COPE Network Activity Log 2015
  Date Member  Country Participant name Type of event  Target groups Organiser No participants Outputs Comment/Child rights related activity
  26/01/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany President and representative German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Institut fr Menschenrechte) Consultation for cooperation     2 Sounding out of opportunities for cooperation between the two organisations  Sounding out of opportunities for cooperation between the two organisations 
  02/02/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany   "Does prison make sense?"
(Macht Gefngnis Sinn?)
Tutzing (Munich)
Conference: Evangelical Conference on Pastoral Care in Prisons 
Evangelical prison support workers, pastors and social workers    40 Public Relations work, Lobbying  
  08/06/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany   German Day of Prevention Deutscher Prventionstag, Youth welfare child protection office representatives   50   Talk on children of imprisoned parents (Kinder Inhaftierter - Vom Verschiebebahnhof aufs Prventionsgleis)
  06/10/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany   Talk (Eva Kerwien, BAG-S representative): What do children whose parents are imprisoned need?  Catholic Pastoral Care in Prisons: priests and prison social workers, politians   50 Lobbying, Information for multipliers from youth work and social services  
  27/10/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany University of Applied Sciences Exhibition, information stand Social work lecturers and academics  University of Applied Sciences 200   Among other things, information about the situation, needs of and services available to children of imprisoned parents  
  11/11/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany Leading representatives of Prisoner Support section of the Parittischen Wohlfahrtsverbandes (association of social movements) Presentation: The Children of Prisoners: Their Needs and Support Services (Situation, Angebote und Bedarfe von Kindern Inhaftierter in Deutschland) Leading representatives of Prisoner Support section of the Parittischen Wohlfahrtsverbandes (association of social movements)   20 Lobbying  
  04/12/15 BAG-S e.V. Germany Sachsen Correctional Services Prison staff Lecture: "What we owe the children of imprisoned parents" Prison staff   30 Lobbying, awareness raising, creation of multipliers, planned publication.  
  22/01/15 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy In attendance representative of the Region and the Penitentiary  TRAINING COURSES  TO MAGISTRATES , PRISON OFFICERS, TEACHERS HELD BY BAMBINISENZASBARRE Penitentiary and educational prisons officers and Regions social workers, under the Penitentiary Administration of Emilia Romagna Region. Administration    60    
  28-30/01/2015 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy   Training course session: Supervisory judges: only guarantors of legality , or promoters of the rehabilitative function of the sentence?,  Italian supervisory judges Scuola Permanente Superiore della Magistratura       
  27/02/15 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy  In attendance the prisons director and educational management. Conference Children Rights  parents and teachers  Bambinisenzasbarre      
  15-18/05/2015 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy   National General Assembly of the Italian Prison Administration, Prison directors, Administratiors,  Italian Justice Ministry      
  19/05/15 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy In attendance the Italian Minister of Justice, Andrea Orlando Presentation Day of the public consultation "States General of the penal execution" and launch of artwork exhibition General       Bambinisenzasbarre set an exhibition of the drawings made by children and fathers together.  The exhibition is within  the program of initiatives for the Italian EXPO and it is still open to the public until the end of the  EXPO (31 October 2015). 
  01/06/15 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy   Sensitization Campaign Open prison: lets talk about:  meetings, parties, drawing exhibitions, meetings in the schools   Organised with Cooperation from Italian Justice Ministry      
  22/06/15 Bambinisenzasbarre Italy   Invitation and participation to the Italian Ombudsman presentation of the Annual Report to the Italian Parliament Italian Parliament Organised with Italian Ombudsman     During his speech the Ombudsman reported about his tour in the Italian prisons: in Opera/Milan one he met the children and their imprisoned parents working on the the The Policeman and the Dinosaur  project.
  14/01/15 BUFFF Sweden   City library  Public   30 Public Awareness  
  22/01/15 BUFFF Sweden   School Students   35 Awareness  
  05/02/15 BUFFF Sweden   Childombud education  Childombud, PoP   20 Awareness  
  14/04/15 BUFFF Sweden   Social workers' fair Social Workers   2000 Awareness  
  15/04/15 BUFFF Sweden   Probation Office Probation officers   15 Awareness  
  08/05/15 BUFFF Sweden   Union lecture Union members, factory workers   50 Public Awareness  
  22/05/15 BUFFF Sweden   Conference Decision makers and professionals    110 Awareness  
  04/06/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture at rehab center Women, former drug abusers   12 Awareness  
  26-27/10/2015 BUFFF Sweden   "Sweden report – Coping follow up " presentation and COPING Impact Workshop Various   45 Awareness  
  15/08/15 BUFFF Sweden   Education board Decision makers   8 Website guidelines and recommendations for teachers.   
  15/09/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture, network, 24-hour for children with imprisoned parents Decision makers, state Childombudsman in Denmark, Norway, Sweden   20 Awarnessraising in
Scandinavian countries
 
  02/10/15 BUFFF Sweden    Interview for TV Finland/Sweden Public     Interview to be Broadcast Jan 2016  
  01/10/15 BUFFF Sweden   CRC PoP Child ombudsmen and chief of staff in PoP    50    
  05/10/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture for unemployed Unemployed   60 Public Awareness  
  13/10/15 BUFFF Sweden   Family violence Social workers,  school and students health    300 Region south in Sweden responded with an increased collaboration with Bufff Skne  
  05/11/15 BUFFF Sweden   Social board Decision makers   12 Awareness  
  11/11/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture, remand prison  Correctional officers   15 Awareness  
  11/11/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture, prosecutors office Prosecutors   25 Recommendation from COPIN was discussed and prosecutors were introduced to a new way of thinking  
  19/11/15 BUFFF Sweden   Lecture, network in municipal locations Municipal and county employees   120 Awareness  
  01/10/15 BUFFF Sweden   2x group of reference, preparation of guidelines for PoP work with children PoP   8 Guidelines, to all workers and chiefs in PoP  
    BUFFF Sweden   Education, 2 hour lecture for PoP (12 total) New correctional officers   160 Awareness  
  04/06/15 Children Heard and Seen UK   Charity Launch at University of Oxford's Department of Criminology, including exhibition of children's art. Social services, teachers, school nurses, healthcare, early intervention youth workers, police, probation and others.   150   "At the event we displayed the art work from a competition we had run across schools and youth groups entitled 'What would it be like to have a parent in prison?' we had nearly 300 entries, a mixture of drawings, poems, short stories and photographs."
   9-10/06/2015 COPE Romania Lucy Gampell
Claudia Vogg
PC-CP 20th Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison and Probation Services



RADICALISATION AND OTHER STRATEGIC CHALLENGES
    150    
  10/03/15 COPE France Liz Ayre, Kate Philbrick Advocacy meetings with MEP Jean Lambert at European Parliament Strasbourg and with Council of Europe Child Rights Coordinator and Secretary PC-CP Council of Europe Ilina Taneva          
  14/12/15 COPE Belgium Hannah Lynn, Julie Ward MEP Advocacy meeting  with MEP Julie Ward in Brussels          
  26-28/10/2015 COPE UK Liz Ayre, Kate Philbrick COPING Project Impact Seminar          
  01-03/12/2015 COPE Portugal Hannah Lynn, ACED, Provedor de Justia, Ricardo Loureiro, Antonio Dores, Sofia Freitas, Raquel Matos, Rui Abrunhos, UNICED, and the National Commission for the Promotion of Childrens Rights and Protection of Children and Young People  Exploratory advocacy missions in Portugal          
  01/09/15 COPE Ireland John Lonergan; Dr Mary Rogan; Irish Prison Service Research meetings          
  03/04/15 COPE Belgium Claudia 9th European Forum on the Rights of the Child in Brussels          
  11-13/06/2015 COPE Portugal Kate Philbrick As Crianas e a Justia Children and the Law, University Fernando Pessoa   This International Congress is organized within the framework of the research project entitled Children and the law: The analysis of children's comprehension about legal terminology and court proceedings (PTDC/MHC-PAP/3646/2012) funded by FCT  and European funds, through the COMPETE programme.      
  12/06/15 Exodus NL Netherlands   Day of Action: invited the Childombudsman and a member of Parliament in order to have a panel discussion on the theme of how to protect the rights of children of prisoners and also a meeting with the members of Parliament          
  01/01/15 Exodus NL Netherlands   Vrij Verantwoord Vaderschap (Fatherhood Workshops) expanded Fathers in Prison       Fathers in prison talk and excercise with each other and with volunteers (including a workshop leader) on the theme of fatherhood and what their children need. They also discuss how to interact with the caregiver at home. They try to make the father aware of the needs of the childand their possibilities to interact during prison and after.  
  01/02/15 Exodus NL Netherlands   Process on restorative justice workgroup         Framwork developed in 2014. initiated by restorative justice Netherlands in cooperation with Exodus and has members from more than 20 organizations who work with victims and/or offenders
  31/10/15 Exodus NL Netherlands   Peer Group/Self Help Group Chips and the volunteers (children ages 8-16)       Work with the children by asking "what does freedom mean to you?" discussions, a moment of silence/meditation, games, give the children the opportunity to talk about their experiences 
  15/01/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   HMP Inverclyde Throughcare Partnership     23    
  22/01/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection Training, HMP Cornton Vale     18    
  09/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Univ of Strathclyde MSc seminar - Children of Prisoners     15    
  12/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   West Dunbartonshire Pastoral Care Education workers     22    
  17/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     24    
  18/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Inchview Primary, Perth Teachers Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event     31    
  18/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Conflict Resolution Workshop, Edinburgh     14    
  19/02.2015 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Dundee Uni 2nd Year Ed Students - Partnership Working     50    
  23/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     20    
  24/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Presentation at Visitors Centre Workshop HMP Grampian     75    
  25/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Presentation at Police HQ, Inverness     35    
  25/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection training, HMP Addiewell     12    
  26/02/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection, HMP Cornton Vale     20    
  03/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD in HMP Kilmarnock     15    
  04/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   LifeTime at Craigroyston High School     150    
  04/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   PoppyScotland conference     150    
  04/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Poppy Scotland Conference and Workshop     200    
  10/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD in HMP Barlinnie     30    
  12/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMP Low Moss     21    
  12/03/13 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Parenting Across Scotland Conference     15    
  17/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   PrePare project, Wester Hailes     7    
  17/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Women's Aid     10    
  19/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Fife Family and Community Support Team, Education Home Visitor, Home Start     5    
  19/03/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMP Inverness     21    
  20/03/13 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection Training at HMP Grampian     15    
  21/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     30    
  23/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMP Cornton Vale     25    
  27/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   South Lanarkshire College Social Care Students     31    
  27/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Royal Caledonian Education Trust     10    
  28/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Bellvue Chapel, Edinburgh     50    
  30/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMYOI Polmont     27    
  13/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMP Glenochil     32    
  01/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   South Lanarkshire College, Social Care Students     11    
  01/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Scottish Working Group on Womens Offending (SWGWO) and Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice (SCCCJ) event on Women who offend     28    
  06/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   National Prisoners' Family Conference (Dallas, TX)     24    
  21/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Lothian & Borders Community Justice Authority Family Framework workshop     37    
  28/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   SPS International Symposium on the future of women in custody     6    
  02/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD at HMP Inverness     0    
  16/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Prison? Me? No Way! at Duncanrig Secondary School, East Kilbride     200    
  25/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Prisoners' Families Symposium, Univ of Oxford     19    
  30/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   New Routes networking event     60    
  17/08/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   HMP Kilmarnock Early Years event     7    
  18/08/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   HMP Low Moss Child Protection     9    
  15/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD in HMP Barlinnie     28    
  17/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   City of Glasgow Council teachers - training day on loss and bereavemnet     30    
  17/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD in HMP Perth     39    
  23/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council training, Edinburgh     16    
  27/04/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     20    
  07/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection, HMP Cornton Vale     12    
  19/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Awareness Raising/Out of the Shadows (OOTS) - Glasgow Children's Panel, City Chambers, Glasgow     55    
  26/05/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Awareness Raising/OOTS - Glasgow Children's Panel, City Chambers, Glasgow     51    
  16/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     16    
  22/06/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     14    
  28/07/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection, HMP Addiewell     12    
  11/08/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     16    
  12/08/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     16    
  09/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection training, HMP Shotts     10    
  16/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection training, HMP Shotts     12    
  29/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection training, HMP Addiewell     16    
  29/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Awareness Raising/OOTS - HMP Addiewell     16    
  30/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Child Protection training, HMP Shotts     6    
  22/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD, HMP Low Moss     30    
  29/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Impact Session Parkhead Nursery     22    
  24/09/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Scottish Book Festival, Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre Glasgow     25    
  06/10/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Officer Foundation Programme, SPS College     14    
  21/10/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Holyrood Community Justice conference     35    
  10/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teacher CPD HMP Kilmarnock     20    
  30/10/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Personal & Social Education (PSE) Classes Dunfermline (secondary school students)     33    
  03/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   PSE Classes Dunfermline     55    
  04/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Children's Panel Members - Fife     28    
  05/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   PSE Classes Dunfermline     60    
  13/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Inset Day - Guidance Teachers Fife     90    
  18/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   PSE Classes Dunfermline     115    
  16/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   MSc seminar, Univ of Strathclyde     12    
  24/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teachers CPD HMP Glenochil     33    
  07/12/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   S6 Assembly Royal High, Edinburgh     160    
  24/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Teacher CPD HMP Kilmarnock     25    
  25/11/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   OotS Ayr     11    
  08/12/15 Families Outside Scotland, UK   Inverclyde Criminal Justice Social Workers     10    
    FFP Norway   Behind The Wall Exhibition General Public       One of the girls from the exhibition was interviewed by National Broadcast Radio and she said she wanted kids to know that if they were going through a similar situation to not feel ashamed and try to talk with someone 
  01/11/15 FFP Norway   Regional Conference Public Officers/Country governors       Show the exhibition and give a 1/2 hour presentation hopefully with some children as presenters 
  01/08/15 FFP Norway   Children's officer's full day seminar and workshop Officers who work woth children        
  01/05/15 FFP Norway   Lecture at an internal seminar for Prisons prison workers        
    FFP Norway   Conference lawyers, researchers, prisoners themselves, politicians, NGOs Norwegian Coalition for prison reform       
    FFP Norway   Lecture labour party of parliament Labour party     Gave lecture to assembly on children with imprisoned parents 
  07/07/05 Freedom Gate Greece   IRISES INTERVENTIONS - events held at a number of Greek prisoner throughout 2015 Juvenile Prisoners   Approx. 60 total   Within the framework of this IRISES (International Roma Integration through Stakeholders Exchange
of Successful practices JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6204) project Freedom Gate Greece has undertaken a
program that targets juvenile inmates and focuses on the prevention of future delinquent behavior
  28-30/09/2015 Freedom Gate Greece   Training seminar in Childrens rights  - Unlocking Childrens Rights: Strengthening the Capacity of Professionals in
the EU to Fulfill the Rights of Vulnerable Children

Professionals       3 day training seminar.
  29-31/10/2015. Freedom Gate Greece   ALTERNATIVE MEASURES FOR IMPRISONMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE  Training. Will train 10 participants in issues concerning alternative measures
to prison e.g. community sanctions.
    10   Erasmus Plus program: Freedom Gate Greece is participating in this Erasmus Plus project together with Cooperativa Sociale Proghetto H from Italy
    Freedom Gate Greece   Childrens Rights Week  Various       Within the framework of the IRISES program we will organize a Childrens Rights Week which will
    Freedom Gate Greece   Scientific Conference at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens University students, professionals and volunteers who work with children       include a variety of events and it will take place in the beginning of 2016
    Freedom Gate Greece   Events and workshops at the Family and Children Solidarity Centre          
    Freedom Gate Greece    Events and workshops at the Merimna shelter for unaccompanied asylum seekers          
  12/12/14 FREP France   20th Anniversary Meeting of FREP

Members of FREP   120 2 publications, NOTE ET RFLEXIONS THIQUES  And LES FONDEMENTS ET LES LIMITES ETHIQUES DU SOUTIEN AUX RELATIONS ENFANTS PARENTS Discussion of ethical propositions and practical recommendations for the care and support of children affected by the incarceration of a parent.
  19-20/11/2015 FREP France 32 Member Organisations 8th National Meeting of REP members and affiliates.     150   Aim is to exchange ideas and reflect upon the practices of the federation and the ethics of their commitment  within their activities.
  25/11/15 Hoppenabnk e.V. Germany   "Mitbestraft" advice and support for relatives of detainees on November 25 2015th It will participate about 70 experts. Experts and Academics Albrecht Welchner Approx. 70   "Mitbestraft" advice and support for relatives of detainees on November 25 2015th It will participate about 70 experts.
    KRITS Finland   "10 years with heart" Seminar         brought up important issues concerniing the target group, speakers from a couple with husband serving a life sentence, a women who had experienced her father's prison sentence as  a child, a mother whose son is in prison, a grandmother whose daugher is in prison and she's taking care of her grandchildren. Speech from the Ombudsman for Children in Finland
    KRITS Finland   Camps for inmates and their families (4 total Spring, September, December)         Camps are focused on supporting parenthood and intimate relationships between a parent in prison and his/her families
  01/10/15 KRITS Finland   Peer group for children experiencing the prison sentence of a loved one         This year they were able to meet with the parent's of the children. We given them more info about the children's activities and parents have an opportunity to talk about thier situations with a professional and other parents in the same situation. 
    KRITS Finland   Pilot of an online group for youth experiencing a prison sentence of a loved one (with Bufff when it was still Bryggan Stockholm)          Group was held in finnish and it was for Finnish youth. 
    KRITS Finland   Network for professionals working with families influenced by criminal sanctions (2, Spring and November)         In the spring, discussed how security, children and families interact in prisons
    KRITS Finland   Open House Professionals       professionals can hear about important issues and talk about how they meet our target groups in their work
  20/01/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia Maja Gabelica Šupljika Presentation Crime is not theirs, what about the punishment? – rights and position of children with imprisoned parents by Maja Gabelica Šupljika at round table event Mothers prisoners – perspective Different stakeholders (NGO, social welfare, justice,  media)   50 participants Continuation of the RODA project; media coverage of the round table and the needs of children with imprisoned parents   
  08/04/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia   Speech: Integrative approach to children and youth by prison system and collaboration with schools, social welfare institutions, police etc.(by Maja Gabelica Šupljika) at the round table The collaboration of penal system in Croatia with the civil organisations Different stakeholders (NGO, social welfare, justice, ombudsman, media Prison Department 70 Progress in collaboration of Ombudsman with new stakeholders as NGO Status M –that will provide workshops on male parenthood in prisons  
  18/04/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia Ombudsman, deputy, advisers Workshop: Children of prisoners, their needs and rights    Ombudsman for Children 20 Texts for the postcards for members of EP  
  24/04/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia   Presentation: Rights of children whose parents are in conflict with the law (by Maja Gabelica Šupljika) at at international scientific and professional conference Police college research days in Zagreb, section: Safety and Security of Society   Police officers, criminalists, psychologists 40 Raising awareness and interest among police officers about the  needs of children whose parents are in conflict with the law   
  29/05/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia 25 Ombudsmen and staff Presentation: Children of prisoners – news and COPE conference and invitation to attend the conference (by Maja Gabelica Šupljika) at  the conference of Ombudsmans network in South and Eastern  Europe (CRONSEE)   Ombudsmen 25    
  29/05/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia Maja Gabelica Šupljika Television appearance: Children of imprisoned mothers  for television show Svaki dan dobar dan on Croatian National Television          
  03/06/2015 and 15/09/2015 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia   Workshops "Child friendly visits to prisons" in four prisons: Pula, Rijeka, Glina and Valtura Prison officers Ombudsman-deputy and advisors Approx 20 Recommendation for improvements for childrens visits to prisons management and to Prison Department in the Ministry of Justice Example of recommendations: example: in Prison Glina there is a metal workshop where equipment for childrens playgrounds is manufactured, among other products. After the workshop and ombudsmans recommendations, the Prison Department sent to all prisons and correctional institutions the catalogue with the offer of equipment for childrens playgrounds that can be manufactured in Glina prison that could enrich the open places for children in prisons.
  01/06/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia Law Students Collaboration with La Faculty students to produce Presentation of European practices, literature, delivery of the book  Children of imprisoned Parents (COPE)         The students participated at the competition for the rector' award ( and they won it) with they paper Children in shadow – from marginalisation to actualisation
  17/07/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia   Speech "Bonding Despite Prison Bars" (by Maja Gabelica Šupljika) at promotion of the book Parenthood behind bars, stories by former women prisoners Different stakeholders (NGO, social welfare, justice, ombudsman, media Parents in Action – RODA 40 Dissemination of the book  
  10/11/15 Maja Gabelica Šupljika, Ombudsman for Children, Croatia Croatia   Workshop: The role of Ombudsman for children and children of prisoners in kindergartens (by Maja Gabelica Šupljika)   Kindergarden Teachers and Experts 70    
    Morning Tears Germany Germany   Project - Creative project involving teens from Cologne as well as families of prisoners Youth Theresa Herzog     Initiated in 2014 to improve visitor rooms in Cologne. Building a youth program and working with topics like incarceration and others that affect their daily life. "Aims to sustainably improve the atmosphere of the meeting facilities for prisoners and their families and young people from outside the prison using creative art mediums. 
  01/01/15 NIACRO Northern Ireland   Justice Series' Seminar with guest speaker Andy Keen Downs CEO of PACT   NIACRO orgnazied it in order to introduce the 'Our Voice' children's charter as well as PACT's 'Left Behind' campaign       
  01/03/15 NIACRO Northern Ireland   Magazine NIACRO News included a feature on our work to support the families of peoples in prison and also included a guest paper from Lucy Gampell OBE entitled 'Children affected by Parental Imprisonment: Needs, Solutions and Rights - the Evidence from across Europe'           
  01/06/15 NIACRO Northern Ireland Donnie Sweeney spoke at a seminar at the University of Ulster entitled 'Meeting the Needs of Prisoners' Families: the role of the non-governmental sector'          
  17/11/15 PACT UK Michael Palin, Jon Snow, Secretary of State Michel Gove Longford Lecture Various Longford Trust   PACT were awarded the Longford Prize, an award which recognises the contribution of an individual, group or organisation working in the area of penal or social reform in showing outstanding qualities of humanity, courage, persistence, originality and commitment to diversity http://www.longfordtrust.org/lecture_details.php?id=19
  21/10/15 PACT UK Justice Minister Andrew Selous "200,000 reasons to care", event. Various PACT, Clinks, POPS, Nepacs, Spurgeons, Jigsaw, Storybook Dads and Barnardo's 100   http://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/news/200000-reasons-care
  24/02/15 Pillars New Zealand   U3A Ashburton - topic - research into the children of prisoners Various   80    
  01-03/03/2015 Pillars New Zealand   Todd Foundation Hui - topics around Justice Hub Various   40    
  14/04/15 Pillars New Zealand   University of Canterbury - talk on poverty, inequality and education with CoP focus. Various       Based on the following recent publication: Gordon, Liz (2015) Teaching the Poor a Lesson: Beyond Punitive Discipline in Schools. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies: Volume 50, Issue 2 (2015), Page 211-222
  04/03/15 POPS UK Ann O'Bryne - Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside
Diane Curry OBE - CEO, POPS
Yvonne Thomas - Managing Director Justice, Interserve and Chair, Purple Futures
Gail Porter - Programme Director, Liverpool City Council
Rev Jo Malaika and Anna Maxwell - Family members
Troubled, who me?', conference Various No Offence and POPS     The expanded Troubled Families (TF) programme has ambitious service transformation goals and will work with a broader range of multiple problems. Moving forward, the TF programme will extend to a further 400,000 families with a budget of 200m in 2015/16 and will include families with a parent in prison and on community orders.
Not all families of offenders will meet the Troubled Families criteria but never the less they may require support as an integrated part of the offenders' journey through the criminal justice system to ensure the best outcomes for families.
Research shows that the role of the family can have a significant impact on an offender and their successful re-integration to the community and maintaining positive and strong family ties is one of the key factors in reducing re-offending .  This conference is the opportunity to bring together people so that we may gain a greater understanding of the issues faced by the families of offenders and how these issues may or may not impact on the TF agenda.
  26/03/15 POPS UK Baroness Yound The Anderson Lectures Various POPS     POPS Annual Event
http://www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk/anderson-lectures-2015/
  16/04/15 POPS UK   Learning from the Young Review' Resettlement issues for BAME offenders Various BTEG and POPS     Dovetailed into the Young Review of resettlement needs of BAME offenders
http://www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk/learning-from-the-young-review/ and http://www.bteg.co.uk/sites/default/files/Manchester%20event%20report.pdf
  01/06/15 POPS UK   "Responding to Change" The impact of a changing landscape, Chester Various   35    
  19/06/15 POPS UK   Launch of the Farida Women's Centre, Issues for women in the CJS Various   30   http://www.partnersofprisoners.co.uk/launch-of-farida-womens-centre/
  21/10/15 POPS UK Justice Minister Andrew Selous 200,000 reasons to care, event. Various PACT, Clinks, POPS, Nepacs, Spurgeons, Jigsaw, Storybook Dads and Barnardo's 100   http://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/news/200000-reasons-care
  06/11/15 POPS UK   i-HOP: Supporting professionals to work with children and families of offenders in Lancashire, Conference, Lancashire Various POPS and Lancashire  SCB/Lancashire Children and Young People's Trust 80 Action Plan will be produced as a result of the event for Lancashire SCB/C&YPO Trust to take forward. Workshops for professionals to be run in January 2016 as part of the follow-up. http://www.i-hop.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/727
  25/11/15 POPS UK   i-HOP: Supporting professionals to work with children and families of offenders in the North-East, Conference, Middlesborough         See above
  09/03/15 QUNO Switzerland   Strengthening death penalty standards, Side event with panel discussion Attendees at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland   80 Awareness raising about situation and standards regarding children of parents sentenced to death or executed.   
  11/03/15 QUNO Switzerland   Children of incarcerated parents: developments in policy and practice, Side event with panel discussion and good policy exchange Attendees at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland   25 Awareness raising about African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Childs General Comment #1 on children of incarcerated parents and about positive developments in Uruguay.  This event included a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and a member of the Committee of Experts, further strengthening relationships with these bodies.   
  01/04/15 QUNO Switzerland   Publication of "Briefing Paper: Children of Incarcerated Parents International Standards and Guidance (April 2015)"         http://www.quno.org/sites/default/files/resources/QUNO%20-%20Children%20of%20Incarcerated%20Parents%20International%20Standards.pdf 
  14/04/15 QUNO Switzerland   Children of incarcerated parents, Side event with panel discussion and film screening Attendees at UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Doha, Qatar   15 (NGO and State representatives) Dissemination of COPING results, delivery of briefing and briefing paper on international standards, awareness raising about the situation of children of incarcerated parents.  
  22/05/15 QUNO Switzerland   The death penalty: A conversation with Professor William Schabas, Side event hosted with Penal Reform International  Attendees at the 24th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna, Austria Penal Reform International and QUNO 70 Awareness raising regarding the rights of children of parents sentenced to death.     
  16-17/06/2015 QUNO Switzerland   Moving Away from the Death Penalty Protection of rights of persons facing death penalty abroad, including migrant workers ', Expert meeting co-hosted with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and public side event at the Human Rights Council, Geneva Switzerland Experts on related issues including governments, UN staff and independent experts, lawyers, academics and civil society UNHCHR and HRC Expert meeting 30.  Side event 80  Issues of children of foreign nationals sentenced to death or executed raised  
  29/09/15 QUNO Switzerland   Informal NGO consultation meeting on the forthcoming UNGA Special Session on drugs, NGO consultation meeting, Geneva, Switzerland Civil society groups working on the intersection between drug policy and human rights   14 Contributions on the impact of issues related to drug policy on the children of incarcerated parents and children of parents sentenced to death or executed included in document submitted to the Civil Society Task Force (CSTF) before the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs in April 2016.  
    REP France   Monthly meetings between imprisoned fathers and their children. Imprisoned fathers and their children   52 Children, 30 imprisoned fathers   One Wednesday a month 3 fathers receive their children in CD de Melun prison for lunch and a day of socio-cultural activities relating to lunch.
    REP France   5 groups organised each week in 5 French prisons.  (Monthly) Imprisoned Parents   11 REP supervisors, 55 parents   Aim is to discuss the experience of parenthood for incarcerated parents
  05/2015 and 06/2015 REP France   Mothers Day and Fathers Day parites at 11 prisons in Ile de France Children and Imprisoned Parents   262   Collective visits for 262 children to participate in parties for Mothers Day and Fathers Day at 11 prisons in Ile de France.
    REPR Switzerland   "REPR, prsentation de la situation des familles de dtenus", Cours de formation pour les agents de dtention, Genve Prison Staff   20   Information et formation des jeunes agents de dtention dans le cadre de leur formation initiale
    REPR Switzerland   "Les familles et les proches de personnes en dtention", cours de formation pour les agents de dtention de toute la Suisse romande et du Tessin, Fribourg Prison Staff   25   Formation dans le cadre du Brevet Fdral d'Agent de dtention, Centre Suisse de Formation pour le  Personnel pnitentiaire
    REPR Switzerland   "Quels rles pour les agents de dtention dans l'accueil des enfants en visite en prison?", Cours de formation continue pour les agents de dtention, Fribourg Prison Staff   19   Centre Suisse de Formation pour le Personnel Pnitentiaire
    REPR Switzerland   "Les familles et les enfants de personnes dtenues", ours de formation pour les assistants sociaux et ducateurs, HES Genve, module milieu carcra Social workers and educators.   27    
    REPR Switzerland   Prsentation aux Lyons Club Genve, soire de discussion General   15 Il s'agit de prsentation en vue de sensibilisation et de lobby  
    REPR Switzerland   Prsentation au Kiwanis Genv, soire de discussion General   15 Il s'agit de prsentation en vue de sensibilisation et de lobby  
    REPR Switzerland   Prsentation au Forum Elle, Neuchtel Club de femme   20    
    REPR Switzerland   Prsentation-workshop pour les quipes de bnvoles des aumneries oecumniques de Genve Chaplaincy   17    
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   "Special Child Focused Bonding Visits at Correctional Facilities", Prevention of anti-social behaviors and Parenting Training Event, 59 events completed in 2015 (14 correctional facilities Parents, children, caregivers, other.   Approx 2730 800 completed self reported surveys on behavior changes and bonding to parent by children ages 9 and above and 680 completed self reported surveys on bonding by incarcerated parents  
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   "Super Hero's Legislative Awareness Event", Advocacy/ Awareness Event State official, legislators, correctons staff, volunteers.   86 Increased awareness of impact of incarceration on children as evidenced by the provision of $350,000 to the Network and six legislators posted Children of Inmates information on the walls of their offices.  
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   "The Children's Trust Family Expo – general population", Advocacy/ Awareness Event General Public   482 Increased awareness of impact of incarceration on children as evidenced by completion of 372 adult and 110 child short questionnaires about public knowledge of the issue.  
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   "Warden's Training and Department of Education Counselor Training", Policy and Procedural Training Wardens, Assistant Wardens, Educational Counsellors   228  Increased awareness of impact of incarceration on children as evidenced by request for the expansion of the program to an additional 10 correctional facilities and decision to have an annual  COI training for all   Miami-Dade DOE guidance counselors

 
 
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   Department of Children and Families Annual Conference Child Welfare and Social Services Agencies Staff   180 Increased awareness of impact of incarceration on children as evidenced by request for day long training for DCF staff in Miami Dade and in Jacksonsville offices.  Request for training of all judicial staff in Broward County.  
    Service Network for Children of Inmates US   Coverage of "Be An American" Bonding Visits – new stories in every media outlet in State of Florida, 10 total General Public     Increased awareness of impact of incarceration on children as evidence by TV station and News coverage  
  01/01/15 Solrosen Sweden   Conference wide range of people from the Swedish Correctional Board        
  08-10/06/2015 St Nicholas Trust Ireland Liz Ayre Workshop    University College Cork/St. Nicholas Trust 15    
  06/05/15 St Nicholas Trust Ireland Included Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Mary Shields, Larry de Cleir from Bedford Row, Deirdre Malone from the Irish Penal Reform Trust, Governor Jim Collins of Cork Prison, and Fiona Donson of St Nicholas Trust "Visiting Dad in Prison" Booklet launch Chips    50   Launch by Mrs. Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D. Higgins.
  01-15/05/2015 St Nicholas Trust Ireland   Sean O'Rourke Show RTE Radio  General Public   3   family members were interviewd for this radio programme broadcase on the state radio station
  15/01/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Cooperation between schools and youth welfare office", Workshop, Nrnberg Teacher, youth welfare office staff    4    
  15/01/2015 and 26/03/2015 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners in school", Workshop, Erlangen Teachers   4 Teaching lesson material for children of prisoners  
  19/02/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Nrnberg Day nursery staff   15    
  24/03/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Nrnberg Youth welfare office staff   12 Information Brochure  
  15-16/04/2015 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Erlangen Students of academy of social work   50    
  30/04/2015 and 07/05/2015 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Frth Students of academy of social work   20    
  26-27/06/2015 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Nrnberg Social Workers   20    
  11/09/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Children of prisoners", Workshop, Further Education, Straubing Volunteers in Prison   100    
  26-27/10/2015 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "Impact in Germany  - The Future
Treffpunkt e.V" and "Impact in Germany until now
Treffpunkt e.V" at COPING Impact Workshop
Various   45    
  25/11/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   "mitbestraft - die Angehrigen von Inhaftierten", Conference, Bremen Prison staff, police staff, youth welfare office staff, students, social worker   130 Article in local newspaper Weser Kurier http://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen_artikel,-Kinder-von-Straftaetern-leiden-_arid,1260521.html
  04/12/15 Treffpunkt e.V. Germany   Kinder inhaftierter Eltern – unschuldig mitbestraft", Conference, Dresden Prison staff, police staff, youth welfare office staff, students, social worker   160