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Presentations Conference on Alternatives to Detention in Central and East European Countries
On 16-18 November 2016 the second CEP conference on “Alternatives to Detention in Central and Eastern European countries”, jointly organized by CEP and the Directorate for Criminal Law and Probation of the Republic of Croatia, took place in Dubrovnik (Croatia). The aim of this event was to promote the rights of persons in conflict with the law to an alternative punishment to prison such as community sentences, and the benefits for the society and the probationers in this process.
Plenary sessions Thursday 17 November 2016
How to ´promote´ probation
Presentation Jana Spero – How to promote probation
Presentation Imants Jurevicius – Social camping
Presentations by the individual countries (in alphabetical order of country):
Presentation Gisela Rembeci – Albania
Presentation Andrea Matouskova – Czech Republic
Presentation Imants Jurevicius – Latvia
Presentation-Regimantas-Mikaliunas-Lithuania
Presentation Emilija Vasilevska – Macedonia
Presentation Ghenadie Ceban – Moldova
Presentation-Predrag-Krsmanovic-Montenegro
Presentation Simona Lazar – Romania
Presentation Danijela Mrhar Prelic – Slovenia
Presentation Oleg Yanchuk – Ukraine
Workshop sessions
Workshop A: Training of the staff: Criminal Justice Social Work
Presentation Avans University of Applied Sciences – criminal justice social work
Workshop B: Mass supervision in Romania: a case study
Presentation Ioan Durnescu – Mass supervision in Romania, a case study
Presentation Simona Lazar – Mass Probation
Workshop C: Building up capacity
Presentation Stephen Pitts and Leo Tigges – Building capacity in probation
Plenary sessions Friday 18 November 2016
EU Twinning Project “Support to further development of the Probation in Croatia”
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