfer of Sentenced Persons; andProcedural Rights.The objectives set out at the beginning ofthe project have been fully met. These wereintended to:Improve the participants’ linguisticsskills (oral and written), in orderto facilitate direct contacts andcommunication between judicialauthorities and enhance mutual trust.Master the specialised vocabularyrelated to judicial cooperation.Familiarise participants with the variouslegal instruments in the field of judicialcooperation in criminal matters inEurope, as well as to acquaint participantswith the on-line tools availableon the web.Develop general knowledge of thedifferent legal systems of the EUMember States.A network of contacts was created inorder to enhance the personal contactsthat were established and to allow thefurther exchange of information andbest practices between members of theEuropean judiciary.In order to extend the benefit of thistraining beyond the 343 participants, onetraining Handbook in both English andFrench (in paper, CD end eBook formats)was produced.This Handbook constitutes a compilation ofthe most relevant training materials used inthe seminars and is addressed not only toall those who participated in the seminars,but also to any other European judge or33