Thursday Workshop. Organisation and legal issues. M. Höing, C. Wilson, A. Castrels, R. Poort
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Transcript of Thursday Workshop. Organisation and legal issues. M. Höing, C. Wilson, A. Castrels, R. Poort
First International COSA Conference
Organisation and Legal IssuesMechtild Höing,
Chris Wilson, Ann Castrels, Rene Poort
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Workshop Organisation and Legal issues
Ann Castrels COSA Antwerp; BelgiumChris Wilson, Circles UK, UKRene Poort, Dutch Probation; CoSa Netherlands
Intro: Mechtild Höing, Avans
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Introduction
New Public Governance Paradigm
Public safety is shared responsibility: co-creation
Historical, legal, socio-cultural and organizational context
National and local conditions2
A model of the contextNational context
Local organizations
CoSA projects
Policy Penology, Sex offender legislation, Societal climate
Mission, philosophy, core values and goals
Proj. governance; political and proff. support; funding;Target group
Planning Infrastructure; Rules & regulations
Targets, Relationships,procedures, strategic management
project partners; level of co-operationProcedures; e.g.information exchange
Pro-duction
Service needs; capacity, expertise & resources
Service needs, prof. capacity & expertise; financial resourcesVolunteer resources
Contracted or independent provider?Resources (finances, expertise)Quality control
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Circles 4EU
Final Conference COSA
Barcelona, November 2014
Belgium
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Political Context Belgium
Short animated film on situation in Belgium !
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Start of Cosa Belgium
Probation Services Belgium = starting point
Funded by Europe
Ministry of Justice (federal government) and Penitentionary Board = not interested
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Started only in Antwerp
1 CC, 8 hours per week
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Consequences
No national/federal funding
No general implementation policy
No sharing of knowledge/experience
No sharing of overhead costs
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Disadvantages
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Only local communication strategy
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No back‐up
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Depends on local goodwill
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Long experimental phase
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Funding
Initially : Europe
Then Province and City of Antwerp
Now : Flemish Community : Ministry of Social Affairs, Welfare and Health
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Adaptation
No systematic risk assessment : cooperation with UFC
Information : partners !
Monitoring and evaluation : local !
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Cosa Belgium now (1)
Transfer of Cosa to Social Affairs
Since September 2014 : 2nd region (Brussels) and 2nd CC
Common Partner Meetings to give guidance and structure
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Cosa Belgium now (2)
Mutual intervision and training
Exploring options with Government for more general implementation
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Recommendations
Start with national implementation and structure; or at least more than 1 region
Create of a National Bureau or coordinator from the beginning
Funding = crucial !
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This presentation has been produced with the financial support of the Daphne III Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of xxxxxxxx and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission
First International COSA ConferenceOrganisation and Legal Issues
Chris WilsonCircles UK Project Structure & Governance
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Circles UK 6 Key Tasks
Circles UK funded by central government (MoJ)The 6 key tasks
•Ensure the development and delivery of Circles of Support and Accountability. •Ensure the quality and consistency of practices through training and assessment processes. •Coordinate a national perspective for the evaluation and research of Circles, •Promote an awareness and provide consistent, accurate information about Circles, •Maintaining the profile of Circles activity with strategic partners at national and regional level •Ensure the sustainability of local Circles project and to support their expansion into mainstream activity by adopting a coordinated and high level, approach to funding negotiations. 17
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Context for Circles Criminal Justice and Civil
Government
Legislation & Policy
Process
Criminal Justice Civil
• Ministry of Justice Health• Courts / Judiciary Social Care• MAPPA Psychiatric Services• Police / Probation / Prison Faith Group• Police & Crime Commissioner Charitable Trust
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Circles UK Project Structure & Governance
3 Probation Projects;• Cheshire• Leicester & Rutland• East of EnglandAll 3 Projects have a management / advisory board (unable to access charitable funding)
1 Probation Partnership• Greater Manchester probation & Greater Manchester Community ChaplaincyHas a management / advisory Board (can access charitable funding)
5 Large Criminal Justice / Child Protection Charities• Lucy Faithfull Foundation (West Midlands)• Barnardos (North East)• CJIW (North Wales)• CROPT (Cumbria and the North West)• Respond (London)Has a management / advisory Board (can access charitable funding)
4 Independent Circle Charities• Circles South East• Circles South West• YHCOSA• Safer Living FoundationHas a Board of trustees + advisory group
1 Consortium• Circles CymruHas a management / advisory Board (can access charitable funding)
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The Relationship between Circles UK and its Member projects
Administration Professional Network• Operational templates Management Networks• Policies & Procedures Chairs Meeting• Volunteer Training Materials Strategic Managers Meeting
Funding Issues Coordinator Networks• Development 2 Training Events• Consortium 3 Coordinator Forums
Data Collection and Analysis National Conferences• Demographic 1 per year
• DRR Support & Advice• Case Histories Public Information line
Research Project information / support
• R & E Group Audit and Membership Renewal• Commissioning Full Review 1 x 3years Peer review
Facilitating Project Quality Assurance• Ethical Approval Interim review 1 x 18 month
National Coordinator Training European Partnership• New Coordinator training x 4 per year Circles 4EU 20
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This presentation has been produced with the financial support of the Daphne III Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Christopher M Wilson and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission
Thank you for your attention!
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First International COSA ConferenceOrganisation and Legal Issues
Rene PoortCircles in the Netherlands
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The Dutch COSA Project
Since 200950+ circles; 5 regional projects
Staff: 1 national project coordinator11 circle coordinators
All projects run by Dutch Probation Organization
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Governance:CEO Dutch Probation
Organization
Head policy divisionCoSA officer
National Management Team
National Project coordinator
Project C/N2 cc
ProjectNW2cc
ProjectSW2cc
ProjectE
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Project S
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Avans, research and development
National project assembly
advice
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SLA
Policy advisor Regional Unitmanagers
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National contextStrengths:Sex offender legislation enables long term monitoringHigh level of political support & fundingHigh level of professional supportWorking within existing local networks (but not all of them)Privacy rules
Possible weaknesses:No community representation in the governance structureJust one funder (Ministry of Safety & Justice)No circles for offenders who are not supervised by probation COSA is a relative expensive interventionInclusion criteria sometimes too strictPrivacy rules
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This presentation has been produced with the financial support of the Daphne III Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of xxxxxxxx and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission
Thank you for your attention!
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