The project aims at supporting improvement in quality in vocational education for practitioners and experts working in the field of juvenile justice in public institutions (local social services), private and non profit making organisations by developing competences and skills by means of the on-line training programmes on Restorative Justice the Italian Department of Juvenile Justice has developed in its everyday work. The project addresses specific needs of practitioners and expert working with minors in conflict with law meaning contribute to the development of common strategies and approaches in victim - offender mediation. Moreover the project takes into account the needs of practitioners asking for on line training programmes in order to balance work and life long learning.

Project aims

As the Council of Europe underlines (Recommendation No. 19 adopted in 1999) specific needs of practitioners and experts working in the field of juvenile justice are: - Developing a good understanding of different cultures and communities; -Developing sound judgment and inter-personal skills necessary to mediation; - Improving personal competence, taking into account conflict resolution skills, the specific requirements of working with victims and offenders and basic knowledge of the criminal justice system. The projects address the needs of further exchange experiences gained in different countries, with the objective of contributing to the improvement of training programmes, mainly on line training practices as well as to arise the debate on common qualifications and competences for penal mediators. defining common and legislation, and of strengthening networks between countries