High costs of contract enforcement and dispute resolution and poorly functioning judicial systems are often cited by the business community as major obstacles to doing business in Central, Eastern, and South-eastern Europe. The workshop, which was co-financed by the National Bank of Poland, brought together public officials from 14 countries and territories and representatives of donor agencies to share information and ideas on commercial contract enforcement. It also provided a forum to disseminate and seek feedback on recent country-specific and region-wide analytic work on the functioning of judicial systems and contract enforcement mechanisms. These issues are high on the agenda of the European Union as it works with new member states and considers other countries for membership in the future. Many CEE countries are undertaking major efforts to improve the functioning of their judiciaries and other dispute resolution mechanisms, in some cases with support from the World Bank and other donors. Participants included officials from relevant ministries and the judiciary from Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe, representatives of the World Bank and other donor agencies, and selected academics and experts. In advance of the workshop, each delegation prepared brief responses to questions about their country's or jurisdiction's achievements and remaining challenges in the area of judicial reforms.
General Contacts:
James Anderson or Gabriela Huffman: judicialworkshopwarsaw@worldbank.org |
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