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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
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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:
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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
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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
TRAINING
Prison inmates
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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
After-care services for ex-offenders
 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)
local coverage
PRISON / IDF