1. COOPERATION COMMITTEE Programme BG15 Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 25-26 June 2015 SMALL GRANT SCHEME Programme BG 15 Ivan Minkov SGS Coordinator BG 15 Management Team

2.  19 grant agreements concluded in March and April  total amount applied for€ 1 499 130  total amount available€ 1 221 449  total amount granted € 1 170 013 Breakdown by Expected Outcomes Expected Outcome 2. Increased application of alternatives to prison € 197 956 € 221 011 Expected Outcome 3. Increased focus on vulnerable groups in prison € 555 959 € 558 962 Expected Outcome 4. Improved competences of both inmates and prison staff € 416 097 € 441 476

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6.  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

7. local coverage PRISON / IDF