COOPERATION COMMITTEEProgramme BG15

Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-201425-26 June 2015

SMALL GRANT SCHEME

Programme BG 15

Ivan MinkovSGS CoordinatorBG 15 Management Team

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

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

local coverage

PRISON / IDF