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Third online meeting for Directors General in Probation – presentations available
On Thursday 8th April the third CEP online meeting for Directors General in Probation took place.
The theme of this edition was “sharing experiences regarding community (unpaid) work during Covid-19″Â and focused on sharing experiences & lessons, as well as looking into the future as hopefully society can move cautiously out of the restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Presentations were given by Mr. Hans Dominicus (Justitiehuizen, Belgium Flanders), Ms. Anca Nicoara (Romanian Probation Service) and Mr. Erik Corten (Dutch Probation Service).
You can download them via the links below.
The report of the meeting can be found here.
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