The central element of the institutional set-up of JRI is the
Policy Forum. Its basic role is the process of building a
consensus around the policy agenda aimed at promoting
judicial reform in Bulgaria. The main elements of the institutional
structure are:
- Policy Forum of leading public and private institutions and
prominent personalities;
- Steering Committee as the means of JRI coordination;
- Secretariat to provide operational management of the JRI.
Policy Forum
The Policy Forum is the supreme body in the JRI structure. About
150 representatives public and private institutions, foreign and
international organizations are invited to participate by the JRI
Steering Committee. The Forum ensures that the work carried out
under the initiative by various institutions reflects a consensus
of the main concerned public and private institutions. It also
provides visibility to the initiative effort thus enhancing its
impact.
Steering
Committee
While the Policy Forum is intended to foster the general
consensus on the implementation of the policy agenda proposed in
the PJR, the Steering Committee provides the coordination of JRI
activities and outputs. The Steering Committee meets approximately
every four to six weeks and has a major role in the run-up to the
Policy Forum meeting. The Committee prepares the meeting agenda
through advance consultations with the Forum members. The Steering
Committee is formed by the representatives of the JRI founding
organizations and other major stakeholders.
Members of the Steering Committee of JRI are:
- Alfred E. Kellermann - General Secretary, T. M. C. Asser Instituut, The
Netherlands
- Allen Weinstein - President and CEO, the Center for
Democracy, Washington, DC
- Borislav Belazelkov - Judge, Supreme Court of
Cassation
- Boyko Todorov - Director, Information Centre on the Council of Europe,
Sofia
Dessislava Bijeva - Program Management
Specialist, Rule of Law, United States Agency for International
Development
- Dimitar Abadzhiev - Member, Parliamentary Committee on
Legal Issues and Anti-corruption Legislation, Vice Chairman, Legal Interaction Alliance
- Dimitar Batchvarov – Director, Economic Policy
Directorate, Council of Ministers; Member of the Coalition 2000
Steering Committee
- Dimitar Tonchev - Deputy Minister of Justice and
European Legal Integration
- Ekaterina Trendafilova - Associate Professor, Sofia
University, Chair of Modern
Criminal Justice Foundation
- Elena Avdeva – Chair, Blagoevgrad District Court
- Eliana Masseva – Secretary General, Council of Ministers; Member, Legal Interaction Alliance
- Iveta Anadolska - Deputy Chair, Sofia Court of
Appeal
- Kapka Kostova – Chair, Sofia Regional Court; Chair, Association of Judges in
Bulgaria; Member of the Coalition 2000
Steering Committee; Member, Legal Initiative for Training and
Development (PIOR)
- Kina Choutourkova - Judge, Supreme Court of Cassation,
Member of Supervisory Board, Legal
Interaction Alliance
Lada Stoyanova - Deputy Permanent Representative,
World Bank Office -
Sofia
- Lulin Matev - District Prosecutor, District Prosecution
Office - Russe
- Maria Serkedjieva - Deputy Minister of Justice and
European Legal Integration
- Maria Yordanova - Coordinator, Law Program, Center for the Study of Democracy
- Nelly Koutzkova – Chair, Sofia District Court; Member,
Supreme Judicial Council; Member of the Coalition 2000
Steering Committee; Member, PIOR
- Nickolay Ilchev - Program Director, Open Society Foundation, Sofia
- Ognian Shentov - President, Center for the Study of Democracy
- Richard Van Duizend - Deputy Director,
International Programs, National Center for State Courts
- Roumen Georgiev - Deputy Director, Specialized
Investigation Office; Chair, Chamber of Investigators
- Roumen Nenkov – Chairman of the Second Division of the
Criminal College of the Supreme Court of Cassation
- Silvi Chernev - Attorney-at-Law, Deputy Chair, Court of
Arbitration with Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Temenuzhka Zhelyaskova – Lieutenant-Colonel, Chief of
Financial Department, Directorate of National Police Office; Chair,
European Network of Women in
Police - Bulgaria
- Traian Markovski – Chair, Sofia Bar Association
- Valentin Georgiev - Secretary General , National Assembly; Vice Chairman, Legal Interaction Alliance
- Vassilis Maragos, Economic Advisor, Delegation of the
European Commission, Sofia
- Vladislav Slavov – Chair, Supreme Administrative Court;
Chair, Public Council, PIOR; Chair, Union of Bulgarian Jurists
- William Loris – Director General, International Development Law Institute
(IDLI), Rome
JRI Secretariat
For the purpose of providing ongoing support to the work of the
Steering Committee, the Law Program of the Center for the Study of
Democracy acts as JRI Secretariat. The JRI Secretariat provides the
day-to-day operational management, logistical support and reporting
for the JRI activities.
The Center for the Study of Democracy works closely with the
main international partners of the Judicial Reform Initiative - the
International Development Law
Institute (IDLI), Rome and the Center for Democracy,
Washington, DC.
For more information: Dr. Maria
Yordanova, CSD Law Program Coordinator, Tel. (+3592) 971 3000,
ext. 343; Fax: (+3592) 971 2233
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