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Graça Esgalhado has a PhD in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Health Psychology. She graduated in Educational Psychology. Since 2007 to present she has been assistant professor at the Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Covilhã – Portugal. From 2009 to December 2013 was coordinator of the Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Covilhã – Portugal.

Personal page: https://www.ubi.pt/Pagina_Pessoal.aspx?id=mgpe

BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: 

• BSafeR - European Research Network on Law Enforcement and Public Safety | COST 2014
• RISKIMAB - Evaluation of possible medical-social-behavioral risk factors, generating changes in the brain imaging | Horizon 2020
• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | Erasmus+
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | Erasmus+
• Systemic family therapy supporting reintegration of inmates in Their family and in the society | Erasmus+
• PROTEJUST Professionalization of Teaching in Correctional Criminal Justice | Erasmus +
• PREDUC GBL - Prison Education Game Based Learning | Erasmus+
• Training is performance - Improving leadership skills of top management of Romanian Prison Service | Erasmus+
• Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations | EC VP/2014/004 2014
• PhW4All - Prison healthy workplace for all | EEA Grants
• CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games | Horizon 2020
• Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide in Portuguese Prisons (MIPS) | EEA Grants 2014

Publications:

• Lucas, C., Pereira, H., & Esgalhado, G. (2013). Ciúme e Sexualidade: Uma compreensão científica. Ed. 1. Lisboa: Placebo.
• Esgalhado, G. e Simões, F. (2010). Cognitive psychology: attention and memory. Lisboa: Edições Placebo (ISBN:978-989-8463-08-1).
• Esgalhado, G., Simões, F. e Pereira. H. (2010). Versão portuguesa do Teste Stroop de Cores e Palavras: Aferição para a infância e adolescência. Lisboa: Edições Placebo (ISBN:978-989-8463-10-4).
• H. Pereira, L. Branco, F. Simões, G. Esgalhado, e M. Afonso (2010) (Eds). Educação para a saúde, cidadania e desenvolvimento sustentado. Covilhã: Universidade da Beira Interior (ISBN: 978-989-96996-0-1).
• Damasceno, C. & Esgalhado, G. (2012). Validação das palavras neutras e emocionais para o teste stroop Emocional para o screening de risco suicida: Resultados com amostras portuguesas. In J. L. Pais Ribeiro, I. Leal, A. Pereira & S. Monteiro (Org.). Psicologia da saúde: Desafios à promoção da saúde em doenças crónicas. 1ª Edição. Lisboa: Placebo, Editora LDA.
• Reis, M. e Esgalhado, G. (2010). Importance of Social Support on the Psychological Well-being of Older Adults living in Assisted-living residences. In H. Pereira, L. Branco, F. Simões, G. Esgalhado e R. M. Afonso (Eds), Educação para a saúde: Cidadania e desenvolvimento sustentado (pp. 786-800.) Covilhã: UBI.
• Pereira, H. & Esgalhado, G. (2012). "The formation of homosexual identity in Latin America", International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology 1, 4: 169 - 178.
• Esgalhado, G. & Pereira, H. (2012). "The effect of gender and education in the Stroop test", International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology 1, 2: 77 - 86.
• Prata, T & Esgalhado, G.. (2012). Study about emotions in a sample of portuguese elderly university students. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1, 3: 317-328.
• Simões, F. Rodrigues, L.; Esgalhado, G. & Guimarães, C. (2009). Desenvolvimento do auto-conceito pela tutoria pedagógica por crianças do primeiro ciclo de sua autoria. Psicologia Escolar e Educacional, 12(2), 327-336.

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Samuel Monteiro is a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology – Organizational Psychology. Holds a (MSc) Master in Psychology and a (BSc) Degree in Psychology - Work and Organizational Psychology branch.

Samuel has been:

• Co-coordinator in the submitted project: Coelho, D., Monteiro, S. & Lima, T. (2011 - ) Psychosocial Risks related to the Triggering of Musculoskeletal Injuries and their Assessment (Project Prometheus) - PTDC / PSI - PSO / 120473/2010.

• Participant in the project: Cardoso, L. , Rebelo , T. , Gomes , A. , & Monteiro, S. ( May 2006 - December 2007) . Training and knowledge management in organizations - Contributions to the competitiveness of the ceramic sector in Portugal. Coimbra: Ceramics and Glass Technology Center. Financing - POEFDS Measure 4.2.2 Studies and Research - Research Line 4.2.2.1.

• Participant in the project: Monteiro, S. , Cardoso , L. , Silva , J. & Cabañas , P. (2005 ) . Knowledge management: contributions to the conceptualization and operationalization - An action-research project. Huf Portuguesa / NEFOG - Center for Research and Training in Organization and Management. Funding - Foundation for Science and Technology: Ref SFRH/BD/25034/2005.

• Participant in the project: www.globalknowledgesurvey.net, coordinated by Peter Heisig - Senior Research Fellow - Centre for Socio-Technical Systems Design - CSTSD - Leeds University Business School - University of Leeds.

• Scientific Coordinator, until February 2006, of the methodological and instrumental component of the Portuguese participation in the project co-funded by the European Commission, DG Employment Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities - Health and social care services for people with disabilities - indicators of quality standards - (with co-participants Institutions of Greece, Austria, Belgium and Hungary).

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal:

• BSafeR - European Research Network on Law Enforcement and Public Safety | COST 2014
• RISKIMAB - Evaluation of possible medical-social-behavioral risk factors, generating changes in the brain imaging | Horizon 2020
• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | Erasmus+
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | Erasmus+
• Systemic family therapy supporting reintegration of inmates in Their family and in the society | Erasmus+
• PROTEJUST Professionalization of Teaching in Correctional Criminal Justice | Erasmus +
• PREDUC GBL - Prison Education Game Based Learning | Erasmus+
• Training is performance - Improving leadership skills of top management of Romanian Prison Service | Erasmus+
• Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations | EC VP/2014/004 2014
• PhW4All - Prison healthy workplace for all | EEA Grants
• CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games | Horizon 2020
• Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide in Portuguese Prisons (MIPS) | EEA Grants 2014

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Gabriela Sorescu is project coordinator at ANP.
She has a six-year experience of International Cooperation and Project Management within the National Prison Administration and is a holder of a Master’s Degree in Project Management. The project coordinator is also a certified trainer of trainers and has 7-year experience in teaching children, teenagers and adults.

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: 

• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | ERASMUS+ 2014
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | ERASMUS+ 2014 

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Stelică Prioteasa is a security/critical incidents expert at ANP. He has a Master’s Degree in Management of National Security Information. He gained practical experience in incidents management and resolution while working in Jilava Prison and has very good experience in training special intervention squads in incidents management and resolution (hostage situations, riots, escapes, violence, fire), self-defence techniques, first aid techniques.

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games for correctional services | Horizon 2020/2014 

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Loredana Corduneanu is a critical incidents negotiations expert at ANP.
She has a wide experience within the Psycho-social Assistance Department and the Social Reintegration Directorate and for the last four years has been involved in training negotiators in critical incidents. She has also been a visiting expert for EUJUST LEX IRAK (European Union Integrated Rule of Law for Iraq) and she has delivered the Prison Leadership - GOLD” courses. She has also been a lector at Al. I. Cuza” Police Academy, teaching Prisons Psychology course / Stress management course. She has post graduate studies in Probation Basis.

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Raluca Stuparu is a critical incidents trainer at ANP.
She is a graduate of psychology, with a Master’s Degree in Management Communication and Human Resources and with post graduate studies in Educational Management and E-learning for Continuous Training for Staff and a certificate in E-tutoring. She is responsible for implementing the e-learning platforms in the Romanian prison system and, currently, she is the Head of the Vocational Training Department within the ANP. She has been a vocational training expert in various European programmes.

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Orsolya Czenczer PhD, correctional major, associate professor. Our colleague is the principal active researcher in the domain of corrections and the executions of the criminal punishments. She is working in the field of education since 2004, and conducting researches from 2006. She has been the Hungarian party for more than 6 international researches, one of which ended with her PhD thesis in 2008. She has conducted several researches in Hungary too. The international and national researches were conducted in the field of penology and included topics such as the resocialization in the prisons, juvenile delinquency, life-long punishment, and the execution of criminal punishments in east-European countries.

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games for correctional services | Horizon 2020/2014

Relevant publications 

• CZENCZER, O. A new chapter in the Hungarian law enforcement. In Studia Iuridica Caroliensia, Budapest, 2006, pp. 29-36.
• CZENCZER, O. Historical view over the institutions of the law enforcement. In Studia Iuridica Caroliensia, Budapest, 2007, pp. 19-34.
• CZENCZER, O. Comments on the current legislation and practice regarding the education of juvenile prisoners. In Studia Iuridica Caroliensia, Budapest, 2008, pp. 25-30.
• CZENCZER, O. Views over the institutions of Hungarian law-enforcement and correction In Administrative and Criminal Justice - articles of the Police Academy of Latvia, pp. 24-45. (2009/1)
• CZENCZER, O. Patient litigation in Europe. In Revista romana de dreptul proprietatii intelectuale (ISSN: 1584-7241) pp. 9-12 (2011).

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Juergen Hillmer is working at the Senator of Justice and Constitution, Bremen: as Desk officer for European affairs and programmes on Bremen Prison Regime and criminology service.  He has long lasting experiences in the implementation of European projects in prison, focusing on e-learning and resettlement. He is coordinating regional, national and international activities in the field of education, training, reintegration and employment (ETE) of ex-offenders: project management within EU Programmes of DG Employment, DG Education and DG JLS. He is also doing the coordination of ETE cooperation between the Northern German Justice Departments (Northern Alliance); National Thematic Network on ETE; European Prison Regime Forum (EPRF). So he will be responsible for networking, dissemination, but also for the implementation of the project in the Bremen prison.

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Delia Borza - vice-director of social reintegration department, having experience in prison work as manager and psychologist; she has  university degree in psychology at "Tibiscus" Timisoara, Faculty of Psychology. She was involved also in implementation of European projects like Convicts Aid Liberty Project(LLP).

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: 

• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | ERASMUS+ 2014
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | ERASMUS+ 2014 

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Cristina Busuioc  work in  social work and education fields from 1991 and in Timisoara Prison from 2006 as social worker. She has two university degree in engineering and social work ("Politehnica" University of Timisoara and "Lucian Blaga University Sibiu). Her duties include the assessment of social situation of inmates, counseling, information, planning and implementation of social programs for inmates, involvement in implementation of European projects.

Cristina was involved in European projects like "Relaxation and Training Center Great River" in partnership with the British Foundation Mencap-funded Phare Lien, project "On my feet"  funding by Soros  and Friends of Hope Foundation Netherland, "Matra II Project" funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and "Site Model" funded by the Open Society Institute New, Convicts Aid Liberty Project-LLP (member of implementation team) and Program interregional integrat de calificare/recalificare profesionala a persoanelor private de libertate-POSDRU/96/6.2/S/61909. She participated in writing manuals or guides like: ”Including people with intellectual disabilities into the community integration of people with disabilities in society”, ”Deinstitutionalization of people with disabilities”. “The Dialogical Communication and Intervention Toolkit”,  “My ComPASS Reintegration Guide for inmates”.

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal: 

• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | ERASMUS+ 2014
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | ERASMUS+ 2014 

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Octavian Repolschi, Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Politics, Philosophy and Communication, West University of Timisoara (UVT). Since 2007 he has been teaching seminars in Critical Thinking, Information Theory, Research Methodologies in Communication Sciences, and Rhetoric at undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the author of several articles and conferences regarding issues in Communication. He coordinated the e-learning formation module on “Techniques for Collecting Information” in “Universitate pentru Viitor în Societatea Comunicării” POSDRU research grant (2011-2013) and was the author of five online lessons in the module. He is member in the Board of Directors of the Institute for Social and Political Research of UVT. 

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal:

• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | ERASMUS+ 2014
• IDECOM Innovation, ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | ERASMUS+ 2014

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Mironica Corici, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara. He holds PhDs in Sociology (University of Bucharest) and Economics (West University Timisoara); BAs in Education Sciences, Social Work, and Sociology; MAs in Psycho-pedagogy of Integrated Education and in Human Resources and Organisational Administration, and post-graduate certificates in European Studies, Organizational Management, and Special Needs Psycho-pedagogy. He teaches, has published extensively books and articles, and conducted field research, in the domains of Lifelong Learning, Educational Management, Occupational Health, Sociology of Economics, Organizational Management, and Psycho-pedagogy. He has managed or co-managed numerous projects, including cross-border (Romania-Serbia) students career counseling (PHARE - Action people-to-people); Social economy implementation (POSDRU); socio-economic effects of environmental pollution monitoring (CNMP); National School of Women Managers (POSDRU).

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal:

• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | ERASMUS+ 2014
• IDECOM Innovation, ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | ERASMUS+ 2014

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Pedro das Neves is a board member of QUALIFY JUST - IT Solutions and Consulting, LTS (IPS_Innovative Prison Systems). He holds a sociology degree and a MA from the College of Europe in Bruges and is currently undertaking (part-time) a PhD research on Public Policy (comparative analysis of justice and prison privatisation) at the Sociology and Public Policies School of ISCTE - IUL Lisbon University Institute. He is a guest lecturer of "Knowledge management and innovation in public services" at the master’s degree on local governance at ISEC and has been a member of the scientific coordinating team of DEIA - Specialization degree in Organizational Learning and Innovation at INA - National Institute of Public Administration. He has been working on public administration reform (central and local government) for more than 15 years, and on Prison Innovation Systems (from 2002) in different European countries. He has been coordinating major implementations in Portugal, Romania, Argentina and Guatemala also supporting specific projects in Catalonia and Germany. Together with the IPS team, Pedro has been involved in the design and implementation of innovative pilot projects lately awarded and recognized as best practices. Under this type of intervention had the opportunity to learn about the operation of 28 prison systems in 32 European countries and visit more than 160 prisons. The main topics of interest relate to management models, systems and quality standards, performance management, public vs. private. Pedro has extensive experience as policy and programme advisor (EU policy, including prison systems modernization, prison work, re-settlement and ICT, international cooperation) for several prison administrations. On behalf of IPS he has been invited as guest observer to European Commission and Council of Europe meetings and as a speaker in several international events organized by the Council of Europe, ICPA, EIPA, the European Commission and governments from different Member States. Pedro is an ICPA member.

Personal page:  http://prisonsystems.eu/index.php/features/our-team

BSAFE LAB project/project proposal:

• BSafeR - European Research Network on Law Enforcement and Public Safety | COST 2014
• RISKIMAB - Evaluation of possible medical-social-behavioral risk factors, generating changes in the brain imaging | Horizon 2020
• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | Erasmus+
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | Erasmus+
• Systemic family therapy supporting reintegration of inmates in Their family and in the society | Erasmus+
• PROTEJUST Professionalization of Teaching in Correctional Criminal Justice | Erasmus +
• PREDUC GBL - Prison Education Game Based Learning | Erasmus+
• Training is performance - Improving leadership skills of top management of Romanian Prison Service | Erasmus+
• Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations | EC VP/2014/004 2014
• PhW4All - Prison healthy workplace for all | EEA Grants
• CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games | Horizon 2020
• Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide in Portuguese Prisons (MIPS) | EEA Grants 2014

Presentations and conferences: 

• Trends in information and communication technologies for prison services: contributions for a Digital Roadmap. "Administraţia Naţională a Penitenciarelor. Romania, September 2014.
• "Reintegration of high risk offenders." Justice Cooperation Network (JCN), European transition treatment and management of high-risk offenders. DG Justice. Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany.
• Information and Communication Technologies in prisons. Europris / NOMS. Dublin, 4 and 5 April 2014.
• European Prison Regime Forum. Prison labour, Lisbon, March 2014.
• Lineamentos de politica penitenciaria de Guatemala – Seminario internacional – correctional systems reform international conference. Guatemala city, 5-6 December 2013.
• 18th Council of Europe Conference of Directors of Prison Administration. Keynote speaker: “”the low cost prison”. Brussels, 27 to 29 of November 2013
• Guest lecturer at the "In-Prison Education for Rehabilitation and Resettlement" course organized by the European Prison Education Association (Malta branch) and the Faculty of Education of the Malta University that occurred in Malta last 26 and 27 September 2013.
• 5th Conference of the European Prison Regime Forum. Joint presentation with Jurgen Hillmer on "European cooperative production networks". Hosted by the Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Oslo, Norway 12th–14th September 2012.
• Exocop Policy Forum (Berlin Declaration). Chairman of the "Berlin Declaration" panel on cooperation, exchange of best practices, development of EU funding lines between the Member States, ESF managing authorities and the European Commission. Berlin, 16th-18th of June 2012.
• ICPA/CEP/Europris conference: Joint Challenges, Joint Solutions: Developments in Prison and Probation in Europe. Moderator of the panel on "professionalism of staff" in correctional services. Event hosted by the Romanian National Administration of Penitentiaries and the Romanian Probation Department. Bucharest, 13th-15th June 2012.
• Outsourcing Justice Services: Public Private Partnerships Workshop. Organized by Europris - the European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services. Prague, 15th-16th April 2012.
• European Prison Industries Forum. National Offender Management Service. Newbold Revel, 23rd and 24th May 2011 Transnational cooperation between Prison Systems in Europe. Building Bridges: Correctional Best Practices, Worldwide Perspectives".
• 12th ICPA Conference (International Corrections and Prisons Association). "Het Pand", in collaboration with Ghent University Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy. 24-29th October 2010.
• Knowledge Management in Prison Systems in Europe. PreConference on E-Learning and Knowledge Management. Building Bridges: Correctional Best Practices, Worldwide Perspectives". 12th ICPA Conference (International Corrections and Prisons Association). "Het Pand", in collaboration with Ghent University Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy. 24-29th October 2010.
• Pathways to inclusion: strenghtening European Cooperation in Prison Education and Training. European Commission. Budapest, 22-24 February 2010
• The Europeanistion of Prison Management - Best Practices Dissemination: "Organising and managing penitentiary services: quality standards". Organised by the European Institute of Public Administration and the Justice Department of Catalonia in Bratislava, 21-22 May 2008
• Equal Policy Forum on Prevention or Re-imprisonment. European Commission. Polish Ministry of Regional Development. Warsaw, 21-22 June 2007
• Passport to Freedom. EQUAL Initiative. Lisbon, 23-24 October 2006
• Knowledge Management in European Prison Systems. Innovative Wege zur nachhaltigen Reintegration straffälliger Menschen – Reformmodelle in den EU-Staaten - Berlin, 20–22. October 2005

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• Criminal justice policies
• management models, systems and quality standards
• performance management
• public vs. private, PPP
• new technologies in prisons
• Prison systems planning

Associated researcher 

Tiago Leitão has been connected to project management since 1998. Started in the non-profit sector involved in youth and student academic movements where assumed management positions. Tiago is a board member of QUALIFY JUST - IT Solutions and Consulting, LTS (IPS_Innovative Prison Systems). Holding a social work degree (Portuguese Catholic University) and an MBA from the Lisbon MBA, He is a board member and Country Manager of Knowledge Systems Romania, SRL., a company formerly belonging to the I.Zone group and now and independent under Romanian law. Tiago has been working since 2004 on Prison Innovation Systems, starting from the "Rumos de Futuro" project aiming to innovate on multi-agency work towards inmate’s reintegration after release as project manager in the Equal program. He was a member of the Caravel transnational Steering Committee who was responsible for the development of integrated approaches in different areas of imprisonment and rehabilitation policies and programs.  He was involved as project manager in the "Credem in Schimbare" project run in Romania with Romanian Prison Administration, which was considered a "good-practice" by the Romanian ESF Management Authority. Tiago was responsible to design and manage innovative projects focusing on knowledge transfer in several areas of social economy and entrepreneurship, namely social business plans, minimum income beneficiaries autonomy, inmates business plan development and on MOMIE – Models on Mentoring for Inclusion and Employment.

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BSAFE LAB project/project proposal:

• BSafeR - European Research Network on Law Enforcement and Public Safety | COST 2014
• RISKIMAB - Evaluation of possible medical-social-behavioral risk factors, generating changes in the brain imaging | Horizon 2020
• IDECOM Innovation, Development and Communication for a better education in Prison System | Erasmus+
• ECOPRIS - Ecological Economics in Prison Administration Work | Erasmus+
• Systemic family therapy supporting reintegration of inmates in Their family and in the society | Erasmus+
• PROTEJUST Professionalization of Teaching in Correctional Criminal Justice | Erasmus +
• PREDUC GBL - Prison Education Game Based Learning | Erasmus+
• Training is performance - Improving leadership skills of top management of Romanian Prison Service | Erasmus+
• Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations | EC VP/2014/004 2014
• PhW4All - Prison healthy workplace for all | EEA Grants
• CIS GAME Critical Incidents Simulation Games | Horizon 2020
• Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide in Portuguese Prisons (MIPS) | EEA Grants 2014

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• Innovative management practices
• Social dialogue
• Mentoring for inclusion
• Volunteering

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Adrian is Vice-president of the National Trade Union of Prison Workers from Romania which affiliates more than 60% of the prison workers. During the last 2 years he managed the project Itinerariul Dialog, financed through Norway Grants 2009 -2014, aiming to improve the social dialogue in the prison sector. Previously, he worked as officer of international cooperation and programs into the Romanian National Administration of Penitentiaries being in charge of accessing and coordinating the implementation of different transnational/national projects.

Between June 2012 and April 2013 he was coordinating the team of Romanian prison officers in charge with the implementation of the project „Enhancing human rights based reforms in Lybian detention system” financed by the European Commission and he was also responsible of coordinating the NAP team and monitoring of the project The return of former convicts to the labour market and their integration in society, implemented in partnership with United Nation Development Program in Romania, West University of Timisoara The National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA),  The Regional Centre for Adults' Professional Training Calarasi.

Between 2009 and 2012 he was representing the Romanian Prison Administration into the Steering Committee of ExOffenders Communities of Practice and was in charge of implementing the project at national level. (www.exocop.eu )

Between 2008 and 2011 he was the project manager of the first social inclusion project financed by Social European Fund in Romania through Sectorial Operational Program Human Resources Development.(www.credem-in-schimbare.org )

Between 2006 and 2008 he was in charge of training and mentoring more than 80 prison officers in accessing and implementing projects national wide.

Prior to this position he worked as sociologist in Colibasi Penitentiary since 2001 and between 2002 and 2005 was in charge of coordinating the reintegration service of the prison unit.

Before joining the prison service in 2001 Adrian was working in Pitesti University into the Department of Training Educational Staff.

Since 2007 he represents the employees of Headquarter of National Administration of Penitentiaries and in January 2011 he was elected vice-president of The National Trade Union of Prison Workers (www.snlp.ro ) an organisation which represents more than half of the Romanian prison officers. Adrian holds a university degree in Sociology and a Master in Management.

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Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the Tibiscus University of Timisoara., director of “Psychotherapies and Clinical Psychology” Master program of the same Faculty, Commissioner of Prisons, psychologist at the Reeducation Centre Buziaş. PhD in Judicial Psychology from University of Bucharest (2004), in-depth studies “Psycho-pedagogy of Integrated Education” (1998), and graduate (1997) from Faculty of Sociology and Psychology, West University of Timisoara. Courses taught: Psychotherapy, Psychodiagnosis, Psycho-criminology, Forensic Diagnosis etc.

Visiting professor at the Bordeaux II University Victor Segalen and University of Rouen (France), University of Salerno (Italy), Akerhus Universitetssukehus HF (Norway).

Expert of the Romanian delegation to support the consolidated report at the 51st session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2009), special advisor of the Forensic Provisions Approving Committee of the Institute of Forensic Medicine Timişoara (2002).

Scientific activity: 4 volumes published, more than 60 articles published and communicated in scientific journals or at conferences in Romania and abroad, chairman of international conferences organized in partnership with the National Administration of Penitentiary (RO) an transnational partners, Universities from Italy, France and Malta.

Publications (selection) Collective volumes:

• Muranyi, D. (coord), Serpe, F., Zamosteanu, A., Tilinca, M., Abdellaoui, S., Fuzesi, V., Clavaguera Vinals, M. T., Popa, I., Montomoli, C., Marcuta, C., Tirtoaca, O., Onulescu, C., Vulpescu, E., (2012), Study of European Policies and Practices in the field of assistance of juveniles deprived of liberty, Edit. Eurobit, Timisoara, ISBN 978-973-132-001-4, 109 pag
• Muranyi D (coord)., Serpe, F., Zamosteanu, A., Simonetti, M., Raducan, R., Răducan, R., Tilinca, M., Abdellaoui, S., Fuzesi, V., Clavaguera Vinals, Gonzales Garcia, C., Estruch Bosch, A.M., M. T., Popa, I., Montomoli, C., Romano, R., Suriano, G., Surioano, E., Marcuta, C., Tirtoaca, O., Onulescu C., Vulpescu, E., Ioanovici, L., (2012), Best practices guide in liberty deprived juveniles assistance, Edit. Eurobit, Timisoara, ISBN 978-973-620-999-4, 122 pag ISI

Publications:

• Zamosteanu, A. (2013), Educational Intervention on Young Offenders, în The fourth International Conference Psycho-Social Perspectives in the Quasi-Coercive Treatent of Offenders, Medimond srl-International Proceedings, Italy, ISBN 978-88-7587-673-9, pag. 589-593
• Zamosteanu, A., (2013), Research on training needs for penitentiary workers, în The fourth International Conference Psycho-Social Perspectives in the Quasi-Coercive Treatment of Offenders, Medimond srl-International Proceedings, Italy, ISBN 978-88-7587-673-9, pag. 594-598 BDI publications
• Zeno Gozo, Alina Zamoşteanu (2010), Some Aspects of the Naration’s Issue în Revista de Psihoterapie experienţială, vol. 13, nr. 2, iunie 2010, ISSN 1453-634X, 5 pagini
• Zeno Gozo, Alina Zamoşteanu (2010), Acceptation of the Meaning of Change în Revista de Psihoterapie experienţială, vol. 13, nr. 2, iunie 2010, ISSN 1453-634X, 4 pagini
• Alina Zamoşteanu, Daniel Muranyi (2010), The Medical-Legal Expertise in the Case of a Minor’s Emotional and Sexual Abuse în Revista de Psihoterapie experienţială, vol. 13, nr. 1, martie 2010, ISSN 1453-634X, 4 pagini
• Bernard Gangloff, Zeno Gozo, Alina Zamosteanu (2011), The Value of information transmitted by the Big Five Cognition. Brain. Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal/(1)Abstracted: PsychInfo; International Bibliography of Social Science; (2) Full text, EBSCO; ProQuest, vol XV, nr 1.
• Alina Zamosteanu, Daniel Muranyi, Diana Paolo, Sid Abdellaoui, Mihaela Tomita (2011) European training partnership for an inclusive society, Annals. Economic Science Series, index LEL on CD, e-JEL, Econ Lit,
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Research topics:

• Judicial psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Psychotherapy

Associated researcher

Cláudia Resende is an on-going Phd student in “Sociology – Specialization: Sociology of the Daily Life, Communication and Life Styles” in Lisbon University – Instituto de Ciências Sociais / Universidade Nova de Lisboa with co-orientation with Montreal University. Her Phd research is circumscribed to leisure times of convicted foreigner inmates, on the use of in-depth methodologies.

She holds a Master Degree in “European Criminology and Criminal Justice Systems” which was obtained with “Magna Cum Laude – Great Distinction” in Ghent University, Belgium. (2005-2006)) and accomplished an intensive training in the School of Criminology, Oporto. (2005).

Cláudia is working as a Sociologist in the Unit for Management of Programs and Projects of the Directorate General of Reintegration and Prison Services, since 2009. Under the scope of her duties, she proposes, develops and evaluates Programs and Projects with a certain degree of innovation regarding prison environment, whether promoted internally or organizations of the civil society. She is also, an internal trainer of the DGRSP as well as the internal coordinator of the qualitative component, in key areas such as Prevention of Suicide within prison facilities, particularly regarding prison staff training.

From October 2013 to October 2014, she was, officially, designated as a representative of DGRSP as an Expert member for Prisons’ sector of the Portuguese Policy Reference Group as far as MEGAN project was concerned, a transnational European project, connected with Mentoring methodology. She has played an active role as member of the Organizing Committee of the “XVI European Prison Regime Forum”, which took place in March 2014 and of the Workshop: “Assessment and Sentence Planning”, in the context of reintegration of offenders, which was hold in June 2010.

In 2008, she was lecturer of the subject “Sociology of Law” in the Superior School of Health and Health Technologies. By the year of 2008, she was selected to be the Portuguese researcher, in ISCTE University, of the European project: “Crime Repression in context”.

During 2007, she was invited as Member of a task force for “Manage and Innovate the Portuguese Prison System”. During that year, she was Sociologist in the Centre for Prison Studies and Penitentiary Training. From 1998 to 2006, she worked as a Rehabilitation Officer within a Special prison – Estabelecimento Prisional de Tires, having background on working with female and male prison population. She was Vice-President of a Youth Organization of descents of immigrants / immigrants. (1995-2001) She has papers, communications and articles related to imprisonment, selectiveness criteria on judicial processes, foreigners and social identities. Her will is to raise awareness in the field of Sociology of Imprisonment as far as the Portuguese framework is concerned.

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Research topics:

• Foreign prisoners
• Prison staff
• Vulnerable groups and Inclusion
• Imprisonment

Associated researcher

Ana Gamelas has been connected to social economy in areas such as quality management system and sustainability since 2007. Holding a social work degree (Instituto Superior de Serviço Social do Porto), the first professional experience focused on the analysis of school as an impact player mechanism of social inequalities and poverty. Worked on the development of a proposed adult literacy and integration in the labor market and also in psychosocial care of adolescents coming from disqualified habitats of Porto - attitudes, values and behaviors education.

Ana has extensive experience in the implementation of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in social economy institutions, particularly with EQUASS System - European Quality in Social Services and NP EN ISO 9001: 2008, in intervention areas such as mental health; rehabilitation; children and seniors. Participated in the study E-Social, funded by POAT (Operational Programme of Technical Assistance) on Quality Assurance in institutions of social economy - analyzing the situation of Portuguese social organizations in the implementation of quality management systems and also promoted the modeling of quality management systems for the social sector. She is a certified auditor for EQUASS model in both Assurance and Excellence levels.

Ana was also involved as consultant in the "Credem in Schimbare" project run in Romania with Romanian Prison Administration, which was considered a "good-practice" by the Romanian ESF Management Authority.
 

Research topics:

• Management models, systems and quality standards
• Vulnerable groups and Inclusion
• Rehabilitation and Mental Health