International Development Grant
Judicial Education for Economic Growth
Project Number: CA-3-Z020943001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $6,965,544.00
Start Date: March 30, 2012
End Date: September 30, 2017
Duration: 5.5 years
Project Description
The aim of this project is to increase court efficiency and fairness in resolving commercial disputes for Ukrainian business which ultimately contributes to improving the business enabling environment in Ukraine. Project components include strengthening the management capacity of the National School of Judges with oversight from the High Qualifications Commission of Judges to support and to undertake the development and delivery of skills-based gender-sensitive social context and business-related education to candidate newly appointed and sitting judges. Simultaneously it aims to improve the capacity of selected pilot courts in the districts of Ivano-Frankivsk and Odessa to handle commercial cases and use early settlement mechanisms. Canadian implementing organizations include the National Judicial Institute and the Office of the Commissioner of Federal Judicial Affairs.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: improved institutional performance of the National School of Judges (NSJ) overseen by the High Qualification Commission (HQC); established judicial education systems within the NSJ that are skills-based gender-sensitive socially contextual and business-oriented with oversight provided by the HQC.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2018) include: (1) institutional performance of the National School of Judges of Ukraine improved: new interactive skills-based gender-sensitive and social context methodology integrated into judicial education in Ukraine; (2) 17 innovative and gender-sensitive training courses for judges developed and included in the official judicial training curriculum; (3) more than 2 500 judges trained according to new interactive methodology that incorporate gender equality; (4) more than 320 judges and lawyers from 11 regions trained in judge-assisted dispute resolution methodology; (5) a clause providing for an option of a judge-assisted dispute resolution included in the amended text of the Constitution of Ukraine as well as in the procedural codes. These have contributed to modernization of the judicial education system and improvement in the delivery of justice in Ukraine.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
National Judicial Institute
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
EGM Europe Arctic Middle East and Magh
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Donor country personnel
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP