Europe is facing many challenges that result from the need for increased integration of policies in the area of freedom, security and justice in Europe:

• The Council of Europe has set up Probation Rules which describe a number of basic competencies that have to be met by probation officers.
• Probation Services are still under development in a large number of European countries. Professionalism is an important part of this development.
• Citizens in Europe must have the opportunity for (suspended) prison in the country of origin. This is explicitly stated in the Framework Decisions. Probation officers in Europe must be trained and educated to implement the Framework Decisions.

To meet these challenges, the Criminal Justice Social Work (CJSW) project aims to improve European cooperation between public justice professionals and education and training institutes. The project partners – probation organisations and higher education organisations – aim to develop a set of both high quality teaching modules and modules for continuing education in the field of CJSW.

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