Funding will be provided for training activities and tools for training providers, as described below, in order to support training activities for:

1. members of the judiciary and judicial staff, meaning judges, prosecutors, court and prosecution offices’ staff, other justice professionals associated with the judiciary, such as lawyers in private practice, notaries, bailiffs, insolvency practitioners and mediators, as well as court interpreters and translators, prison and probation staff; and/or
2. justice professionals in initial / induction training, and/or
3. multipliers, such as judicial trainers or EU law court coordinators, where there are guarantees that the multipliers will pass on their knowledge to justice professionals in a systematic way, and/or
4. cross-professional training, in order to stimulate discussions across justice professions about the application of EU law and contribute to a European judicial culture across professional boundaries on precisely identified topics of relevance to the concerned professions.

Judicial training principles: Training should be designed and planned in cooperation with training providers of justice professions, justice professions’ associations or bodies, or judicial authorities.
Training should primarily be delivered by justice professionals who have been previously trained for this purpose, involving non-judicial experts only where relevant, and by using active and modern adult learning techniques.

Training needs assessment: An evidenced-based training needs assessment for the topic of the training activity is always required. It should have already been carried out and should be outlined clearly in the project applications.

Gender mainstreaming: The assessment of the training needs should include a gender equality analysis. Findings from this gender analysis are expected to inform the design and implementation of the project. When designing the training content, the applicant shall take into account, as relevant, the differences in situations and conditions for women and men (or girls and boys) that are subject to a legal process.

Non-legal skills and knowledge: Competencies like digital skills, digitalisation, use of modern technologies and IT tools and their application in case and courtroom management should be addressed. Topics like judgecraft, conduct, resilience, unconscious bias, including gender-bias, leadership and linguistic skills might be addressed only if linked to training on legal topics.

Training topics: Training can cover one of more of the following topics with the general aim of building the “digital capacity” of justice professionals on the application of the relevant substantive and procedural law.

• Fundamental rights
• Civil law
• Criminal law

Proposals without a strong focus on digitalisation but in the scope of the call may still be awarded funding if the objectives of such proposals will contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law.