ACTIVITY 1.4.1: DEVELOP AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR WITNESS PROTECTION MEASURES IN EACH COUNTRY
Completed activities
Activity
Description
Place / Date
1.4.1.2
Study visits and exchanges of experiences
Study visit for members of the working groups on specialised witness protection units
Bratislava, Slovakia
27-28 September 2004
Study visit for members of the WG on specialised witness protection units
Bratislava, Slovakia
29-30 September 2004
Study visit for members of the WG on specialised witness protection units
14-16 March 2005 Meckenheim, Germany
Bilateral exchange of experience on the set-up of the witness protection unit: Croatia/”the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Zagreb, Croatia
4-5 April 2005
1.4.1.3
In-country workshops to support the working group in the development of implementation strategies, in particular in view of the creation of specialised witness protection units
Tirana, Albania
29-30 November 2004
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
15-16 November 2004
Skopje, “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
31 August – 1 September 2004
Podgorica, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
8-9 November 2004
Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
20-21 October 2004
Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro
8-9 February 2005
OTHER
“The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: written expertise on the draft Witness Protection Law
August 2004
Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia: written expertise on the draft Witness Protection Law.
Expert assistance of the working groups in reviewing the legal basis in view of procedural and non-procedural measures for the protection of witnesses (per request)
All project areas
Until September 2006
ACTIVITY 1.4.2: DEVELOP, TEST AND MAKE AVAILABLE TRAINING MATERIALS FOR FURTHER TRAINING OF ALL INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE PROTECTION OF WITNESSES
Short-term experts to assist working groups in the development of training materials and guidelines on witness protection
Handbook/guidelines on procedural protective measures and basic police protection
May 2005- March 2006
Training modules for specialists working in witness protection units
1.4.2.3
Regional workshop to finalise and endorse training materials and concepts for all project areas
To be confirmed
1.4.2.4
Training events
2 Regional training events for future trainers on procedural protective measures to test the training materials and concepts
May/ June 2006
In-country training events on procedural protective measures
May - September 2006
Participation of specialists working in newly established witness protection units in regular/ad-hoc training courses of established European witness protection units
6-10 March 2006; Slovak Republic
June 2006 (tbc)
11-22 September 2006 (Germany)
1.4.2.5
Production of training materials in local languages