Interagency Cooperation Workshop (Bucharest 2022)

On 23-24 November 2022 CEP and EuroPris organized the second edition of the joint Workshop on Interagency Cooperation in Bucharest, Romania. The aim of the workshop was to increase awareness of the need for interagency cooperation and to find solutions supporting this agenda. Within the two days, eighteen speakers representing ten EU jurisdictions from prison, probation, NGOs, university and training academy shared their knowledge and experience on working together towards successful reintegration and rehabilitation of offenders.  

The workshop was attended by 72 participants from 16 EU jurisdictions that came together to discuss how time in prison can be used constructively to safeguard the transition to society, what specific needs must be addressed, how probation, treatment facilities and others are involved and how they follow up on the work of prison. The workshop session focused on solutions for specific groups, such as the Roma community, persons with mental disorders, drug-addicted, etc. 

Presentations

• Iuliana Carbunaru and Dan Halchin, Probation and Prison in Romania: with interagency cooperation toward reintegration, Romania
• Ivo Kitsing and Liisa Tarkus, From prison into society with the uninterrupted flow, Estonia
• Chris Cremona, Easing Inmates’ Transition to the Community, Malta
• Rita Lourenço and Tiago Cardoso Leitão, Methodology to engage civil society organisations in the CJS, Portugal
• Iuliia Paskevska, Specificity and challenges in interagency cooperation, Ukraine
• Nadia Burciu, Social Reintegration of Released Prisoners, Moldova
• Sabrina Reggers, Family Justice Center Limburg: a systemic approach to domestic violence, Belgium
• Natasa Savvopoulou, The key for the successful implementation of trial stage alternatives to incarceration for offenders with substance abuse issues. Lessons learned and the way forward, Cyprus
• Mihai Enache, Precision project, France

Workshops

Workshop A

• Iosif Csatlos and Ana Voiculet, Challenges and best practices in interagency cooperation, Romania
• Pia Andersson and Aki Saarinen, Indicators for a successful interagency cooperation in the preparation of a gradual release from prison, Finland

Workshop B

• Claudia Pecorella and Marianna Grimaldi, ‘The extraordinary impact of prison sentences on Roma women’, Italiy
• Vesna Ferencic and Martina Rakic, Roma mentors in Croatia, Croatia