The ‘Restorative Justice for Restorative Communities - RJRC’ project aimed to increase the knowledge and use of good practices in the field of restorative justice, in order to make them more homogeneous and efficient at a European level, by strengthening the competences and raising the awareness of the civil society actors who contribute to its implementation in the Member States that participated in the project, Italy, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Cyprus and Greece, and in Albania. To achieve this general objective, the project set itself the following specific objectives 1) To investigate the state of the art in restorative justice by mapping good practices developed in the individual member states and determining a way to exchange them. The measurement of the achievement of this objective was possible during the implementation of the different online meetings that took place after the announcement of the approval of the project proposal and during the preparatory visit. During the online meetings that preceded the preparatory visit, and the professional development activity, the participants had the opportunity to share their training needs and express the expertise they could bring to bear during the in-presence activities. The preparatory visit was a key moment to define together with the partners the contents of the January 2024 mobility in detail, starting precisely from the needs and expertise identified during the online meetings. During the last debriefing session of the preparatory visit, the following points emerged: - The importance of the international exchange of practices and knowledge - The deepening of the 4Exodus model, both in its practical aspects and in its human approach - The focus on restorative justice in the juvenile field - The maintenance of an experimental approach in mediation - The development of a theoretical framework to support existing practices. 2) To raise awareness and promote the topic of restorative justice among all actors involved; This objective was achieved in the short term thanks to the local involvement of universities, penal institutions, civil society organisations and public bodies who were actively involved in the implementation of the mobility and who had the opportunity to exchange views with partners from other countries on restorative justice issues. During the preparatory visit, two professionals (Supervisory Magistrate a Lawyer and Researcher) were involved, who gave an overview of the state of the art of Restorative Justice in Italy and Europe, exploring the main challenges and room for improvement. During the exchange that took place in January instead, the participants had the opportunity to discuss the topics of restorative justice with Professors from the University of Insubria, the Penitentiary Institutes Cesare Beccaria in Milan and Bollate in Varese, and the UEPE - Ufficio Esecuzione Penale Esterna of Varese. The dissemination and promotion of the project activities on the social channels of the participating partners contributed to raise awareness and promote the topic of restorative justice at local and European level 3) To support civil society organisations already engaged and active through the exchange of knowledge in order to increase the quality of the service offered, as well as to increase the skills of their operators on the subject. 4) To create a shared and participatory discussion ‘forum’ through the strengthening of European networks already active in this area, with a view to peer-to-peer collaboration, professional updating and continuous training. Objectives 3 and 4 were achieved during the implementation of the mobility itself. During the professional development activity, in fact, the participants were able to exchange knowledge on the topic of restorative justice, both through formal and face-to-face training activities with a university lecturer and through the exchange of good practices and the provision of moments of open discussion on the good practices implemented. The quality of the professional development activities was measured each day through the completion of an online questionnaire (GoogleModules) and through the collection of oral feedback and through GoogleModules during the last day of the activity. All of the feedback collected showed more than satisfactory results, demonstrating an appreciation not only for the logistical aspects of the mobility, but above all for the quality and value of the visits made and the exchange with the other partners. Finally, the outcome that will allow the project to continue to achieve its impact after the end of the project is the White Paper (compendium of good practices), which summarises the partners' experiences, the obstacles still to be tackled in the implementation of restorative justice actions and some policy recommendations emerging from the discussions and comparisons that took place before, during and after the mobilities.