On 24 and 25 October 2022, two final educational working meetings on "Rewards and motivation in practice" were held in Zadar, Hotel Kolovare, for 24 managing civil servants from prisons in Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar, Šibenik and Gospić, Probation Office Zadar and Probation Office Gospić.
The cycle of educational working meetings for prison and probation managers, held under the project "Strengthening human rights protection and public safety by improving the capacities of the Croatian probation service", activity "Cooperation between prison system and probation", was started on 1 April 2022 with the presentation of results of the research "Impacts of rewards on the motivation of the officers of the Directorate for Prison System and Probation", which had been conducted in cooperation between the Directorate for Prison System and Probation and the Training Centre.
In the period from April to October 2022, seven regional educational working meetings were held: in Zagreb (for the area of central Croatia), Požega (for the area of Slavonia), Rijeka (for the area of Istria and Kvarner) and Zadar (for the area of Dalmatia and Lika). Through a combination of lectures and interactive workshops, participants were informed about the theoretical foundations of motivation and research conducted in the prison and probation system, and exchanged experiences and ideas about rewards in practice.
In conclusion, the cycle of educational working meetings financed from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, moderated by civil servants from the prison system and probation service (Danijela Knjižek, Marina Mirčeta Mikulić, Matea Sršen - Probation Office Zagreb; Iva Prskalo - Training Centre), gave 120 managers of the Directorate for Prison System and Probation the opportunity to consider the possibilities of rewarding quality employees as a mechanism for keeping their staff motivated.
