Ilona Kronberga
Ilona Kronberga
PROVIDUS lawyer, researcher
Criminal justice
E-mail: ilona@providus.lv
Telephone: (+371) 6 7039259, (+371) 28351711
Areas of expertise
Penal policy, penitentiary system
Professional experience
2007 - presently Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, lawyer and researcher
1999 - presently University of Latvia, Department of Criminal Law, lecturer
2006 - 2007 Latvian Judicial Training Centre, Director
2001 - 2006 Ministry of Justice, advisor to the Minister, Director of the Department of implementation of criminal penalty
policy; Inspector-General of the Prison Administration Board; manager of the working group of the establishment
of State Probation Service in Latvia
1998 - 2002 Police Academy of Latvia, Departments of Criminal Justice and Civil Law, lecturer
1997 - 2001 Police Academy of Latvia, establishment and management of publishing of the magazine "Aminsitrative and
criminal Justice"
Consultancy and training experience
2005 - 2006 Participation in a project by Nordic Council of Ministers office in Latvia "Development of Educational System
for Prisoners in Latvia"
2001 - 2003 Management of the project "Establishment of State Probation Service in Latvia", in cooperation with the Union
of Universities and Colleges in Canada
1999 - 2002 Participation in the project "Implementation of Community Service as an Alternative to Imprisonment in Latvia"
organised by the Soros Foundation - Latvia and the British Embassy in Riga
Education
1997 Police Academy of Latvia, Master's Degree in Civil Law
1995 Police Academy of Latvia, Law degree
1987 - 1991 University of Latvia, undergraduate studies of Russian language and literature
Language skills
Latvian - mother tongue, Russian - fluent, English - good, German - basic command