EuroPris Operating Grant 2024

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Outreach 35 European Prison Services: appr. 300 000 practitioners, experts and managers. Director Generals and Ministry policy staff. Council of Europe and EU officials. Offenders and prisoners in European prisons & their families. Objectives 1. Improve detention conditions 2. Increase use of alternatives to detention 3. Staff training and professional development 4. Improve capacity to support vulnerable groups 5. Effective justice systems, sustainability and resilience 6. Facilitate the transfer of prisoners under Framework Decision 909 7. Prevent organised crime in prisons, including radicalisation 8. Maintain the role as the knowledge hub for the European prison sector 9. Keeping the credibility of EuroPris being the representative of European prison services Activities EC Recommendation follow up survey Prison Achievement Award Expert meetings: FD909; Real estate; ICT; Security; Foreign Nationals FNPP; Staff wellbeing Online services: European Prison Information System EPIS, Knowledge Management System KMS Communication: website, bi-monthly newsletter, LinkedIn, YouTube Events Tabletop exercise Member think tank Round table on organised crime in prison 2 Webinars FNPP workshop Staff training workshop Criminal Justice Platform Summer course and meetings Annual General Meeting Board meetings Main deliverables Prison Achievement Award Human Rights Spotlight Sustainability matrix FD909 Resource book and Statistics EPIS and KMS databases Annual report Website and Newsletters Impact Safer societies through advanced professionalism and reduced re-offending Strong partnerships in European criminal justice sector Implementation of EU legislation and CoE recommendations European comparability of prison methods and statistics Informed decision making in European prison services