Despite the Swedish Prison and Probation Service (SPPS) are a pioneer on the global arena regarding the area of corrections, generally little is known of what they do in Sweden as well as internationally. This study will explore the SPPS implementation of prison development in Somalia, which will be done through interviews with seconded personnel and others within the Swedish government that have connections to the prison development in Somalia. The findings were able to answer the research questions for this thesis, namely what the SPPS are doing internationally, what they are doing in Somalia and lastly if they have seen any results in Somalia. In the analysis, the middle power theory was used through an abductive approach to see if the SPPS fulfilled the criterions for the theory namely moral power, multilateralism and conflict management. It is concluded that the SPPS work in Somalia have been effective. They have contributed considerably to the local development and the seconded personnel has also learnt lessons for life which they can use also in their further carriers. Through their contacts, which they have established, they might also contribute further bilaterally even in the event of a withdrawal from the United Nations.

Europos Sąjungos institucijose dažnai remiamasi valstybių narių deleguotų nacionalinių ekspertų patirtimi bei žiniomis. Tokiu būdu gerinami institucijų administraciniai gebėjimai, didinamas veiklos efektyvumas, o ekspertams suteikiama galimybė patobulinti darbo įgūdžius bei iš arčiau susipažinti su tarptautinėmis institucijomis. Delegavimu taip pat naudojamasi kaip priemone politiniams tinklams užmegzti ar sukurti savitą tiltą tarp Europos Sąjungos bei valstybių narių. Tačiau pastaruoju metu įžvelgiama vis daugiau delegavimo trūkumų, kadangi dažniausiai jis neatneša realios naudos nei ekspertus delegavusioms institucijoms, nei pačių deleguotųjų ekspertų karjerai. Maža to, užmegzti politiniai tinklai taip pat pasirodo esantys trumpalaikiai. Nacionaliniai ekspertai, siekiantys laikinai užimti pareigas Europos Sąjungos institucijose, turi atitikti griežtus reikalavimus bei laimėti nacionalinę nei priimančios institucijos organizuojamą atranką. Atrinktiems kandidatams visą delegavimo laikotarpį nacionalinis darbdavys moka atlyginimą, išsaugo tarnybinį statusą bei suteikia visas socialines garantijas. Tuo tarpu priimančioji institucija kompensuoja tik papildomas delegavimo išlaidas. Nepaisant to, eidami pareigas deleguotieji ekspertai privalo vadovautis tik Europos Sąjungos interesais ir jokiu būdu neprivilegijuoti nacionalinės institucijos ar valstybės. Galimų interesų konfliktų siekiama išvengti stipriai apribojant deleguotųjų nacionalinių ekspertų savarankišką veiklą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The institutions of European Union offen use the experience and knowledge of seconded national experts. Thus executive abilities of institutions are improved, efficiency of work is increased and national experts get a better opportunity to upgrade their working skills as well as familiarize with the international institutions. The secondment is also used for building the political networks or a specific bridge between European Union and the member states. However, recently more and more weaknesses of secondment are being found. First of all, it does not necesarily guarantee expert‘s promotion or bring a benefit to national institutions either. Moreover, the political networks built by seconded national experts mostly are nondurable. The applicants for the secondment must meet the strict requirements and pass both national and european selections. The secondment lasts from six months to two years and can be renewed up to a total period not exceeding four years. All this period the national employer who sent the experts on the secondment continues to pay salary and guarantees their position and social security. Whereas EU institution pays only the additional expenses of secondment. Despite this, the seconded national experts have to be loyal to the EU institution under whose supervision they work and do not privilege their national employer or state. The possibility of clash of interests is decreased by restricting the discretion of the seconded national experts. The... [to full text]