March 21, 2008
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

USAID Mission Director to Visit Commercial Court in Leskovac

On Friday, March 21 at 11:00 am, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Michael Harvey will visit the Commercial Court in Leskovac, where Commercial Court President Dragan Zdravkovic will demonstrate the results of the cooperation between USAID and the Serbian Government on Commercial Court reform. The visit will include a walk through of the court facility and a presentation of the real results achieved since the introduction of the USAID-sponsored technology in the Commercial Court in Leskovac, showing its direct impact on the substantial reduction of case backlogs.

The mutual cooperation on Commercial Court reform, implemented by USAID’s Commercial Court Administration Strengthening Activity, worth $ 13.7 million, commenced in April 2004 with support provided by the American people. This USAID project provided computerization and enabled the networking of all 16 commercial courts, as well as the implementation of the first country-wide statistics gathering system called the Case Data Collection Instrument (CDCI), operational as of January 2006. This system enables the tracking of commercial court cases and the creation of statistical reports that allow court presidents to monitor case backlogs and take necessary actions to remedy problems. The Leskovac Commercial Court President has used this system to make substantial improvements in two key areas of the commercial court’s practice: Bankruptcy and Enforcement cases.

The USAID Mission Director Michael Harvey will discuss the ongoing commitment of USAID to assist the Serbian government in their efforts to reform the Serbian judiciary, promote transparency and efficiency, and strengthen the Serbian economy. He will also announce the next step of planned USAID technical assistance at the Commercial Court in Leskovac: the upcoming implementation of the new Case Management System (CMS), a comprehensive case event and document tracking system, already successfully functioning in two pilot courts (Belgrade and Novi Sad). This system will bring the transparency and efficiency of the Commercial Court to a level consistent with the most advanced automated court management systems in Europe and the U.S.

Journalists interested in covering the event should be at the Commercial Court Leskovac (Library, 2^nd floor), Bulevar oslobodjenja 2, at 10:40 am, on Friday, March 21.

For more information about this event, please contact Marija Vukosavljevic, Communications Specialist, Commercial Court Administration Strengthening Activity, at 063 1057-562, (011)3087-604 or mvukosavljevic@ccasa-bes.org.yu . For more information about USAID activities please visit the website at http://serbia-montenegro.usaid.gov

USAID Mission Director Michael Harvey during the walk through of the Commercial Court facility in Leskovac

Direktor USAID-a prilikom obilazka prostorija Trgovinskog suda u Leskovcu

21. mart, 2008
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

Direktor USAID-a u poseti Trgovinskom sudu u Leskovcu

U petak, 21.marta. u 11 časova, direktor Američke agencije za međunarodni razvoj (USAID), Majkl Harvi, posetiće Trgovinski sud u Leskovcu. Tom prilikom predsednik suda, Dragan Zdravković, prisutne će upoznati sa rezultatima saradnje USAID-a i Vlade Republike Srbije na reformi trgovinskog sudstva. Poseta će obuhvatiti i obilazak prostorija suda i prezentaciju konkretnih rezultata postignutih nakon uvođenja nove tehnologije u Trgovinski sud u Leskovcu, koju je finansirao USAID, a koja je neposredno uticala na smanjenje dužine trajanja postupaka i broja zaostalih predmeta u tom sudu.

Saradnja na reformi trgovinskog sudstva, koju sprovodi USAID Projekat refome sudske uprave trgovinskih sudova, vredan 13.7 miliona dolara, započela je u aprilu 2004. godine uz podršku američkog naroda. U okviru ovog projekta, obezbeđeni su kompjuteri za 16 trgovinskih sudova, koji su na taj način povezani u mrežu, a instaliran je i prvi program za prikupljanje statističkih podataka iz predmeta u svim trgovinskim sudovima u zemlji, pod nazivom Program za automatsko prikupljanje podataka (APP), koji funkcioniše od januara 2006. godine. Ovaj program omogućava praćenje predmeta u trgovinskim sudovima i generisanje statističkih izveštaja, na osnovu kojih predsednici sudova mogu imati uvid u zaostale predmete i preduzimati neophodne mere u cilju rešenja tog problema. U Trgovinskom sudu u Leskovcu ovaj program je iskorišćen za uvođenje suštinskih promena u dvema ključnim oblastima rada suda: procesuiranju stečajnih predmeta i predmeta izvršenja.

Direktor misije USAID-a, Majkl Harvi, govoriće o pomoći USAID-a Vladi Republike Srbije u njenim naporima na reformisanju pravosuđa, većoj transparentnosti i efikasnosti rada sudstva i jačanju srpske privrede. On će, osim toga, najaviti i sledeći korak u planiranoj tehničkoj pomoći Trgovinskom sudu u Leskovcu, a to je skoro uvođenje novog Programa za automatsko vođenje predmeta (AVP), koji predstavlja sveobuhvatan program za elektronsko upravljanje i evidenciju svih radnji i spisa u predmetima, koji se već sa uspehom primenjuje u dva pilot suda (u Beogradu i Novom Sadu). Ovaj program će omogućiti Trgovinskom sudu da dostigne isti nivo transparentnosti i efikasnost koji pružaju najmoderniji programi za automatsko vođenje sudskih predmeta u Evropi i Sjedinjenim Državama.

Novinari zainteresovani za izveštavanje sa ovog događaja trebalo bi da dođu u Trgovinski sud u Leskovcu (Sala za sastanke, 2. sprat), Bulevar oslobođenja 2, u petak, 21. marta u 10:40 časova.

Za dodatne informacije o ovom događaju molimo vas da kontaktirate Mariju Vukosavljević, savetnika za komunikacije u okviru Programa za reformu sudske uprave trgovinskih sudova Srbije na tel: 063 1057-562, (011) 3087-604 ili putem elektronske pošte na mvukosavljevic@ccasa-bes.org.yu . Za dodatne informacije o aktivnostima USAID-a posetite internet prezentaciju http://serbia-montenegro.usaid.gov.

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