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Project timetable
Transfer into 17 countries in 36 months
FreD goes net began in November 2007 and will run until October 2010. A kick-off conference took place in Warsaw (Poland) involving all pilot and associated partners.
In the participating countries, the first four project months will be taken up by a stocktake. This will encompass research on the current number of young consumers, the existing legal framework and also comprise interviews with key actors. Participants will make use of the RAR method, which is well suited for quickly obtaining the right kind of information. Apart from establishing each country’s point of departure, this stage of the project will also assess current access routes to young first-time offenders. Is being noticed by the police or the justice system a suitable route for targeting young consumers with early intervention programmes, or should another setting be selected, for instance school or the workplace?
Results of the RAR will be included in the FreD goes net handbook. The handbook will be based on the manual compiled as part of the German Federal pilot project FreD. During the course of the project, this manual will be adapted to different European access routes, target groups, implementation as well as the practical operation of group sessions.
After the initial stage, FreD goes net will be continued in the eleven pilot partner countries. Course experts will receive some initial training in Linz (Austria) before running FreD courses in the pilot countries between December 2008 and December 2009.
During the last third of the project, a meeting will take place in Maribor (Slovenia) to bring together all partner countries. Pilot countries will present their experiences with running the courses, which will be used to adapt the FreD goes net manual.
In the final phase of the project emphasis will shift to spreading this early intervention approach throughout Europe. Transfer events will be organised to explain the method to associated partner countries in greater detail. At the same time, further national and regional partners will be sought. A final conference will be hosted in Münster (Germany), with invitations extended across Europe. This will secure the transfer and sustainable implementation of the FreD approach.
Scientifically, FreD goes net is accompanied by researchers from the FOGS Institute (Cologne, Germany). At least 900 participants of FreD courses will be surveyed throughout Europe in order to establish the effectiveness of group sessions as a method of intervention for young offenders.
Further informations:
Wolfgang Rometsch
Tel.: +49 (0)251 591 4710
Fax: +49 (0)251 591 5499
E-Mail: wolfgang.rometsch@lwl.org
Nadja Wirth
Tel.: +49 (0)251 591 5382
Fax: +49 (0)251 591 5499
E-Mail: nadja.wirth@lwl.org
Kathrin Horre
Tel.: +49 (0)251 591 6891
Fax: +49 (0)251 591 5499
E-Mail: kathrin.horre@lwl.org
