The Convicts Upskilling Pathways is a 36-month project funded by the EU’s Erasmus + programme that aims to design and pilot training modules for the upskilling of women and men prisoners in 6 European prisons while also providing the necessary tools to evaluate the impact of these upskilling paths and promoting the social reintegration of prisoners.
CUP is an international partnership spanning 4 EU countries including Italy, Greece, Cyprus and The Netherlands. Partners comprise a variety of organisations and prison administrations including: Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, Casa di Carità Arti e Mestieri, Fondazione Zancan and Turin’s prison in Italy; Human Rights 360, EPANODOS and 3 prison administrations in Greece; TIRANTES and 1 prison in The Netherlands; and the European University of Cyprus, school of Humanities Social and Education Sciences and Cyprus Central Prison. Associated partners include the Bureau Nazorg (the Dutch local authority for the reintegration of ex-convicts) and Estabelecimento Prisional de Leiria Prison in Portugal.