Mr. Vytas Milius, the member of the Judicial Council and the chairman of the Court of Appeal ant Mr. Artūras Drigotas the secretary of the Judicial Council and the judge of the Supreme Administrative Court shall participate at the meeting of the working group "The Status of Judges" of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on 4–5th March, 2010 in Roma (Italy).

During the meeting the topicality of the guaranties of internal and external autonomy of magistrates, the immunity and social welfare also freedom of association of judges shall be presented in detail. States different experiences and news about the economic conditions for members of the judiciary, the financial autonomy and sufficient resources shall be shared, themes related to the disciplinary, suspension and removal shall also be analized.

ENCJ is an organisation uniting the institutions of the EU member states independent from the executive and legislative authorities that are responsible for the support provided to courts for the implementation of independent justice.

In 2009 at the General assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary confirmed the following working groups for 2009 – 2010: "Mutual Confidence", "Judicial Ethics", "Quality and Access to Justice", "Public Confidence" and "Status of Judges" and two expert groups: "E-Justice", "Criminal Law in the EU".

The member of the Judicial Council, Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Lithuania, Vigintas Visinskis and the member of the Judicial Council, the chairwoman of the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, Zita Smirnoviene shall participate at the meeting of the working group “Quality and Access to Justice” of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on 25–26 February, 2010 in Roma (Italy).

This meeting of working group “Quality and Access to Justice” shall be the last, therefore the final project of the report and the register shall be arranged, its methodology and the presentation of results shall also be revised and improved. The final report, the register and proposals shall be presented at this year General Assembly in London. The other issues related to the activities of ENCJ working group “Quality and Access to Justice” shall be decided and the future work of this working group shall be discussed as well.

ENCJ is an organisation uniting the institutions of the EU member states independent from the executive and legislative authorities that are responsible for the support provided to courts for the implementation of independent justice. The General assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary confirmed the following working groups for 2009 – 2010: “Mutual Confidence”, “Judicial Ethics”, “Quality and Access to Justice”, “Public Confidence” and “Status of Judges” and two expert groups.

The specialist of the Division of International Relations of the National Courts Administration, Vytautas Dvareckas participated at the meeting of the working group “Public Confidence” of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on 15 th February, 2010 in Warsaw (Poland).

During the meeting public confidence to the judiciary and increasing of it were discussed, experiences in ensuring public confidence internationally were analyzed, all proposals as well as other suggestions concerning the content of questionnaire were also disputed in order to compose the Eurobarometer survey about the public confidence. Other issues related to the activities of the working group were decided.

ENCJ is an organisation uniting the institutions of the EU member states independent from the executive and legislative authorities that are responsible for the support provided to courts for the implementation of independent justice.

The Senior Specialist of the Division of Informatics and Statistics of the National Courts Administration, Donatas Kiauzaris shall participate at the meeting of the expert group "E-Justice" of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on 18 January, 2010 in Madrid (Spain).

During the meeting the representatives' competence needed to provide information for the European e-Justice portal shall be discussed. The numbering unification of the European countries case law, creation of Thesaurus and metadata strategy and the other issues related to the European case law database transfer shall be considered as well.

ENCJ is an organisation uniting the institutions of the EU member states independent from the executive and legislative authorities that are responsible for the support provided to courts for the implementation of independent justice. The General assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary confirmed the following working groups for 2009 – 2010: "Mutual Confidence", "Judicial Ethics", "Quality and Access to Justice", "Public Confidence" and "Status of Judges" and two expert groups: "E-Justice", "Criminal Law in the EU".

The Senior Specialist of the Division of Informatics and Statistics of the National Courts Administration, Donatas Kiauzaris shall participate at the meeting of the expert group „E-Justice“ of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) on 15 October, 2009 in Madrid (Spain).

During the meeting the future work of the ENCJ expert group “E-Justice”, the possibilities and application problems of the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) shall be discussed and other issues related to the activities of the expert group shall be decided. Members of the expert group shall have to present the practice of their state related to the topic and suggest possible solutions of integration with the ECLI.

ENCJ is an organisation uniting the institutions of the EU member states independent from the executive and legislative authorities that are responsible for the support provided to courts for the implementation of independent justice. The General assembly of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary confirmed the following working groups for 2009 – 2010: “Mutual Confidence”, “Judicial Ethics”, “Quality and Access to Justice”, “Public Confidence” and “Status of Judges” and two expert groups: “E-Justice”, “Criminal Law in the EU”.