On 19 July, the “Civil Society Institute” non-governmental organisation, together with its partners “Astghatsolq” NGO, “Against the Violation of Law” NGO, and the “Family and Community” NGO, organised a discussion titled “The Role of the Public Sector in the Establishment of Probation.”
Arsen Navasardyan, the Head of the State Probation Service, gave a speech at the discussion, too. He spoke about the establishment of the institution of probation and the existing gaps, encouraged proactive cooperation. Mr. Navasardyan urged the organisers to collect the ideas shared during the discussions and send them as recommendations to the relevant state agencies.
Summing up the discussions, the Director of the “Civil Society Institute” NGO spoke about the solutions. In particular, he said: “From the efficiency point of view of probation, integration of community-based social services, giving the probation beneficiary a chance to do socially useful work is more expedient, as well as equipping the probation service with the necessary toolset, particularly to clarify the early release process.”
The “Step towards Just Armenia” project is implemented by the “Civil Society Institute” NGO together with its partners, the “Astghatsolq” NGO, the “Foundation Against the Violation of Law” NGO, and the “Family and Community” NGO, in the scope of a sub-grant allocated by the “Commitement to Constructive Dialogue” project implemented by a consortium led by the “Armenian Lawyers’ Association” NGO.
The budget of the project is25 000 000 AMD, of which 22,5 million AMD was provided by the “Commitement to Constructive Dialogue” project. The project duration is 1 June 2018-31 May 2019.
The “Commitement to Constructive Dialogue” project is funded by the European Union.
