RESIZE PROJECT

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Description:


The RESIZE Project (Reshaping Correctional Competencies through RESCALED Innovation) aims to transform the European correctional landscape by supporting the transition from large-scale, closed prisons to small-scale, community-integrated detention houses.

The project focuses on adapting the workforce to this “detention house” model by developing competency profiles, recognition of prior learning (RPL) mechanisms, microcredentialing, and certification processes for correctional staff.

By aligning staff skills with innovative, correctional practices based on human-rights, RESIZE seeks to ensure a sustainable systemic change in European detention systems.

Activities:

 

  • Defining Competency Frameworks: Identifying and mapping the specific skills and competencies required for staff working in small-scale detention houses,
  • Developing RPL and Certification: Creating mechanisms for the recognition of prior learning and establishing a micro-credentialing system for correctional professionals,
  • Capacity Building: Designing and implementing training programs to prepare the current and future workforce for the transition to community-integrated correctional models,
  • Policy and Systemic Advocacy: Formulating recommendations for the integration of these new competency standards into national and European correctional policies.

Results:

 

  • A comprehensive Competency Profile for staff in small-scale, community-integrated detention houses,
  • A validated Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Micro-credentialing framework for the correctional sector,
  • Enhanced professional mobility and standardized certification for correctional workforce across Europe,
  • A roadmap for systemic change towards more rehabilitative and human-centered detention models.

Partners:

 

  1. CENTRUL PENTRU PROMOVAREA INVATARII PERMANENTE – CPIP
    Romania
  2. PENITENCIARUL TIMISOARA – PTM, Romania
  3. PENITENCIARUL GHERLA – PG, Romania
  4. OMOSPONDIA SOFRONISTIKON IPALLILON ELLADAS – OSYE, Greece
  5. RESCALED – Belgium
  6. CENTER ZA IZOBRAŽEVANJE IN KULTURO TREBNJE – CIK TREBNJE, Slovenia
  7. UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID – UVA, Spain
  8. Qualificalia Analytics, S.L. – QUALIF, Spain
  9. BRAINLOG – Denmark
  10. LUARASI UNIVERSITY – LU, Albania
  11. ATHENS LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE – ALLI, Greece
  12. ODYSSEA MAKE – Greece
  13. RICHTUNGSWECHSEL- RW, Austria
  14. ADULT EDUCATION INSTITUTE DANTE – DANTE, Croatia
  15. CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE PER LA PROMOZIONE DELL’EDUCAZIONE E LO SVILUPPO ASSOCIAZIONE – CEIPES, Italy
  16. CENTRO STUDI – OPERA DON CALABRIA – DC, Italy
  17. INTERCHANGE NON-PROFIT GUG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT), INCH, Germany
  18. STABILITAS Skopje – STABILITAS, Macedonia
  19. APROXIMAR- COOPERATIVA DE SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL, CRL – APX, Portugal
  20. UES UNIVERZITET U ISTOCNOM SARAJEVU – UES, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  21. UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH – UNITAR, Switzerland
  22. UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN – UAegean , Greece
  23. Shërbimi i Kontrollit të Brendshëm në Sistemin e Burgjeve  – ICSPS, Albania
  24. Fængselsforbundet (Danish Prison Federation) – DPF, Denmark

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Date of the Project:

2025 - 2029

Funding programme:

Erasmus +, Key Action 02

Tags:

Criminal Justice, Adult Education, Prison Education

Contact:

[email protected]

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