The new Erasmus+ funding programme opened up the opportunity to create a strong and long-lasting synergy between the European Prison Education Association (EPEA) who want to bring prison educators from across Europe together in dialogue and best-practice sharing, and the LBB project team who want as many people to use the LBB materials as possible. Continue reading
Category Archives: LBB
LBB proudly presents …
At the end of the projet the LBB team is proud to present its products that are available on the LBB project website.
The LBB products are the following: Continue reading
LBB – Train-the-trainer course in Sofia
The LBB team initiated the piloting phase with a train-the-trainer workshop that aimed to introduce the concept of the LBB method and draft working materials to those trainers that endeavoured to pilot the LBB tools. The workshop that took place in October 2013 was attended by linguists (AT, FR, UK) and professionals directly involved in the routine work in prisons (BG, DE, NL). Continue reading
LBB – Transnational Meeting in Bordeaux
End of September the third transnational meeting for Languages Behind Bars took place in Bordeaux. In Bordeaux at summer temperatures the partners discussed the status of the project, and prepared the train-the-trainer course that will take place in Sofia.
LBB – update
LBB and what the next step will be …
A nice wrap-up of what the LBB will have to work on within the next months.
LBB – Transnational Meeting in Göttingen
How to improve the situation in prisons for guards and prisoners? How to reduce the stress levels? To answer these and further questions are the aims of the project LBB – Languages Behind Bars. One strategy is to reduce obstacles like communication and language problems by creating a tailor made language training for guards and prisoners. Continue reading
Seasons Greetings
Dear all,
We would like to thank you for your contribution, friendship and good work of the past year and our entire team joins in sending you Merry Christmas Greetings with all the best wishes for the New Year. We are really looking forward to continuing our cooperation in a marvellous 2013.
Your BUPNET EU-Team
Languages Behind Bars –
1st transnational meeting and kick-off
At the end of October the first transnational meeting and the kick-off of the project “Languages Behind Bars” took place. Under the coordination of die Berater the partners met in Vienna to clarify the work-packages and the next steps for the project. Besides of the Austrian coordinator and BUPNET, partners from England, France, Bulgaria and the Netherlands take part. They have all background in working with inmates, inmates’ relatives or in umbrella-organisations.
Paul Talbot is the coordinator of LBB and has worked as a language trainer in correctional facilities. The rationale of this project is based on the high numbers of foreign national prisoners in European prisons. Continue reading