Social integration of persons returned from imprisonment”

Project:

“Social integration of persons returned from imprisonment”

Project duration:

01.08.2004 – 31.07.2005

Implemented organization:

Center for Integration of Criminals and Risk Groups

Partners:

Elektrenai School of energetics, Lithuania Association Lorraine d’Accompagnement des Adultes et des Jeunes en Insertion – Association Préformation Lorraine / ALAJI-APRELOR, France Vocational Training Center DAFNI, Greece

Sources of funding:

Socrates Program – Grundtvig 2

Main goal:

The project “Social inclusion of persons returned from imprisonment” aims to prepare an educational program, with helps ex-prisoners to reintegrate into society and prevents them from further criminal behavior. The educational program would include: development of interpersonal skills, communication skills, and job hunting hints, encouragement of entrepreneurship, orientation in changing labor market, training on use of information and communication technologies, literacy courses, programs for psychosocial support and other related topics. The educational program will generalize experience of 4 countries and will be adaptable to other societies, too. The program will be prepared to be taught to prisoner and ex-prisoners.

Objectives:

- to exchange experience of social inclusion of prisoners in different countries; - to learn best practices; - to analyze methodology for education of prisoners and ex-prisoners used in other countries; - to develop educational program using experience of partner countries; - to deepen intercultural dialogue and cooperation; - to encourage lifelong learning; - to disseminate innovation and good practice.

Achieved results:

Developed a specialized program for professional training of persons, released from the prison

NEWS

Work visit in France within the “Socrates - Grundtwig 2” Program

On June 22nd in one of the 19 centers of the host organization ALAJI-APRELOR in Nancy a seminar was carried out within the project “Social inclusion of persons returned from imprisonment”, which is being implemented by the Center for Integration of Criminals and Risk Groups at Regional Fund - IGA, The Elektrenai School for Energetics, Lithuania, ALAJI _ APRELOR, France and DAFNI Vocational Training Center, Greece. On IGA’s side participated the Executive director Mrs. Marina Manolcheva, the Project manager Dimitar Rusinov, and the Project coordinator Andrei Momchilov. At the seminar the program modules of the partner organizations were presented, among them the module for development of interpersonal and communication skills, prepared by the CICRG - Pazardjik within the program for assistance to the social reintegration of people released from prison. The participants have outlined the advance of the project activities and have made particular suggestions for the future work on the program.

International Seminar Organized by Regional Fund –IGA

From 31st to 3rd of April within the project “Social Inclusion of Persons, Returned from Imprisonment” –Program”Socrates”-Grundtvig 2, in “VIONAS” complex-Pazardzhik a seminar was delivered for all partnership organization representatives: Center for Vocational Training Electrenai –Lithuania; Center for Integration of Crime Manifested and Risk Groups-Bulgaria; ALAJI-APRELOR-France and Center for Vocational Training DAFNI-Greece.От 31 март до 3 април в рамките на проект "Социална реинтеграция на лица, освободени от затвора" - програма Сократ - Грюндвиг 2, в комплекс "Вионас" – At the time the first project partnership meeting each organization was briefly represented as well as the various modules from the educational program for ex-prisoners, that is the final project output. The event was organized by the Center for Integration of Crime Manifested and Risk Groups.