With the objective of ensuring access to justice at the local level, APAP, with financial support from the French Embassy, gave training to a total of 30 social-court judges and registrars at the town of Hosaena, the SNNPRS. Of the 30 beneficiaries of the training, who were drawn from all the kebeles of the town, 13 were females.

The training lasted eight days (from July 23rd to August 1st, 2008) and focused on human rights, basic laws, the application of the Social Courts Proclamation and alternative dispute-resolution methods.