LEGAL AND JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT

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The Legal and Judicial Development Project aims at developing an independent, competent, and professional judicial system in Morocco, within high ethic standards for effective dispute resolution, and, to facilitate commercial transactions, as well as resolving potential commercial disputes. The components include: 1) improvement of legislative, and regulatory framework for commercial transactions, and resolution of disputes, drafting relevant amendments to existing legislation, and regulations, as well as a modern Commercial Arbitration Code, to streamline processes, and procedures; 2) strengthening of the judicial system's capacity to adjudicate business-related cases, through the introduction of modern techniques, and automated tools, in all commercial courts, for appropriate management of all cases during the litigation process; 3) strengthening the capacity of local Registries of Commerce within the commercial courts, to provide information, and ready access to the public; 4) provision of training to judges, and court administrative staff, upgrading the Institut National de d'Etudes Judiciaries's (INEJ) curriculum, and introducing relevant courses, and information research tools for better management systems; and, 5) strengthening the Ministry of Justice capacity in managing judicial, and regulatory information, to ensure project implementation.

FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Government, Commercial