Outcome 2.3.1
“Improved and updated School of Magistrate Continued Training Program Curricula”.
This outcome stipulates that through the continuous improvement and updating of continued education curricula (on-the-job training) the efficiency of training activities and the quality they offer will increase; consequently, the performance quality of the justice system will improve. This connection is logical and sustainable and this is why it is the first step towards achieving the goal.
However, it seems that the outcome has not interpreted the objective well, given that it left out the initial training, i.e., the moment when we have candidate magistrates. Initial training, a three-year long program, does not have to be disconnected as a component when it comes to the quality of justice. Especially when these years and at least in the next two years the number of candidate magistrates is/will be very high, the impact of their three-year education during these years will be the first indicator of the quality of justice in the years to come. While the objective does not make a distinction when it comes to training, the outcome should not only provide for continued training, but also initial training, which, on an ongoing basis, needs improvement and updating. So, the way it is formulated and with the measures it envisages, some of which will be analyzed below, this outcome does not fully meet this component of the specific objective. Due to the above, a review of the outcome and of concrete measures related to the training of candidate magistrates is required.
Regarding the real possibility of timely fulfilment of the outcome, since it provides a large number of measures (2.3.1-2.3.11), with different deadlines for their implementation, this analysis will be done simultaneously with the measure. In general, the deadlines set for the accomplishment of the outcome are sufficient to deliver the product.
Conclusion: The outcome should have been part of the Initial Training Program due to the essential importance of this program in the development of magistrates. In the current conditions, this program gets an even greater value due to the large number of magistrates admitted to this program and who will become part of the system within three years. So, the outcome partially meets Specific Objective 2.3.