1. A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Ana Bilić Andrijanić
Head of the Improving Judicial Efficiency Project
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH

3. Court President Competences
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Court President Competences
Legal Framework
Law on Courts (FBiH, RS, Brčko District) and the Court of BiH:
Regulates the duties of court presidents
Book of Rules on Internal Court Operations
Lists the duties of court presidents in greater detail

4. Law on Courts Duties of a court president
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Law on Courts
Duties of a court president
The court president is responsible for the comprehensive management of the court and the court administration
The court president represents the court before other authorities and organisations.
The court president may delegate certain competences to other judgers and court staff.
The court president assigns a judge as acting court president in their absence.

5. Book of Rules of Internal Court Operations
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Book of Rules of Internal Court Operations

6. Book of Rules on Internal Court Operations
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Book of Rules on Internal Court Operations
Duties of a court president
Undertakes measures to improve the work processes of the court and to ensure that working hours are fully utilised by judges and court employees
Ensures that the court is current with its caseload by establishing the appropriate measures
Passes the annual work plan of the court
Appoints the heads of the court departments
Evaluates the work of the judges, legal associates and other staff

7. A Proactive Role for Court Presidents

8. CMS as a Court Management Tool
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
CMS as a Court Management Tool
Software installed in all judicial institutions in BiH
Objectives:
Improved efficiency of the courts and prosecutors offices
Increased transparency in the performance of the judiciary
Easier access to justice for citizens
Improved quality of performance for judges and prosecutors
Improved human resources management in the judiciary
5500 USERS
5.4 million cases
80 courts
20 Prosecutors Offices

9. CMS as a Court Management Tool
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
CMS as a Court Management Tool
Why, how, what method, to which end?
WHY: It allows monitoring events from the moment of the initial incoming information through to outgoing information from the courts
HOW: Through various reports; the business intelligence system
WHAT METHOD: By extracting the appropriate data from the CMS to draft an analysis
TO WHICH END: Facilitates the process for passing policies and allows for a proactive approach

10. A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
CMS as a Court Management Tool It allows monitoring events from the moment of the initial incoming information through to outgoing information from the courts

11. CMS as a Court Management Tool Through various reports
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
CMS as a Court Management Tool Through various reports
Personal reports:
Can be accessed by individual users
Shows individual performance results
Enables showing results by combining multiple parameters
Management reports:
Can be accessed by department heads, registry clerks, court secretaries and the court president
Shows aggregate data for a given unit (department, case category)
Used for drafting analyses and reports
Statistical reports
Can be accessed by everyone who works on drafting reports
Shows aggregate data for the institution
Used for drafting analyses and reports that are used when making strategic decisions and policies

12. CMS as a Court Management Tool
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
CMS as a Court Management Tool
Next step:
Business Intelligence System (BI)
Reasons for the BI System
Reinforcing managerial capacities
Developing new management tools
Developing accurate and reliable statistical information
Making specific decisions and passing measures

13. Proaktivna uloga predsjednika suda

14. A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Strengthening Managerial Capacities for Court Department Heads and Teamwork
Improving Judicial Efficiency Project II
Cooperation between the HJPC BiH, the District Court in Amsterdam and the target courts in BiH
Project objectives and activities:
Strengthening the position of court presidents and the heads of court departments by reinforcing their proactive managerial roles (specialised training and the revision of current duties and authorities);
Developing teamwork and joint responsibility for achieving preset targets; establishing a new organizational setup in departments;
Strengthening procedural discipline (consistency in the application of procedural laws with particular focus on measures that prevent delays to proceedings);
Changing the perception of judges regarding the concepts of independence and accountability – the right to a trial within a reasonable time and legal certainty and equality for citizens

15. A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Strengthening Managerial Capacities for Court Department Heads and Teamwork
Benefits for the courts:
Greater efficiency in organising and dividing tasks which contributes towards improving working environments and achieving better results;
Taking “ownership” of set objectives and performance results;
Improving the quality of court decisions and consistent conduct by judges;
Reduced procedure times/quicker case processing.
Benefits for the judiciary/HJPC BiH:
The transfer of management functions that fall within the scope of the courts to the courts themselves;
Establishing legal certainty and equality for all citizens before the law;
Greater caselaw consistency;
Reduced procedure times/quicker case processing;
A change of focus in achieving the most important objectives (quantity quality).

16. Training for Court Presidents, Deputies and Heads of Departments
A Proactive Role for Court Presidents
Training for Court Presidents, Deputies and Heads of Departments
Training module – The Proactive role of court presidents
Training for court departments heads
Training in cooperation with the entity training centres

17. Team efford
Ana Bilić Andrijanić