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The project is aimed at increasing the capacity of Bulgarian magistrates, practicing lawyers and researchers in administrative justice by bringing practice in compliance with the requirements of the ECHR for access to court and scope of judicial review and contemporary EU antidiscrimination standards. It seeks to raise awareness regarding recent developments and the way in which the Administrative Procedure Code and Protection against Discrimination Act are applied by first instance administrative courts and the Supreme Administrative Court. It is considered to be an independent experts’ assessment of the recently developed case law in the field of administrative law and antidiscrimination law and a timely reaction to the relatively new amendments of the Protection against Discrimination Act, and seeks either to prevent or to overcome the establishment of possible improper judicial practices which could result in new violations of the European Convention and EU law.

• First Stage - January 1, 2012 – November 30, 2012

January 1, 2012 – November 30, 2012 – Current review and analysis of relevant judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, delivered in cases against Bulgaria after the end of 2009-2010 project and update of the analytical reports prepared during this project. Elaboration of a report on the 2011-2012 case-law of the administrative courts under the Protection against Discrimination Act.

• a Second Stage of the project is palnned for 2013