COOPERATION COMMITTEE Programme BG15 Norwegian Financial Mechanism June 2015 SMALL GRANT SCHEME Programme BG 15 Ivan Minkov SGS Coordinator BG 15 Management Team
19 grant agreements concluded in March and April total amount applied for€ total amount available€ total amount granted € Breakdown by Expected Outcomes Expected Outcome 2. Increased application of alternatives to prison € € Expected Outcome 3. Increased focus on vulnerable groups in prison € € Expected Outcome 4. Improved competences of both inmates and prison staff € €
Vulnerable groups addressed among inmates: Roma Other minorities Women Mothers of small children Juveniles Foreigners Drug addicts Disabled persons Persons with mental health problems Persons with low intellectual level
TRAINING Prison staff Prevention of violence based on gender, discrimination and xenophobia Prevention of discrimination Ethno-cultural and multicultural approach to probation work Working with high-risk offenders Specific characteristics of the mother-child bond. Maintaining the bond between mother and child while the parent is in prison Paramedic Diseases, ways for prevention, treatment and reaction Interventions for indicative and selective prevention of drug use with a special focus on young people
Prison inmates Understanding and protection of human rights Anger and aggression management Integration into the labor market Effective time management Personal finance management Increased parenting capacity of mothers and pregnant women Hygiene, blood-borne diseases, general and specific health problems Weaver of hand-made textiles Assistant in the building sector Worker in dining and entertainment places Welder Hairdressing TRAINING
Establishing a Center for support of ex-offenders offering after-care services as a social and psychological consulting, career consulting and mediation services (Blagoevgrad) Creating and piloting a model of integrated service for follow-up support and escorting of young persons including legal counseling, social escorting and mediation, psychological counseling and activities with therapeutic nature (Shumen, Vidin and Sofia) After-care services for ex-offenders
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