PROMOTE – Promoting Integrated Professional Development for Prison Practitioners in Vocational Excellence for Offender Reintegration
Project Number: 101144006
Timespan of the Project: 15.03.2024 – 14.03.2028
Project E-mail: info@ceipes.org
Financial Program: Erasmus+
Objectives
The project aims to:
- Create a learning experience that transforms professionals from diverse backgrounds who serve individuals in prison.
- Provide training and upskilling opportunities for professionals involved in supporting the reintegration of convicted persons.
- Encourage collaboration among professionals from various disciplines to facilitate positive change within the prison system.
- Empower professionals to make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals in prison by fostering an environment of continuous learning, empathy, and respect.
- Adopt a learner-centered approach to upskilling, focusing on acquiring specific skill sets and problem-solving approach.
- Create centers of vocational excellence to democratize access to learning and upskilling, providing practitioners with necessary tools and resources.
- Encourage participatory research and community-led solutions, empowering practitioners to become active participants in their professional development.
- Implement a process of recognizing prior learning and providing micro-credentials recognized by employers and validated by vocational education and training (VET) providers.
Activities
The project will engage in the following activities:
- Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current situation and needs of the correctional sector and the professionals working with convicted persons in Europe
- Develop a common framework and methodology for defining and assessing the skills and competencies of professionals working with convicted persons
- Establish and foster collaboration and coordination among different sectors and agencies that are involved in community integration of convicted persons, creating a shared vision and common goals, especially on the upskilling strategies.
- Provide and facilitate access to high-quality training and learning opportunities for professionals working with convicted persons
- Set up the CoVE physical context
- Develop a curriculum framework to support the work of correctional staff in promoting social inclusion, employability, and reintegration of convicted individuals.
- Deliver the Training involving groups of professionals
- Organize Transnational joint training
Results
The project will yield the following results:
- Reports including survey and interview data and analysis, policy review and Inspiring Practices: collecting empirical data, analyzing existing practices, and reviewing policies related to professional training in the correctional system.
- Ecosystem map: collecting data from partners on stakeholders and institutions involved in community integration
- Occupational profiles for professionals working with convicted persons
- Policy recommendation to the Prison Administrations in Europe on how to change the perspective on upskilling
- Physical set up of the CoVE (Centre of Vocational Excellence) including the development of its governance structure
- Curriculum framework including the creation of an online learning platform and virtual simulations to empower correctional staff to facilitate the development of essential skills and attitudes among convicted individuals
- Certification Concepts and Mechanisms
- Sustainable partnership
- Best Practices Handbook
- Face-to-Face training sessions & Transnational Joint Training Program
- Final Conference
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