On 28 the July 2011 the Minister of Justice Margarita popova and the President of the Justice Development Foundation Iva Pushkarova signed a framework partnership agreement. It establishes the principles and conditions under which the parties will cooperate in the administration of the state policies in various spheres of legal drafting, jurisprudence, legal ediucation, legal aid and other issues relevant for the development of justice.
The partners will support each other in conduct of legal, comparative-legal and social researches, trainings, conferences and campaigns, elabotation and implementation of strategies and concepts by exchanging information, expetise, expert consulting and technical assistance.
Active cooperation is envisaged in the fields of modern criminal-law solutions (protection of victims of crime, friendly justice for children, improvement of criminal regimes against economic and organised crime) within the context of EU legal integration in the criminal law sector after the enforcement of the Lisbon treaty, improvement of the legal aid system, analyses and review of crimes appropriate for decriminalization aimed at optimization of the pre-trial procedure, expet support for the drafting of the new Criminal Code. A sphere of intensive cooperation is also the conduct of public discussions on the new Criminal Code and the enforcement of the State Concept for justice for the child.
