The PROTA consortium is a powerful partnership of experienced organizations, with a prominent prison serving as the coordinator. Committed and passionate, this consortium brings together a wealth of expertise, knowledge, and capacity. With their collective strength, they are fully equipped to successfully deliver this transformative project.
Bucharest – Rahova Penitentiary is an institution of national interest and one of the largest high security prison units in Romania, subordinated to the National Administration of Penitentiaries (NAP), with its own legal personality and quality of tertiary authorizing credit body. Many group programs and mediation activities are done through collaboration with institutions such as school inspectorate, child protection, town hall, probation service, NGOs, foundations, universities, county employment inspectorates, sports associations, schools etc. The institution has the capacity and the necessary infastructure to successfully have the coordinator’s role in this project. The unity is trusted by the local community, which certifies once again that we are a social partner able to effectively manage state resources in order to successfully resocialization and reintegration of individuals who committed offenses. Promotes and implements, alongside public institutions dealing with assistance area post-detention, principles of the National Strategy for Social Reintegration of detainees.
CPIP is a non-governmental, non-profit institution dedicated to the development of lifelong learning ecosystems in local and professional communities. Since 2005, the CPIP has been active in the educational and social field and promotes the culture of “lifelong learning” through the active involvement of community members in developing a coherent implementation strategy of the concept and practice of lifelong learning. From Romania, over 120 correctional staff and retired personnel cooperates with the organization on the basis of volunteering. In this context we have sent our correctional key staff volunteers to more than 50 staff trainings in Europa, supporting their career development. At European level we have cooperation with at least 2 or 3 organisations from each of the European Member States. We also have a network of specialists we collaborate on projects, on the field of social welfare, psychology, sociology, social policy, urban security & police.
SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education is a pioneering organization that initiates and implements projects of social impact, with a focus on social inclusion. SYNTHESIS is the leading organization in the country in the fields of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It founded and is managing HUB NICOSIA, an educational center with cultural, environmental, and social aims. As an adult education provider and an accredited VET institution, SYNTHESIS focuses on the development of training programs that enhance the personal and employment skills of people, particularly those who experience or are at risk of social exclusion. SYNTHESIS holds recognized experience in research, policy, and evaluation, in its service to the European Commission, governmental, non-governmental, and private institutions.
We are an association founded in 1992 that deals with justice, human rights, and prisons. We are committed to transforming a criminal justice system that is often unfair to those who have fewer means. We believe that the prison sentence should only be used for the most serious crimes and should never consist of inhuman treatment. We put up cultural resistance to those who want to turn the Welfare State into a State based on criminal law. We explain to students in schools and universities our idea of justice and prison sentence. We urge political forces and public institutions to address the rights of people deprived of their liberty, to introduce guarantees for the weakest and most defenseless, to treat major issues, such as drugs and immigration, as complex social issues and not as criminal issues. In 1998 we received the permanent authorization from the Ministry of Justice to visit all the Italian detention centers. Since 2007 we issue an annual report (originally biannual) on the prison conditions in Italy. It is a very important document that is normally used by whoever want to know the Italian detention system.
SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education is a pioneering organization that initiates and implements projects of social impact, with a focus on social inclusion. SYNTHESIS is the leading organization in the country in the fields of social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It founded and is managing HUB NICOSIA, an educational center with cultural, environmental, and social aims. As an adult education provider and an accredited VET institution, SYNTHESIS focuses on the development of training programs that enhance the personal and employment skills of people, particularly those who experience or are at risk of social exclusion. SYNTHESIS holds recognized experience in research, policy, and evaluation, in its service to the European Commission, governmental, non-governmental, and private institutions.
DIAS VET is an educational and counselling organization accredited by the Greek National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance–EOPPEP. DIAS VET was established in 2009 in Karditsa and today it also has 2 additional operational offices in other cities. Our vision is to be evolved into a competitive, European wide VET organization and to provide education and training opportunities, counselling, and support to individuals and businesses by promoting excellence and quality in vocational education and training. DIAS VET is aligned with the E.U. strategic framework in fighting the rising levels of unemployment DIAS’ mission is to provide certified education & training opportunities, counselling & personal development in order to contribute in quality of life improvements. DIAS VET implements informal continuing training national programs aiming at the link between training and employment, programs against social exclusion aimed at helping the unemployed get back to work, programs for self-employed, in training programs.
Twenty years ago a group of acquaintances decided to create an association with the aim of raising awareness in society about the need to change policy and behavior in the issues of anti-crime policy and the (re)integration of incarcerated people. DIEKSODOS is a rehabilitation support organisation focusing on raising awareness of the value of correctional services and reintegration. DIEKSODOS is part of a nationwide network of ex- prisoners support services, policy making public bodies and correctional institutions. In addition, DIEKSODOS has direct contact with the inmates of Larisa Prisons, through its close cooperation with the second (2nd) “Second Chance” School of Larissa, which is the school of the Prison. DIEKSODOS implements programs, promotes the idea of education and employment in Detention Centers, maps the reception structures for released prisoners and creates a physical and electronic space to promote the works of incarcerated and released prisoners for their dignified living and socialization.
C&C is a network organization of institutions and freelancers realizing professional educational programmes with the arts for the underprivileged and people who have been, or threaten to become in contact with Justice and criminal law. C&C is an organization realizing professional educational programs and trainings with creative media as a tool to develop life skills. We work with people at the edge of society. We see non-formal learning as a strong tool to develop these skills. We operate at the intersection of art, education and society. In most of our trainings developing employability skills is an important element. We use the arts to develop soft skills such as active listening, communication, reflective thinking, collaboration, flexibility, critical thinking, etc. The last few years we worked a lot on blended learning and co-creation. We were involved in developing exiting new methods using our digital skills. We designed games in which we also used innovative approaches such as augmented reality and virtual reality.