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Report on the prison visits to Moldova in September 2023
Project «Libertatea este casa mea!» (Freedom is my house!)
In the course of a project meeting, the VEBO delegation was invited to visit two of the four prisons where the learning programmes of the above-mentioned project are implemented. On the one hand, this was prison no. 15 in Cricova for the closed prison regime, and on the other hand, prison no. 18 in Brăneşti for the "semi-open" prison regime.

On ocotober 27th the members of VEBO held a whole day meeting to redesign the strategy of the association. A first analysis showed that in an overall view the expertise among the members is quite broadly based. So VEBO could initiate or to participate in projects in prevention and integration in the field of probation and justice.

High-ranking Delegation from the Czech Republic on a study-tour in Canton of Zurich visiting Work-integration programs in Winterthur and Zurich

Dagmar Doubravova, Director of Rubikon Centrum in Prague, brought a group of Experts from the Social- and Justice-field – amongst them Mr. Vladimir Zimmel, Viceminister of Justice of the Czech Republic, to a two days visit to Switzerland.

For presentation at the Sechseläuten exhibition, VEBO had a documentary made about the Workshops for Community Service in Romania, and also described the new project in the Czech Republic supporting the long-term unemployed who have committed offences.

In 2015 the Canton of Zürich was the Sechseläuten spring celebration's guest. The Government Council gave its participation the motto «Mitenand» («together») and documented its solidarity work within Switzerland as well as abroad. Among others, VEBO as a beneficiary of the Lottery Fund of the Canton of Zürich was given the task to present its projects in Eastern Europe.