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On the 20th of November 2014, the representatives of the Central Probation Office, namely the head of the Service of Community Sentences- Igor SANDU, and the specialist of the Juvenile and pre-sentence probation service- Ina FODOR, participated at the final conference of the project "Drink & Drive - Exchange of good practices to develop a specific program for the rehabilitation of convicted persons for committed offenses in the context of driving under the influence of alcohol" held in Bucharest, Romania.
The meeting was attended by the Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice - Alin Lucian ANTOCHI, the Secretary General of the European Confederation of Probation - Willem VAN DER BRUGGE, the Director General of the National Probation Directorate in Romania - Iuliana CARBUNARU, the Director of the Association of Probation and Addictions - Edwin TEN HOLTE, the expert (political advisor) of the Association of Probation and Addictions - Rob MEREL, the expert (consultant) Higgsbosonmagement - Ben ZENGERINK, the probation counsellor of the Probation Service Sibiu - Mihaela MOLDOVAN, the probation counsellor of the Probation Service Valcea - Aida MUNTEANU and the probation counsellor of Probation Service Olt - Catalin VRINCEANU.
The conference was opened by the moderator - project manager - Diana OBAGEL. During the conference were presented aspects of the project purpose - the exchange of best practices between the two probation systems (in the Netherlands and Romania); the project objectives - reducing the risk of relapse and increasing the road safety by developing a behaviour rehabilitation program such as "Drink & Drive", the targeting people convicted and which are in the records of the probation services.
The behavioural rehabilitation program "Drink & Drive" is based on the motivational interview techniques and cognitive behavioural approach that includes preliminary individual sessions, 8 weekly group sessions and a follow-up session.
The program lasts three months with the aim of separating the alcohol drinking from the vehicles’ driving, providing information and developing of the skills – of those included in the program, according to the legal framework by applying the obligation to follow such a program. The project implementation period is January 15, 2013 - January 15, 2015.
On the 21st of November, within the Dutch Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, was held a meeting with the representatives of the Dutch Embassy and the colleagues from the National Probation Directorate of Romania, where they expressed the importance of developing further relations and cooperation with the Central Probation Office of the Republic of Moldova.
At the end of the event it was established that the Central Probation Office is responsible to submit an information letter on the current road safety situation in Moldova and if at the moment it is involved in programs / projects with the participation financing of the international experts of these projects and what would be the capacity of the resources of the probation system to participate in such a project, and later to establish the possibility of cooperation and support of the Dutch Embassy for probation in the Republic of Moldova.