21st Century Romanian Prison Service Challenges and Responses

ICPA Staff Training and Development Network Webinar: 21st Century Prisons Officer Training: The Need for Staff Specialisation, Support and Training: 21st Century Romanian Prison Service Challenges and Responses by Adrian Neagoe.

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Adrian Neagoe

Vice-President, SNPP, Romania

Adrian Neagoe is the Vice-president of the largest prison policemen trade union in Romania (www.snpp.ro), and in this capacity, he organizes the international relation and projects implemented by the trade union organization, being an experienced project manager with a demonstrated history of working in the prison service. The projects implemented targeted social dialogue process, health and safety within prison service, prison officers training, wellbeing and stress management. Since this year he was elected as member of the National European Administration Standing Committee within European Public Service Trade Union Federation (EPSU), the most representative European social partner in central governments. He started his career in the prison service as a sociologist almost 25 years ago and in the last 18 years was involved in accessing and managing projects at the central level of Romanian prison service holding different management position. Between 2006 and 2008 he oversaw training and mentoring more than 80 prison officers in accessing and implementing projects national wide, creating a national network. He was responsible of writing and coordinating the implementation of the first European Social Fund social inclusion project implemented in Romania, the results being recognized nationally and abroad. He coordinated the implementation of more than 10 projects carried out by the Romanian prison administration and was also in charge in 2012-2013 of coordinating the team of experts of the international project „Enhancing human rights-based reforms in Libyan detention system” financed by the European Commission. Currently Adrian is engaged in a PhD program within Quality-of-Life Research Institute, focusing on the factors that influence the prison officer’s activity.

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