The joint program of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Supporting the Kazakh authorities in im-proving the quality and efficiency of the justice system,” aims to improve the criminal justice system and insti-tutional practices of Kazakhstan and bring it into line with international standards and supporting the country’s authorities in their efforts to improve the justice system.

This program began on July 25, 2014 and will end on July 24, 2018. Its main target groups are the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Academy of Justice, the Academy of Law and Order, the Academy of Justice, the Ministry of Justice, and others.