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Training webinar: dealing with misinformation and using publicly available sources while handling whistle-blowers reports

The EU/CoE action on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the media in Kosovo* (JUFREX2)   and Project against Economic Crime in Kosovo*  (PECK III) organized a two-day training webinar on dealing with misinformation and using publicly available sources while handling whistleblowers reports.

25 participants from different audiences which included media, civil society and law enforcement institutions benefited from a lively discussion on whistleblower protection in the age of digital information during the two days webinar.

Topics discussed addressed issues such as: Information landscape and impact of misinformation; Categories of misinformation; Double edged sword of the Information Age: how to avoid the pitfalls (misinformation) and benefit from the advantages (coordinated and ethical information sharing).

Under an excellent combination of an international and a local consultant, the participants were able to deliberate on comparative case studies and evolving standards in the field. Prominent local whistleblower cases were also addressed.

The event helped participants to expand knowledge on the international and EU/CoE standards and practices related to the topic. PECK III and JUFREX Project will deliver

 

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

Find out more about PECK: www.coe.int/en/web/corruption/projects/peck3

 

* 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 15-16 June 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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