Events

General Information on the participation conditions 

The number of places available is limited; participation is based on selection. Interested defence lawyers may register via their respective bar associations or, if your bar does not participate in the programme, directly via ERA. 

Participants should have a working knowledge of English. Participation is only open to lawyers in private practice from eligible EU Member States (Denmark does not participate in this Eu Justice Programme), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* and Ukraine. 

Please note that different terms apply depending on the type of activity (face-to-face or online). The concrete conditions for participation in each training activity can be found on the ERA website for the event. 

Travel, accommodation and catering 

The training programme is co-funded by the European Commission.  

For the face-to-face events, participants need to pay a moderate fee after their registration has been approved and they receive an invoice from ERA. ERA will cover the travel costs and accommodation up to a certain amount, and participants will receive a fixed contribution towards their travel and accommodation expenses after the seminar. Beverages consumed during the event, lunch, and dinner are offered by the organisers, and no per diem will be offered for the participants. 

Participants must book their own travel and accommodation and will receive the contribution after the seminar. The condition for reimbursement is to sign all attendance sheets at the event (daily). Please note that no payment is possible if the registered participant cancels their participation for any reason. 
The amount of the travel and accommodation cost contribution will be determined by the EU unit cost calculation guidelines for each seminar based on the distance from the participant’s place of work to the seminar location and will not take account of the participant’s actual travel and accommodation costs. 

*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.