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With more than 30 participants present CEP started its first webinar of 2025 on Thursday 23 January. This session explored penalties and alternative punitive measures to imprisonment within the Polish justice system, offering valuable insights and practical examples to participants from across Europe.

New Interview Alert: Ulrike Stahlmann-Liebelt, State Representative for Victim Protection

What do criminal offenders need to turn their lives around? And what do victims need to find closure after experiencing crime?

These important questions are explored in a fascinating new interview on the YouTube channel Division_Y.
This time, the host sits down with Ulrike Stahlmann-Liebelt, the State Representative for Victim Protection in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Meeting of the Expert Group on Mental Health in Probation

After the face-to-face meeting on November 2024 in Barcelona, on 15 January, the CEP Expert group on Mental Health in Probation held its first 2025 online meeting.

The experts of the group discussed its strategy, objectives, and outcomes, focusing on Developing a European Mental Health Curriculum for Probation Officers. The group agreed on the objectives of the training, including foundational knowledge, improving competence and confidence of probation officers, and enhancing the ability to interact effectively with service users presenting mental health issues.

The group will continue its work along this year and will be able to present first results at the end of 2025 – beginning 2026.

CEP continues its series of webinars | Next up – Alternatives to Detention (23/01)

CEP continues its series of webinars on key topics in probation. Building on the 2024 webinar series, which explored alternatives to detention, radicalisation and violent extremism, volunteers, technology, and assessment, CEP will offer its members and all professionals interested in probation practical insights and expertise.

The 2025 webinars will focus specifically on alternatives to detention, radicalization, and assessment, providing first-hand knowledge and experiences in these crucial areas.

New Division24 Online with Prof. Fergus McNeill

New calls for proposals under the CERV and Justice programmes!

Discover the first 2025 calls (some of them are already published and open). In 2025, There will also select the new CERV and Justice programmes’ framework partners which will support the Commission in reaching the programmes’ objectives! Do not miss the opportunity to apply.

Promoting Probation: CEP at the UNAFEI Seminar

From December 11–19, 2024, CEP Board Member Danijela Mrhar Prelić participated as an expert speaker at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI) ASEAN-Japan Criminal Justice Seminar: Promoting the Rule of Law and Building an Inclusive Society. The seminar, which was dedicated to ASEAN countries, aimed to strengthen mutual legal assistance and offender rehabilitation efforts.