PROBLEM BASED TRAINING ON THE DATA PROTECTION REFORM PACKAGE IN GR AND CY (TRAIN GR-CY)

Budget: € 303,086.17

Financing Program: Action Grants - Rights Equality and Citizenship Program

Call: REC-DATA-2016-01

Funding Body: European Commission - Rights Equality and Citizenship Program

Project partners: 1. Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation - Center for European Constitutional Law (CECL)

                             2. Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)

                             3. Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of Cyprus

                             4. University of Cyprus

                             5. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

                             6. Hellenic Parliament

Duration: 24 Months

Summary

The following actions will be implemented:

a) organization of training seminars for data protection officers, judges and lawyers in Greece and Cyprus

b) organization of a transnational meeting to exchange good practices and disseminate the results of the program

c) creation of a manual for data protection officers, lawyers and judges on the effective implementation of the new Regulation.

Purpose

The objectives of the program are:

a) to develop common content and training and information material to support the effective implementation of the new Data Protection Directive

b) to provide practice-oriented training to three main target groups: data protection officers, judges and lawyers in Greece and Cyprus

c) to create a framework for the exchange of views and experiences through networking and information events

Results

1) Training a total of 40-50 DPA employees, 40-50 judges and 40-50 lawyers in Greece and Cyprus

2) Development of specialized data protection training material based on the new Regulation

3) Creation of a network of 12 trainers in two countries to be selected and trained

4) Networking, dialogue and exchange of good practices

5) Contribution to the effective implementation of a package of measures aiming to reform personal data through a common code of practice.