- Provide judges, prosecutors, lawyers in private practice, prison and probation staff from eligible EU Member States and Candidate Countries the necessary tools to ensure a uniform application of EU law in the field of deprivation or restriction of liberty, alternatives to detention and Council of Europe standards
- Enhance cross-border mutual legal assistance and recognition of decisions within the context of detention and alternatives
- Raise awareness of issues around detention, improving conditions and finding alternatives
- Offer a better understanding and enhanced knowledge of relevant ECtHR and CJEU case-law and their relevance to (legal) practitioners’ work within the EU and wider European legal framework
- Offer an exchange of best and promising practice and an exchange of experience in matters relating to the relevant framework decisions
- Create a network between judicial and legal practitioners, as well as prison staff and probation officers throughout the EU and beyond
- Improve the digital skills and exchange ideas and discuss new perspectives on new digital possibilities in areas of common interest through the offering of a blended learning approach (webinars and e-presentations in combination with in-person seminars, presentation of e-tools, databases, etc. in presentations and workshops)
- Train 400 practitioners from all over the EU and eligible Candidate Countries in ten interactive cross-professional training events (five in-person seminars and five webinars)
10 training events (five face-to-face seminars, five webinars) will be offered, each of them focusing on a different topic within the context of enhancing cross-border mutual legal assistance and recognition of decisions in relation to detention and alternatives. Each seminar will consist of a blend of presentations, practical workshops and case studies of best and promising practice. The complementary webinars will focus solely on an introduction to the main EU legal instruments that will be covered during the seminars and how they function, allowing more time during the seminars for in-depth training and analysis.
Additionally, recordings of the webinars and most of the presentations of the seminars will be made publicly available.
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