The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, has chaired the Sectorial Conference on the Administration of Justice, the body for cooperation between the State and the Autonomous Communities with transferred powers in this area, in Córdoba.
At the meeting, Félix Bolaños announced the final list of beneficiaries of the SERÉ 2024 scholarships, which amounts to a record 983, 24% more than in 2023, with an endowment of 8 million euros.
The SERÉ 2024 Grants provide financial aid of 8,000 euros per year for each beneficiary, thus becoming an essential tool to guarantee equal opportunities in access to the highest bodies of the Administration of Justice, as it allows students with a vocation to choose to prepare for these competitive examinations without their family income conditioning their decision.
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SERÉ Grants reach a new record high and will reach almost a thousand candidates for competitive examinations
Of the total number of beneficiaries, 790 will use the grants to prepare for the competitive examinations to become judges or prosecutors, 162 will do so to gain access to the Corps of Lawyers of the Administration of Justice and 31 will invest in preparing for the Corps of State Lawyers.
With regard to the distribution of the grants by the Autonomous Community, Andalusia has led the number of beneficiaries, with 26% of the grants, followed by the Valencian Community, with 13%. In terms of age range, 90% of the beneficiaries are between 21 and 33 years of age. Of all the aid granted, 791 were awarded to women compared to 192 men.
52.7% increase in investment in grants compared to 2023
In this third edition, the investment in scholarships has increased by 52.7% compared to the previous year and almost 400% more than in 2022, continuing the Ministry’s commitment to improving opportunities for access to public employment under the principles of equality, merit and ability. This has also led to an increase in the number of scholarships and an improvement in their allocation, raising the amount of each scholarship by 21%. This is a significant increase compared to the first call (2022), which had a budget of 1.6 million euros, and the second (2023), with a budget of 5.2 million euros.
Evaluation of legislative advances in the field of Justice
During the Sectorial Conference, the State and the Autonomous Communities addressed, among other issues, the legislative advances that have been made in the area of Justice. Specifically, they discussed the repercussions that the Organic Law on the Right to Defence, recently published in the Official State Gazette, and the Organic Law on Measures for the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service, pending final approval in the Senate, will have in the different territories.
Awarding of 14 decorations of the Order of San Raimundo de Peñafort
During his visit to Cordoba, the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with Parliament presented 14 decorations of the Order of San Raimundo de Peñafort to representatives of the legal community of eastern Andalusia and Cordoba.
The recipients include members of the legal profession, the security forces and corps, social graduates, academics, magistrates, prosecutors, lawyers in the Administration of Justice, forensic doctors and other civil servants who provide or have provided services in the Administration of Justice and the General State Administration.