TRust, Independence, Impartiality and Accountability of Legal professionals under the EU Charter - part 2

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Objectives: providing training activities and tools aimed at making judges, prosecutors, and lawyers familiar with the European concepts of independence, impartiality and accountability, the principles of mutual trust and mutual recognition in the justice field, as well as the protection offered to the freedom of expression of justice professionals. In doing so, it enhances the contribution of these professionals to the protection of fundamental rights, ultimately benefiting the European rule of law (RoL). Activities: training at least 500 justice professionals within 12 cross-border trainings (WP2); developing an e-repository of training materials in English and 8 national languages (WP3); developing an active network of professionals exchanging views on the European RoL related issues, which will include the consortium partners, associate partners, trainers and trainees (WPs1-4); updating the CJC database with new European and domestic case law on RoL topics (WPs2-4); disseminating RoL and fundamental rights standards at the national level through cross-border training events (WPs2-4); collecting and developing training tools that may be included in the e-Justice portal (WPs2-4). Type and number of persons benefiting from the project: Directly (through the training events) approx. 500 judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, some of whom are also legal trainers. Indirectly, EU citizens, civil society, national legislators, EU policy makers will also benefit, as justice will be delivered by more informed professionals. Expected results: Increasing the ability of justice professionals to promote the European RoL in their everyday work, notably by means of the different techniques of judicial interaction; fostering cross-sectoral and cross-border cooperation in the promotion of the European RoL.