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The EPEA coordinated project The Virtual European Prison School has been awared as the best project 2008 in the category Best European Project by The European Association of Education of Adults. The Award is to be given to the organization or participants who presents the best product of a transnational project in adult learning. The main aim of the VEPS project was to increase the participation of prisoners in lifelong learning in order to enable their reintegration into the society after release. The project was designed to reinforce the role of educational policies in prisons taking into consideration the Recommendation No. R (89) 12 , EDUCATION IN PRISON, of the Council of Europe . The project seeked to find solutions to actual identified needs of teaching and learning processes in European prisons, and to develop strategic policy statements addressed to the decision makers of penitentiary systems at European level. Participants of the project was: EPEA
Chairperson Anne Costelloe, IR
Project coordinator Valentina Petrova, BG
Secretary Anita Wilson, UK
Treasurer Gisle Gral-Jacobsen, NO
Webmaster Per Thrane, DK EPEA-France
Chairperson Janine Duprey-Kennedy
Deputy Chairperson Dominique Delaporte
Treasurer Jacques Morin IEPEA - Irish Prison Education Association
Chairperson Cormac Behan
Treasurer Marie Breen
Secretary Paula Egan
Member Cathy Flaherty FOKO, Norway
Member Odd Bue
Member Kristian Hoigilt Kriminalvården, Sweden
Senior Advisor Birgitta Petterson Сдружение за Европейско Образователно Сътрудничество, "in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, General Direction "Execution of Sentences", Sofia" Bulgaria
Deputy Chair Ms. Lilyana Lambreva
Headmaster Venko Voev
Member Miroslava Staneva Vezenska sluzba Ceske republiky - Stredni odborne uciliste, Czech Republic
Headmaster Martin Vana
Member Josef Polcer 2ο ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΑΥΛΩΝΑ ΜΕ ΛΥΚΕΙΑΚΕΣ ΤΑΞΕΙΣ
Headmaster Petros Damianos Department for Education and Skills: Offender Learning and Skills Unit
Advisor Stephen North The award will be given to the EPEA at June 22. 2009 in Bonn. The EPEA will be represented by project coordinator Valentina Petrova and Chairperson Anne Costelloe. Links |
