Selection
1.
Participation is only open to judges, prosecutors, lawyers in private practice and probation staff from eligible EU Member States participating in the
EU Justice Programme (Denmark does not participate) including Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Moldova and Ukraine (*this designation is without prejudice to
positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on
the Kosovo declaration of independence).
The number
of places available is limited (50 places). Participation will be subject to a
selection procedure. Selection will be first come first served and according to
nationality.
2.
Applications should be submitted before 21 October 2025.
3. A
response will be sent to every applicant after this deadline. We advise you not
to book any travel before you receive our confirmation.
Registration Fee
4. €120 including
documentation, coffee breaks, lunches and dinner.
Travel and
accommodation expenses
5. Participants
will receive a fixed contribution towards their travel expenses and are asked
to book their own travel. The condition for payment of this contribution is to
sign all attendance sheets at the event. No supporting documents are needed.
The amount of the contribution is determined by the EU unit cost calculation
guidelines, which are based on the distance from the participant’s place of
work to the seminar location and do not take account of the participant’s
actual travel costs.
6. Travel costs
from outside Lithuania: participants can calculate the contribution to which
they will be entitled on the European Commission website
(https://era-comm.eu/go/calculator, table 2). The distance is calculated from
their place of work to the seminar location.
7. For inter
Member States return journeys between 50 and 400 km from and to EE, LV and PL
please consult page 9 on https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel.
8. For those
travelling from within Lithuania, the contribution for travel is fixed at €20
(for a distance between 50km and 400km). Please note that no contribution will
be paid for travel under 50km. For more information, please consult p.10 on
https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel. Please note that no
contribution can be made towards travel for participants attending via the
Lithuanian National Courts Administration (judges and prosecutors) and the
Lithuanian Probation Service (probation officers).
9. Accommodation
costs: international participants travelling more than 50km one-way will
receive a fixed contribution of €94 per night for up to two nights’
accommodation. National participants travelling more than 50km one way will
receive a fixed contribution of €94 per night for max one night accommodation.
For more information, please consult p.14 on
https://era-comm.eu/go/unit-cost-decision-travel. Please note that no
contribution can be made towards accommodation for participants attending via
the Lithuanian National Courts Administration (judges and prosecutors) and the
Lithuanian Probation Service (probation officers).
10. Successful
applicants will be sent the relevant claim form and information on how to
obtain payment of the contribution to their expenses. Please note that no
payment is possible if the registered participant cancels their participation
for any reason.
Participation
11. Participation
in the whole seminar is required, and participants’ presence will be recorded.
12. A list of
participants including each participant’s address will be made available to all
participants unless ERA receives written objection from the participant no
later than one week prior to the beginning of the event.
13. The
participant will be asked to give permission for their address and other
relevant information to be stored in ERA’s database in order to provide
information about future ERA events.
14. A certificate
of attendance will be sent electronically after the seminar.
15. ERA neither
provides nor endorses local accommodation recommendations. Kindly consult
available online booking platforms.
