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Second Steering Committee meeting of Action on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the media (JUFREX)

The EU/CoE action on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the media (JUFREX) organised the Steering Committee meeting with the representatives of the partner institutions/organisations of the project, involved in the implementation of project activities on 31 March 2021.

 

This is the second meeting of this nature during which the partner institutions had the opportunity to express their views on the implementation process as well as plans for the upcoming activities, envisaged in the workplan of the project.

 

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Council of Europe and the European Union Office in Pristina as well as local institutions including the Academy of Justice, the Kosovo Bar Association, the Independent Media Commission, the Kosovo Journalists Association, the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety and the University of Pristina.

 

The participants in the meeting expressed their readiness to continue the excellent already established cooperation in the implementation of activities of all project components. The meeting provided an opportunity to highlight the achievements of the JUFREX 2 and to take stock of activities carried out during the past year and as well as to discuss the way forward into the second half of the project implementation. The cooperation with the partner institutions established was acknowledged and appreciated. Moreover, the SC members and all participants assessed that the good communication between implementing partners helped the project to achieve excellent results during the very challenging and difficult year as a result of the pandemic.

 

This Action is part of the “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey II”, a co-operation initiative co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe, which aims at assisting Beneficiaries in the Western Balkans region and Turkey to comply with the Council of Europe standards and European Union acquis in the framework of the enlargement process, where relevant.

 

Find more about JUFREX: https://bit.ly/2QtZrT6

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence

Pristina 31 March 2021
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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