Train the Trainer - Portugal

A TREIO Train the Trainer event aims to multiply the efforts of the project on national level by securing a second generation of trainers adopting the project reference training framework. The participants’ profiles for these cascading trainings referred to judges, prosecutors, and judicial bodies’ personnel supporting the work of the magistrates, with no limitations regarding their previous knowledge on EIO.

Train the Trainer - Portugal was organized with the support of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Portugal, in their premises, and led by a Portugues Master Trainer. The two-day training combined the TREIO sessions with specific aspects of judicial cooperation related to Portuguese authorities and the county network built to support the prosecutors across the State.

Access to eEDES demo environment and user manual were provided to participants prior to the training, while practical exercises on using eEDES were given to practitioners during the event. The TREIO Team (via LIBRe and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Portugal) remained at practitioners’ disposal in case of questions or concerns regarding the project and/or eEDES, including providing technical and user support on the use of the latter.

20 magistrates were selected to join the training and they all received access to training materials and eEDES access credentials. All of them took part in the sessions and received certificates for completion of the training.

Feedback was very positive highly appreciating the training as such: participants were very satisfied with the training methods used, the materials provided, and the environment/media used. Participants welcomed the introduction of eEDES, and all of the respondents considered their knowledge on the system has improved.