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Recap: Expert Group meeting on Technology in Probation

On 18 November 2022 an Expert group meeting on Technology in Probation took place online. Experts from 7 different EU jurisdictions (Finland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, Germany and Czech Republic) gathered to start working on guidelines for a hybrid working model.

The online meeting has served as a preparatory kick-off meeting to brainstorm and define key principles of working models in order to draft the first version of the guidelines for the upcoming face-to-face meeting that is taking place in the spring 2023.The group work focused on discussing following:

  • general needs of defining hybrid/smarter/blended supervision
  • aspects of qualitative and effective supervision
  • digital solutions
  • data protection

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