Call for participants in the PROTECT training programme
EFRJ members can apply until 30 June 2021: scroll down to know more about the application procedure. Make sure to renew your membership 2021 first!
The European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) is one of the partners of the Erasmus+ project “PROTECT - Exchanging good practices on restorative justice and promoting the victims’ rights protection” (September 2020 – August 2023).
The project aims at improving the skills and competences of the trainers/operators of the partners’ organizations working in the field of the restorative justice and of the support to the victims of crime.
Among other activities, the project partners will organize a 60-hours training programme (divided in 3 separate 4-day training) in Portugal, Italy and Spain, bringing together a maximum of 35 participants including victim support workers, victim-offender mediators, social workers, probation officers, family mediators, community conflict managers, trainers, all selected by the project partners.
Call for participants
The EFRJ is currently recruiting 6 participants for this full immersion training programme. Among the 6 participants, 4 are selected within the EFRJ membership and 2 within the EFRJ Secretariat.
All participants will attend the following trainings (20 hours each):
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Lisbon (PT) |
Viterbo (IT) |
Barcelona (ES)
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The draft contents of each training will be finalised by 1 June 2021. Please note that the weeks proposed above may be subject to change and only 4 days within the week will be dedicated to the training programme (i.e. either Mon-Thu, or Tue-Fri). The 4 days will probably be divided as such:
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Day 1 Morning: travel |
Day 2 All day: 6h training |
Day 3 All day: 6h study visit |
Day 4 Morning: 4h training |
In addition to the commitment to participate in the 3 training programmes, all the participants selected on behalf of the EFRJ will contribute to the following activities (to be divided among the 6 selected participants, according to personal interests and skills):
- Organise and facilitate a 3-hour training within the programme in Lisbon. In practice, the 6 participants may work in pairs to propose a 1-hour training including frontal presentations, or case studies, or interactive exercises; exact contents and format will be agreed with the EFRJ project coordinator based on the participants’ experiences and skills and in a cooperative manner.
- Facilitate a 2.5 hour session in each training programme to encourage participants to share knowledge on the following topics: 1. Victims needs assessment, 2. Restorative justice and victims, 3. Training of (restorative) justice professionals. In practice, the 6 participants will work in pairs to facilitate one of these sessions in each of the 3 trainings.
- Deliver a 2000 words paper within a two weeks after each training including practical guidelines on the following topics discussed in the 2-hour session with participants (see above): 1. Key-questions for assessing victims’ needs, 2. Key-guiding principles for protecting victims engaging in restorative justice, 3. Key-methods for training operators working (restoratively) with victims. In practice, the pairs that facilitated one of these sessions in each of the 3 trainings (see above) will write this paper.
Requirements
- Being an individual or organizational member of the EFRJ based in one of the Erasmus+ eligible countries (contact us if you have doubts about your membership status!);
- Having a good level of English;
- Being motivated to attend the whole training programme (12 days over 1,5 year);
- Ability to travel to the 3 training venues (Lisbon, Rome, Barcelona);
- Working/ studying in the field of victims support, restorative justice, or relevant areas;
- Interest in criminal justice issues and/or in conflict management;
- Willingness to sign an agreement with the EFRJ for your engagement in PROTECT.
Benefits
- Travel costs (from an eligible country) are covered by the Erasmus+ grant (up to 275 EUR per training);
- Accommodation and DSA are covered for all trainings (up to 106 EUR per day);
- Certificate of participation;
- Cross-border experience with an international group of professionals;
- Inspiring and dynamic training environments.
Application procedure
Please send your application electronically to Emanuela Biffi, PROTECT project manager on behalf of the EFRJ, at emanuela.biffi@euforumrj.org by 30 June 2021 (subject line: PROTECT application - surname name – country). The selection procedure will be finalised by 15 September the latest.
Your application (in English) must include:
- Your presentation letter using the template of PROTECT (download it here);
- CV
Please save both your files with [PROTECT - surname name – country – template or CV].
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted and invited for the training programme.