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Green Prison Pathways (GreenPP)
Establishing Green Prison Pathways Through Staff Training, Reinsertion Green Skill Building & Community GreenLinks
Timeframe
01/10/2025 – 30/09/2028 (36 months)
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Promoting sustainability in prisons through green competencies, education, and pathways to employment
The GreenPP project aims to align the European Sustainable Energy Award for Prisons (E-SeaP) programme with current advances in green initiatives by fostering a culture of sustainability and eco-friendly practices within prisons. This will be achieved through training and education in environmentally sustainability for prison staff and trainers, offering high-quality, participatory and digital approaches adapted to the needs of target groups.
The project also seeks to enhance the green skills of detained individuals in key areas to improve their employability and reintegration after incarceration, creating green career pathways and addressing labour shortages in the sector. A key component is the development of a ‘GreenLinks’ database to connect community-based environmentally conscious organisations and programmes with nearby prisons, encouraging volunteering and building stronger ties with green businesses to support reinsertion and career development.
Where
- Belgium
- Malta
- Portugal
- Romania
- Turkey
Funding
- Erasmus+ | Line of funding: KA220-ADU-C5C0AEEB
Objectives
Supporting green competency training and education for prison professionals (managers and frontline staff)
Networking to establish a ‘GreenLinks’ database to connect community based green organisations and programmes with local prisons, establishing links to encourage volunteering or labour reinsertion
Creating green career pathways for incarcerated persons by developing foundational green skills in key areas to enhance labour reinsertion
Expected outcomes
A report on the comparative reality of sustainable Green prison practices across partner countries
Green training materials for upskilling staff green skills ‘inside and out’
An EU Green Careers Digital Prospectus of training pathways for current green skills shortages
The ‘GreenLinks’ network directory
A prison management green audit planning guide
A Traning of Trainers manual for supporting offender green careers
A digital training compendium of foundational green skills (micro-learnings)
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