Letter of support

SUPREME COURT REPUBLIC OF ESTONTA JUST-JTRA-EJTR-2017 _ JusĻAG Justice Action Grant LETTER OF'SUPPORT Title of the project: Better applying European cross-border procedures: legal and language training events for court staff across Europe Applicant: Academy of European Law (ERA) Full legal name in original language and in English (if applicable) of the supporting organisation, address and country of register offrce/seat: Eesti Vabariigi Riigikohus, The Supreme Court of Estonia 17 Lossi St, Tartu,50093, ESTONIA Declaration: In the event of a successful outcome to the application for the above project proposal submitted by ERA in partnership with EJTN, I would like to express the commitment of my organisation to: - Collect and process applications of the 5 Estonian court staff interested in participating in the language training seminars abroad; - Collect and process applications of the 5 Estonian court staff interested in participating in the pan-European legal seminars abroad; - Disseminate information I raise awareness among my judiciary on the development of the training materials. I undertake to contribute financially to the project budget for a lump sum amount of 2.750 EUR. Reasons wh), my organisation is suitable to play this role: The partner is responsible for initial and continuous training of judges and court staff in Estonia. The Judicial Training Department of the Supreme Court of Estonia organises the judicial training and provides support services to the Training Council. The Judicial Training Department is a unit subordinate to the Director of the Supreme Court. The 'Department employs four training specialists and is led by the Head. The Supreme Court of Estonia is funded from the state budget. The Judicial Training Department ascertains the training needs of judges, prepares the strategies for training, training programs and organises the implementation thereof. The Department also provides judges information on international trainings and is responsible for the selection of Estonian participants Authorised signatory legally representing the supporting organisation: Ms Kerdi Raud, Director of the Supreme Court of Estonia Date: C7. o?. &o/+ signature: Direktor l7 Lossi st,50093 Tartu, ESTONIA. Tel +37273.09002,fax+372730 9003, e-mail: [email protected] www,riigikohus.ęę