The 2017 expert group meeting was held on 24 & 25 April at the Belgian Prison Service Headquarters in Brussels. 28 experts joined the meeting on Day 1 chaired by Graham Wilkinson (England & Wales) and Katja Đogović (Finland). All EU Member States were invited (22 were represented) along with experts from 3 countries (Albania, Norway and Turkey) who complete transfers under the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Transfer of Sentence Prisoners. The morning consisted of world café discussion tables with experts engaging in lively exchange of best practice and issues pertaining to transfer of foreign nationals. In the afternoon, the group discussed proposed amendments to Additional Protocol and received an update on e-CODEX from Ernst Steigenga. On Day 2, experts from EU Member States provided feedback to Jesca Beneder of the European Commission on the Draft Legal Handbook to accompany Framework Decision 909 that is in development, expected to be published in 2018.