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The award-winning Spanish candidacy was one of more than 50 initial proposals, beaten only by the digital forensic platform Hansken, from the Netherlands. Among the outstanding initiatives of the Spanish candidacy is the application of RPA to the procedures for granting nationality by residence and for the cancellation of criminal records, speeding up procedures that affect thousands of citizens and at the same time saving the Administration thousands of hours of manual and repetitive work.
Another noteworthy initiative was the implementation of RPA to speed up the entry of receipts and payments from each court's procedural management computer system into the judicial deposits and consignments account. This project has ensured that transfers such as the reimbursement of unpaid rent or alimony are not delayed.
In addition, in this edition of the European public sector awards, the Carpeta Justicia project has also been recognised with a Good Practice Certificate.
This prize, awarded by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), was presented this week in Maastricht (Netherlands) at an event attended by the Director General for Legal Security and Public Faith, Ester Pérez. The aim of the awards is to recognise and celebrate best practice and innovative projects in the public sector in Europe.
Specifically, the Digital Transformation category focuses on projects that have demonstrated an innovative and effective approach to harnessing digital technology to improve public services, optimise administration and promote citizen participation.
11th CGPJ Awards for Quality within Justice
On the other hand, the ministry headed by Félix Bolaños has been recognised in the 11th Awards for Quality within Justice, organised by the Standing Committee of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), which are awarded to judicial bodies and entities or organisations related to the Justice Administration that have stood out for their activities to improve the quality of public service and for meeting the needs of citizens through good management practices.
Specifically, in the category of More Accessible Justice, the award-winning body was the Directorate General for the Public Justice Service, headed by María dels Àngels García. The jury decided to award joint prizes to three projects that place citizens at the centre of the system and help to improve accessibility and transparency in the functioning of justice.
These projects are: "Forensic medical care for detainees"; "Merits acquired by Integral Forensic Assessment Units (UVFI)"; and "Social projection of forensic sciences. Justice and crime prevention based on forensic data".
With regard to the project "Forensic medical care for detainees", this award honours the work of the Forensic Medical Council, a consultative body that advises different institutions by means of scientific-technical reports. The aim of the winning project is to promote human rights, from the perspective of forensic medicine, in the assistance provided to the detainee, and in its intervention in cases of death in custody. Aspects such as the approval by Royal Decree of a Protocol for the forensic medical examination of detainees; the publication of a Best practice guide for the application of this protocol; and the publication of another Best practice guide, this time focused on forensic medical action in cases of death in custody.
The second of the award-winning projects, "Merits acquired by Integral Forensic Assessment Units (UVFI)", recognises the work of these units within the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMLCF), which provide specialised technical assistance in the field of gender-based violence and sexual violence to judicial bodies and draw up expert reports. In this case, the CGPJ highlighted their contribution to policies for the eradication of gender violence, while generating an improvement in the public justice service.
As for the project "Social projection of forensic sciences. Justice and crime prevention based on forensic data", the prize was awarded for its work in establishing a data collection model that allows for better knowledge and adaptation to the expert needs of judicial bodies. This is reflected, with the collaboration of the National Commission of Judicial Statistics, in the portal "Justice in Data", which also offers direct information to the public. Catalogues with information on sexual assaults with suspicion of chemical submission; toxicological analyses in traffic-related deaths; consultations attended by the Toxicological Information Service; or deaths with judicial intervention are highlighted.
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