Project Title: From Law to Justice – Sustainable Legal Aid System in Serbia
Duration: January 2014. – July 2014.
Donor: INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
About the project: The overall objective of the project is to develop a sustainable system of free legal aid and improving the capacity of providers of free legal aidin Serbia.This will be achieved through: 1) strengthening the capacity of providers of free legal aid to a comprehensive and coordinated way provide legal assistance, and 2) creating a favorable environment for improving access to justice and the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law.
This will be achieved through developing a network of providers of free legal aid, training for civil society organizations and providers of free legal aid, raising awareness of the importance of free legal aid, encourage qualified lawyers to devote their time to providing free legal aid, strategic management of cases and the laying the foundations for the development of the index of the rule of law (Rule of law Index).
During implementation of the project, special attention was paid to gender equality.