European Prison Education Association
- European Prison Education Association
The European Prison Education Association or EPEA was founded in Bergen, Netherlands, in 1991, after two years of work by individuals who had discussed the idea at an international conference on prison education in Oxford in 1989 to suggest the setting up of an organisation that would also help to turn the aspirations of the new Council of Europe Recommendation R(89)12, "Education in Prison," into a working reality.
The association has approximately 1000 members in 43 European countries, 6 national branches and an office in Norway. EPEA brances are in Norway, Ireland, Hellas, France, Hungary and Malta.
The membership consist typically of prison teachers, administrators and researchers from Universities.
Activities includes
* Advocacy for prison education
* membership of the Conference of INGOs and the Bureau of the Liaison Committee at the Council of Europe
* associated membership of the European Association for Education of Adults, EAEA
* coordination and participation of European Projects and training courses under the Socrates Action
* bi-annual international conferences. The latest was in Dublin, Ireland, June 2007.
* a bi-annual European conference for directors of prison education, next conference will be in Malmoe, Sweden, September 2008
* publication of a Magazine and News Letter for members.
External links
* [http://www.epea.org/ European Prison Education Association]
* [http://www.epea-projects.org/ European EU Projects into prison education]
* [http://www.foko.no/ Norwegian EPEA Branch]
* [http://www.epea.org/epeahellas/ Hellas EPEA Branche]
* [http://www.epea.org/epeafrance/ EPEA France]
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