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| June 20, 2005 |
| 20:00 | Dinner in the Ballroom (2nd floor). |
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| Guest speaker: Luis Lopez Guerra, Deputy Minister of Justice, Spain |
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June 21, 2005 |
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| 9:00 -10:30 | Plenary Session: The Context and Framework for Reform |
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| Moderator: Ms. Cheryl Gray, Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, the World Bank |
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|  The role of institutions in economic performance
Mr. Leszek Balcerowicz, President, National Bank of Poland | | |
| The state of judicial systems in transition economies: views
from the business community
Mr. James Anderson, Senior Economist, the World Bank | | |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
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| 10:30-12:30 | Plenary Session: The View from the Region I |
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| Moderator: Mr. Hans Jurgen Gruss, Chief Counsel for Europe and Central Asia, the World Bank |
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| Poland: Mr. Sylweriusz Marcin Krolak, Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland |
| Albania: Mr. Thimjo Kondi, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Albania |
| Ukraine: Mr. Igor Plyushko, Judge, Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ms. Elmira Pasagic, Director of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Slovak Republic: Mr. Milan Karabin, President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch in the restaurant Lila Weneda (2nd floor) |
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| 13:30-15:30 | Breakout Groups (1 to 3 group discussions on each topic): Designing Institutional Mechanisms for Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution |
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| Achieving judicial independence with accountability (e.g., the role of judicial councils) |
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| Facilitators: Ms. Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank |
| Mr. Marco Fabri, Senior Researcher, the research Institute on Judicial Systems of the Italian National Research Council |
| Ms. Christina Biebesheimer, Chief Counsel, the World Bank |
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| The role and design of alternative dispute resolution (e.g., mediation and arbitration) |
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| Facilitators: Mr. Richard Messick, Senior Public Sector Specialist, the World Bank |
| Ms. Lubomira Beardsley, Senior Counsel, the World Bank |
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| Specialized courts vs. general courts vs. specialized agencies (e.g., competition law and policy) |
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| Mr. Wouter Devroe, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Member of the Belgian 'Raad voor de Mededinging/Conseil de la concurrence', national competition authority and administrative court |
| Ms. Dory Reiling, Senior Counsel, the World Bank |
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| Collateral systems, credit rating services, and other “self-enforcing” mechanisms |
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| Facilitators: Ms. Frédérique Dahan, Senior Counsel European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee |
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| 16:00-17:30 | Plenary Session: Lessons from OECD Countries
(Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| Moderator: Ms. Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank |
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| Italy: Giuseppe Di Federico, Memeber of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, Italy; Director of the Istituto di Ricerca sui
Sistemi Giudiziari (IRSIG); Law Professor Emeritus,
University of Bologna |
| The Netherlands: Mr. Philip Langbroek, Senior Researcher in Public Law and Public Administration at the Faculty of Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| The U.S. and U.K.: Richard Messick, Senior Public Sector Specialist, the World Bank |
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| 17:30 | City Tour Organized by the National Bank of Poland |
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| 20:00 | Dinner in the restaurant Lila Weneda (2nd floor) |
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| June 22, 2005 |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Plenary Session: The View from the Region II. |
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| Moderator: Ms. Sandra Bloemenkamp, Country Manager for Macedonia, the World Bank |
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| Romania: Mrs. Katalin-Barbara Kibedi, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice of Romania |
| Kosovo: Mr. Thomas J. Monaghan, Director, Department of Justice, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| Montenegro: Ms. Nevenka Mugosa, Advisor, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Montenegro |
| Turkey: Mr. Ulvi Altinisik, Judge, Deputy General for European Union, Ministry of Justice, Republic Turkey |
| Croatia: Mr. Duro Sessa, Judge, County Court in Zagreb, Croatia |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
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| 10:30-12:30 | Breakout Groups (1 to 3 small group discussions on each topic): Improving the Functioning of Legal Institutions |
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| Case management and information technology in courts |
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| Falilitators: Ms. Christina Biebesheimer, Chief Counsel, the World Bank, Mr. Marco Fabri , Senior Researcher, the Research Institute on Judicial Systems of the Italian National Research Council and Ms. Dory Reiling, Senior Counsel, the World Bank |
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| Management of the judicial career: selection, promotion, compensation,
disciplinary proceedings |
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| Facilitators: Ms. Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank and Mr. Waleed Malik, Lead Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank |
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| Regulation of legal professions : lawyers, bailiffs, notaries, etc. |
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| Facilitators: Ms. Lubomira Beardsley, Senior Counsel, the World Bank |
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| Legal and judicial training: successes and failures |
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| Facilitators: Mr. Richard Messick, Senior Public Sector Specialist, the World Bank and Ms. Dilek Barlas, Senior Counsel, the World Bank |
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| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch (in the restaurant Lila Weneda, (2nd floor) |
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| 13:30-14:30 | Plenary Session: The View from the Region III. |
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| Moderator: Mr. Jaroslaw Beldowski, Head of International Cooperation Division, National Bank of Poland |
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| Macedonia: Ms. Nada Penova, State Counselor, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Macedonia |
| Serbia: Ms. Gordana Pualic, Deputy Minister of Justice, Serbia |
| Hungary: Dr. Edit Juhasz, Deputy Head of Department, Dept of Judicial Administration and Codification, Ministry of Justice of Hungary |
| Bulgaria: Mr. Mario Bobatinov, Judge, Supreme Cassation Court |
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| 14:30-16:00 | Short Reporting back from Breakout Groups. |
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| Moderator: Mr. James Anderson, Senior Economist, the World Bank |
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| Achieving judicial independence with accountability (e.g. the role of judicial councils) |
| Rapporteur: Ms. Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank |
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| The role and design of alternative dispute resolution (e.g. mediation and arbitration) |
| Rapporteur: Mr. Radoslav Prochazka, Head Counsel of the Slovak Republic in Proceedings before courts of the European Court |
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| Specialized courts vs. general courts vs. specialized agencies (e.g. competition law and policy) |
| Rapporteur: Mr. Türkay Alica, Judge, Intellectual Property Criminal Court in Ankara, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Turkey |
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| Collateral systems, credit rating services, and other “self-enforcing” mechanisms |
| Rapporteur: Ms. Frédérique Dahan, Senior Counsel European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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| Case management and information technology in courts |
| Rapporteur: Ms. Christina Biebesheimer, Chief Counsel, the World Bank |
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| Management of the judicial career: selection, promotion, compensation, disciplinary proceedings |
| Rapporteur: Mr. Waleed Malik, Lead Public Sector Management Specialist, the World Bank |
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| Regulation of legal professions : lawyers, bailiffs, notaries, etc. |
| Rapporteur: Ms. Jasminka Varnalieva, Private Sector Development Specialist, the World Bank |
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| Legal and judicial training: successes and failures |
| Rapporteur: Mr. Richard Messick, Senior Public Sector Specialist, the World Bank |
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| 16:00 -16:30 | Closing Plenary |
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| Summarizing the workshop: Ten lessons for judicial reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Ms. Cheryl Gray, Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic
Management, the World Bank |
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