Yellow Ribbon project is a public engagement innitiative aimed at changing society’s mindset in giving people with criminal history second chances in integrating back into society. Through sports, cultural and educational events we focus on the topic of reintegration, support and destigmatisation of ex-offenders baring in mind the wider negative influence of imprisonment on children and familes as well as the restorative justice principals. The active participants and co-creators are imprisoned and released persons. The aim of the project is to improve the conditions for the integration of people with a criminal record, to show the usefulness of their involvement in society and to present in a positive and attractive way a topic that is on the margins of public interest.
A key innovation is the involvement of a wide range of actors from the public, non-governmental and corporate.
COOPERATION / PARTNERSHIP
With the support of our Norwegian partner DNCS, we want to share this idea within the Yellow Ribbon project with other partners from abroad – together we grow into a European partnership Table. Together with our partners, we want to develop a strategy to spread the idea of the Yellow Ribbon in other European countries.
VENUE
The Hotel Fitzgerald
Address: Vítkova 151/26, 186 00 Karlín
Phone: +420 222 334 200
Reservation: RECEPTION@HOTELFITZGERALD.COM
(Do not make the reservation on-line, use e-mail address.)
https://www.hotelfitzgerald.com/en/
PROMO CODE / Reservation password: YELLOW RIBBON
PROGRAM
1ST DAY, 1/11/2023 - OPENING
arrival of guests, accommodation
17.00 – 18.00 official introduction of partners and participants, icebreaking dinner
2ND DAY, 2/11/2023 - YELLOW RIBBON ROUBLE TABLE
8.00 – 9.00 Breakfast
9.00 – 9.30 Introduction of partners and speakers, introduction of project partners
Gabriela Slováková, international expert, CEO – Yellow Ribbon Czech Republic
Victor Conrad Rønneberg, Ambassador of Norway – welcome speech
Kim Ekhaugen, Director of International Cooperation Norwegian Prison Service (DNCS)
9.30 – 10.00 YELLOW RIBBON – Singaporean experience – on-line presentation, Introducing Singapore’s Yellow Ribbon project as inspiration for the Yellow Ribbon Czech Republic
10.00 – 10.20 The importance of cooperation between the state, non-governmental and private sector
Karel Dvořák, Deputy Minister of Justice Czech Republic
Simon Michailidis, Director General – Prison Service Czech Republic
Kateřina Šlesingerová, Deputy Director
10.20 – 11.00 Presentation of the Yellow Ribbon project – 8 years of experience
Gabriela Slováková – Singaporean inspiration, results and growth of the project in the Czech Republic, introduction of Czech partners and the concept of networking
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 Involvement of partner NGOs in the project
Sharing good practice – RUBIKON Centrum, Association of Providers of Addiction Services, Volonté, A-Giga, Prison Pastoral Services, Romodrom
11:45 – 12:15 Kim Ekhaugen, Gabriela Slováková – plan to create the Yellow Ribbon Action plan and vision to develop Yellow Ribbon Hub in the Czech Republic
12.15 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 15.00 Afternoon workshop
involving the Yellow Ribbon, DNCS and foreign participants
joint planning of the European initiative, the possibility of the involvement of individual states in network of countries under the unified format of Yellow Ribbon, spreading the idea
15.00 – 15.20 Coffee break
15.20 – 16.30 Possibilities of organizing the Yellow Ribbon Run against Prejudice and other activities in individual countries
16.30 – 17.00 Discussion, closing of the meeting
18.00 Dinner
3RD DAY, 3/11/2023 - VISIT TO OPEN PRISON JIŘICE and WORKSHOP
08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.00 – 10.00 Transfer to Jiřice Prison – „Open Prison“ project
10.00 – 12.00 Visit and joint workshop – sharing good practice
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch, discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Transfer to Prague
End of the Round Table, official closing, farewell, departure of foreign participants.
PEOPLE
THE ROUND TABLE SUPPORT
Markéta Filkuka
Phone: +420 602 234 065
E-mail: filkuka@yrr.cz
Veronika Friebová
Phone: +420 778 457 229
E-mail: friebova@yrr.cz
ATTENDEES
HOST OF THE ROUND TABLE
Gabriela Slováková
Kim Ekhaugen
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Victor Conrad Rønneberg
Ambassador of Norway
Lucie Pytlová
Coordinator of EU affairs
Markéta Pěchoučková
Head of Unit
Martin Kocanda
Head of the concept of social services and social work department
Karel Dvořák
Deputy Minister
Helena Ganická
Norway Grants Adviser
Hana Hrazdirová
Deputy Head of Unit,Centre for Foreign Assistance
Susann Wilson
intern
PRISON SERVICE AND PROBATION AND MEDIATION SERVICE
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Tomáš Olšar
Head of DG office
Kateřina Šlesingerová
Deputy Director
Markéta Prunerová
prison service headquarters
Vladimíra Tošnarová
prison service headquarters
Jiří Kawan
prison service headquarters
Lenka Železná
Head of EU funding, prison service headquarters
Eva Poddaná
PR Department
PARTNER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Lukáš Salivar
CEO
Nikola Taragoš
CEO
Lenka Ouředníčková
Director of Innovations and Development
Věra Babišová
CEO
Kristýna Čobanová
Chairman
Pavel Zvolánek
Deputy chairman
Miroslava Maťátková
Director for strategic development
Zuzana Bejó
Director for project activities
Daniel Kolář
Project activities
Josef Hrubý
Therapist
ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION SERVICE PROVIDERS
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Vojtěch Betka
Ondřej Bílý
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
NORWAY
Ida Lindmo
Country manager, International Unit, KDI
Stine Berger
Country manager, International Unit, KDI
Ola Busterud
Department manager, Kriminalomsorgen Innlandet
Ivar Jensen
Deputy Prison Governor Bergen Prison
Karin Aaland
Head of Unit, Buskerud halfway house and probation office
Heidi Schiong
Senior adviser, Buskerud halfway house and probation office
SINGAPORE
ON-LINE PRESENTATION
Yong Lee Shie
director general
Sunny Lee
CEO
Tan Wee Zi
deputy director (strategy)
NETHERLANDS
Monique Dijkstra
reintegration officer
THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Tanja Rakusic-Hadzic
Head of Division, Cooperation in Police, and Deprivation of Liberty
LITHUANIA
Mindaugas Kairys
Deputy DG of Lithuanian Prison Service
Nerijus Sujeta
Acting Head of Special Competencies and Cynology Unit, Competence Board
LATVIA
Kaspars Ozols
Director of the Project Department
Agnese Kleina
Head of Division of Norwegian Financial Mechanism, Project Department
Vitālijs Jakovļevs
Deputy of Addicted Centre of Olaine Prison (Prison Hospital of Republic of Latvia).
POLAND
Sebastian Lizińczyk
Senior Expert, Penitentiary Office
Tomasz Gajewski
Deputy Director of the Department for Strategy and European Funds
ROMANIA
Iuliu Maximilian OANĂ
Department for European Programs
CROATIA
Matea Sršen
Head of the office
Iverija Filipović
Head of the office
Petar Rukavina
Director of Prison in Gospić
CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PROBATION
Mirka Jakešová
CEP Policy Officer
The organization of the Round Table and the subsequent draft of the Yellow Ribbon education action plan – Growing European Together are financed by Norwegian funds 2014 – 2021 within the framework of the Justice program.