As the ECOPRIS project approaches its end, the auditorium of the Portuguese General Directorate of Probation and Prison Services (DGRSP) in Lisbon, Portugal, was the stage for its International Seminar.
The event took place on the 13th of July 2017, gathering all the partners, aiming at promoting the project and engaging both the European and the national key-stakeholders and experts.
ECOPRIS’ seminar – Lisbon, 13th July 2017
The work developed under the purview of pilot-projects in the penitentiary institutions of the participant countries has been the main focus, as well as the review of intellectual outputs based on the work done with the participants from the Romanian, Turkish and Portuguese Prison Services.
The event was specially opened by Mr. Celso Manata, the General Director of the Portuguese Probation and Prison Services, and attended by the special guest Mr. Juán José Torres, the General Director of CIRE – Center of Initiatives for Reintegration, from the Department of Justice of Catalonia (Spain), who spoke about two decades of CIRE experience on developing prison work initiatives in Catalonia.
Mr. Juán José Torres (CIRE), Mr. Pedro das Neves (IPS), Mr. Celso Manata (DGRSP), and Mr. Jorge Monteiro (DGRSP) [From left to right]
Led by BSAFE LAB – Law Enforcement, Justice, and Public Safety Research and Technology Transfer Laboratory, from the University of Beira Interior (Portugal), ECOPRIS joins together the prison service directorates of Romania, Turkey, and Portugal; further partners include IPS_Innovative Prison Systems (Portugal), CPIP – Center for Promoting Lifelong Learning (Romania), West University of Timisoara (Romania) and EuroPris – The European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (Netherlands and Belgium).
Learn more details about ECOPRIS.