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Training visits and observation of good institutional practices on Restorative Justice are part of the initiatives developed during the Third Quarter of Execution of the Regional Project to Strengthen Restorative Justice. This program is directed by the Judicial Branch of Costa Rica, led by Judge Doris Arias Madrigal, President of the Criminal Cassation Chamber and financed by the European Union.
In order to extend the networking programs initiated during the 1st International Silk Workshop, on the first Wednesday of November, 25 people participated in a 4-hour day in which the tasks developed in the Physical, Chemical, Surfactant and Silk laboratories were shown with demonstrations of the transformation of the silk cocoon into thread, the Trends Observatory and the specialized library of the INTI-Textiles Centre. The day ended in the Vicuña room of the Centre where an Argentinean and a Mexican craftswoman made demonstrations of silk spinning and weaving.
The International Seminar "Connecting technical and methodological advances with the design of public policies for the development of Transversal and Socio-emotional Competencies throughout the life cycle: A need and a challenge" was held in Santiago from 18 to 20 October.
Recognized as a referential model for many countries in the region, the Costa Rican Criminal Restorative Justice System's and Juvenile Criminal Justice Program is presented this week before the Judicial Branch of the State of Mexico and specialists from Colombia.
The program is represented by Jovanna Calderón Altamirano of the Costa Rican Program, who is in charge of presenting before the Judicial Branch of the State of Mexico and the delegation of Colombia, the most relevant aspects about the experience of the project in our country.
The Botana mayor, mayors of Cerro Largo, Peñalolen (ch.) and Prefeito de Candiota (br.) visit the int. of San Isidro Gustavo Posse to continue with the exchange of experiences. In this case, social policies and citizen participation.
The project Mirada Ciudadana holds a 1 day working event in the Municipality of Candiota, RS, Brazil
On September 22, 2017, the Citizen's View Team attends Candiota to define the priorities of the Prefeito and his work team to be carried out within the framework of the Citizen's View Project.
This workshop was a brief meeting to listen to the opinions of the public employees. The question was: did anything change since the first workshop? Were there any positive developments?
On Monday, September 18, Plácido Rosas was invited to perform activities to strengthen the Municipality of this locality.
In this opportunity a workshop was held at 16:00h with the Management Team and Municipal staff, to evaluate progress based on the first workshop where they detected some issues to improve management, in the three pillars: planning, communication, coordination and implementation of activities.
As part of the training session on the Regional Program to Strengthen Restorative Justice, judicial delegations from Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica visited the Legislative Assembly on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6.
The main objective of the visit was to learn about the progress of the Restorative Justice Bill being processed under file No. 19,935.
During the second training day, delegations from the Judicial Authorities of Mexico and Colombia visited the Costa Rican Judicial School in the Ciudad Judicial in San Joaquín de Heredia.
