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In close co-operation with the Belgian Prison Service, the joint EuroPris and CEP Foreign National Prisoners Expert Group organises a workshop on 24 and 25 November in Bruges, Belgium. The workshop offers a range of key note presenters from across Europe, including prison and probation practitioners, voluntary sector working with prisoners abroad, as well as, university lecturers and researchers. The purpose is to promote better national regulation and best practice for Foreign National Offenders in Europe, through contributing to a greater awareness of Foreign National Offenders issues and through improving the management, rehabilitation and resettlement needs of Foreign National Offenders. Aim of the workshop • Facilitate the exchange of promising practices and knowledge of European practitioners from Prison & Probation Services and NGO's. • Present modes of co-operation and exchange of information between national and international agencies and groups supporting prisoners abroad and their families • Get insight into latest research on the issue of Foreign National Offenders Presentations will be given on subjects such as: • Management of Foreign National Offenders • Trends and rates of foreigners in European Prisons from 2000-2016 • Interagency cooperation and cooperation with the Immigration Service • Working with expelled offenders in Albania and Romania