The Agency for Legislative Initiatives is launching a project to digitalise Ukraine’s judicial system, to be implemented jointly with the key institutions of the judiciary — the Supreme Court, the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
The first step will be the digitalisation project for the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (HQCJ). This is crucial for the entire judicial system, which today requires not simply renewal but deep transformation — transparent, technology-driven, data-based and centred on fairness.
Kateryna Chernohorenko — one of the main architects of the digital transformation of the state and the defence sector — has been selected as Programme Lead.
As Deputy Minister of Defence for Digital Development in 2023–2025, she and her team created large-scale digital products such as Reserv+ and Army+, advanced the DELTA combat management system, launched a military cyber centre and fostered technological innovations that became a model for NATO partners. Her experience in systemic transformation and digital reform will now be directed at one of the state’s key reform priorities — the modernisation of the judicial system.
The winner of the competition to provide expert services for the comprehensive support of the HQCJ digitalisation process is the Ukrainian GovTech company Strimco.
In recent years, the Strimco team has implemented more than 80 government IT projects in some of the most sensitive sectors: defence, social policy, healthcare and education. It was this team that helped create products that have now become standards of the digital state: Reserv+, Army+, VeteranPRO, services for the International Register of Damage and dozens of other systems.
In addition, the company is an active driver of Ukraine’s GovTech ecosystem: a partner of the CDTO Campus and the Global Government Technology Centre, the initiator of the GovTech Alliance and a contributor to the establishment of the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s Centre for Digital Competences.
Which digital products for the justice sector will be developed for the HQCJ under the Project?
- A new HQCJ website. The current version of the website has not been updated for years and is functionally very outdated. The new website will prioritise openness and user-friendliness for all categories of users.
- An electronic document management system (EDMS). Each year, the Commission processes around 70,000 incoming and outgoing documents, plus several thousand internal documents. According to research, introducing an EDMS will save up to 50% of the time spent on document handling and will also reduce costs for printers, copiers and other consumables.
- Judicial Career Portal. Each candidate will have a personalised user account. The functionality will provide round-the-clock remote access to exam and test results, as well as to all submitted documents. In addition, candidates will be able to apply for a competition with a single click — the system will automatically generate application packages using documents already uploaded. Developers of exam tasks, examiners, members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges, the High Council of Justice, the Public Integrity Council and the Public Council of International Experts will also have their own accounts with tailored functionality. The entire process — from announcing a competition to issuing a recommendation for appointment — will be stored within a single system. This will ensure maximum data protection, as the system will grant strictly limited access to specific exam materials for clearly defined users.
- Judicial Position Registry. In essence, this will function as an electronic dossier for both judges and candidates. The system will feature automated data entry, search tools, data protection, analytics, integration with state registers, statistical tools, personalised online access for users and full integration into the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System.
We are confident that this cooperation will lay the foundation for building a new digital ecosystem for the HQCJ — one that ensures transparency and trust in the processes of judicial selection and integrity monitoring.
ALI is implementing the Programme within the project ‘Reinforcing the European Dimension of Ukrainian Civil Service in Law-Making, Justice and Public Finances’, supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
