This is a common project of 5 partner organizations (VSA, Slawek Foundation, Rubikon Center, Edukos, Grudas) from 5 different countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania), based on mutual experience and method exchange, knowledge extension and share, focusing on a special, vulnerable, disadvantaged target group: ex-offenders, criminals, people under criminal prosecution, under or after detention. The project aims at decreasing social, educational and labour market handicaps of the target group. Among people under detention low school education and early school-leavers are over-represented, the group is characterized by the lack of basic, key and transversal competences. On the whole, this target group is characterised by the deficit in knowledge and information. They are lower qualified persons with low job socialization and/or work experience. Prejudice is therefore significant, making reintegration (including accommodation and job search) extremely difficult with a criminal record. The general goal of this project is to decrease economic/social and/or political marginalization, to provide opportunities for (re)integration; to start a change in social approach towards members of the target group and their problems; to combat discrimination and unequal opportunities. Specific goals: to support the development, transfer and realization of innovative practices, methods and guidelines through cooperation (transversal competence development in the case of people under or after detention, testing of the developed guidelines/methods on a local level; mapping opportunities for the preparation for release (methods, methodology, tools) – testing on a local level, Focus on Freedom: preparation for release (a publication in the national language of the countries, with CD); social sensitizing – tolerance improving, anti-discrimination training for the majority of society (employers) – developing common training material, as well as guidelines and methodology; individual, customized help: mentoring, individual training/development and learning paths – guidelines, methodology and developing “good practices” – testing on a local level; project publication editing; organizing multiplication events (5 / 500); creating 8 intellectual outputs; experience exchange on a high European standard via common activities – knowledge share, visit to institutions, experience exchange: workshop (5 pcs/5 countries), common activities (creating intellectual outputs and multiplication activities). The long-term effect of the project will be a positive impact on both the participating organizations and also on their client group: the vulnerable target group suffering discrimination. The project helps increase awareness and recognition of partner organizations, supports their capacity and management, their project management skills/experience develop – as a whole, partner organizations become stronger, which will have a positive effect on the future mitigation of difficulties in the situation of the target group. On a local/national level, the project can focus stakeholders’ attention on the target group’s problems and on possible ways of solutions. The target group and their problems, as well as development opportunities, intellectual outputs and their content will have a chance to become the focus of social discourse, which will in turn have a favourable long-term effect on the target group.
The main goal of the project is supporting the social integration of prisoners and released people in the context of adult learning relations, and for this elaboration, development of pedagogical materials, methods, curriculums, moreover, knowledge and experience exchange, formation of strategic partnership, European-level cooperation with partner organizations, which undisputedly means a bigger knowledge base in the handling of this problem. The comprehensive goals of the project were the followings: reduction of economical/social and/or political marginalization, creation of the possibilities of (re)integration; actuation of social attitude change toward target group members and their problems; fight against discrimination and unequal opportunities. Concrete goals are the realization of experience exchange on a European-level, knowledge and experience exchange, exchange of good practices, in addition, joint development and elaboration of intellectual outputs; moreover the implementation of multiplier events and dissemination activities. 5 countries’ 5 organizations participated in the project, all of them are NGOs, and their main profile is the support of social reintegration of prisoners and released people. Organizations: Váltó-sáv Alapítvány (Hungary, www.valtosav.hu), KIC Edukos (Slovakia), RUBIKON Centrum (Czech Republic), CSF "Garstyčios grūdas" (Lithuania), Slawek Foundation (Poland). Introduction of the most important completed activities with results: - Implementation of 6 partner meetings (09-11.11.2015, kick off meeting, Budapest/Hungary; 16-17.03.2016, Prague/Czech Republic; 28-29.09.2016, Warsaw/Poland; 23-24.02.2017, Dolny Kubin/Slovakia; 05-06.06.2017 Alytus/Lithuania, 28-29.09.2017, Budapest/Hungary) The program, photo documentation, summary and presentations of each international meeting can be found here: http://www.preproject.hu/# / International meeting. WORKSHOP BOOKLET: the summary of the partner meetings’ professional content, can be found here: http://www.preproject.hu/# / Workshop Booklets; - Elaboration, making and testing of 8 intellectual outputs (O1: Traninig in prisons (analyses and studies), O2: Opportunities in preparation for release (methodology), O3: Opportunities in digital competence development in totally closed-institutes (pedagogical materials), O4: Focus on Freedom: preparation for release (publication + CD), O5: Social sensitization – tolerance improving, anti –discrimination training for the majority of society (new curriculum), O6: Individual, customized support: mentoring, individual development/training and learning path (pedagogical materials) O7: Development of transversal competences (pedagogical materials), O8: PRE-project (project summery; studies) (all are available here: http://www.preproject.hu/intellectualoutputs); - organization and implementaton of 11 multiplier events (3 in Hungary, 2-2 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Poland; report, attendance sheets, programs, photos regarding these can be found here: http://www.preproject.hu/multiplier event); - Continuous project management (one of its most important element was the also continuous dissemination, project effects). Effects: • Experience gaining • Inspirations • Initiations • Conceptual work • Writing down, summarizing practical experiences • Method-receiving: board game method / gamification (Slawek Foundation from VSA), methodology of money management (VSA from Edukos), helping work in prison (Rubikon from Grudas), elements of the Star Method (VSA from Rubikon), etc. • New proposal and cooperation opportunity (EFOP-5.2.2-17 TRANSPORTER. Knowledge share in international cooperation – transnational cooperation) – the Slovakian partner continues to work with us in this construction as well, because our application got supported based on our professional program. Further effects (in the aspect of target group, redistribution, sustainability): - positive, approaching to the major society change in the state of the target group, - the organizations’ management capacity and knowledge grow, this way they develop, which obviously has an impact on the state and its change – in the positive direction - to the target group members in hard situation helped by them - methods, proceedings and pedagogical material, which can be used in a wider professional spectrum, were born, so in the case of the next target group we count on a positive effect after/during receiving it: • trainings/educating organizations working with deviant youngsters • organizations working with the social and labour market reintegration of underprivileged social groups, especially working with addicts (problems of criminality and addiction often present together) • organizations working with alternative pedagogue and development/methodology of adult training in general • because of prejudice reducing personas of economic sector, HRs and/or trainers of for-profit sphere in general - Elaboration of recommendations.