Our new Erasmus+ project: EPO4YOUTH

📢 Project Launch! Advancing Juvenile Justice in Europe.

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of our new Erasmus+ project, Advancing Juvenile Justice and Detention Conditions in Europe (EPO4YOUTH), which officially kicked off this October! This new project is founded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme.

This crucial 30-month initiative is dedicated to addressing the critical and often underexplored area of detention conditions for young people across Europe. Our core objective is to enhance the effectiveness of the European Prison Observatory (EPO) network in protecting the rights of young detainees.

The Key Project Goals are:
Strengthen Collaboration among EPO members for better monitoring of juvenile detention.

Establish a European Open-Source Data Hub to consolidate research and best practices for evidence-based policymaking.

Advocate for Civil Society Involvement in detention monitoring and promote inclusive practices.

Associazione Antigone is the coordinating organization. Ten partners from nine countries will work on the project:

Fachhochschule Dortmund (Germany)

Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria)

Greek Society for the Study of Crime and Social Control (Greece)

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland)

Latvijas Cilvēktiesību centrs/ Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

Associação Nacional Para o Desenvolvimento da Economia Social (Portugal)

APADOR-CH (Romania)

EuropaMente ETS (Italy)

Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Hungary)

Follow our page for updates on our progress as we work towards a more humane and rights-based juvenile justice system across the continent!