Further Support to the penitentiary reform in Azerbaijan

This 24-month project is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the main project partners, namely the Penitentiary Service and the Main Medical Department of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan and other national stakeholders interested in penitentiary reform.

With this Joint Project the Council of Europe will assist the Azerbaijani authorities in the process of enhancing human rights protection of sentenced persons in Azerbaijan in line with the Council of Europe standards, in particular those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

The JP SPERA-2 focuses on three areas:

effective prison management,
the provision of healthcare in prisons and
the reintegration of prisoners in line with European standards and best practices. This component involves the participation of civil society actors.

The JP SPERA-2 has an overall project budget of EUR 773 940 co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

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Further Support to the Penitentiary reform in Azerbaijan – 2 (SPERA 2)

The Council of Europe launches a call for proposals on reintegration and rehabilitation of prisoners in Azerbaijan in the framework of the European Union - Council of Europe Joint Project “Further Support to the Penitentiary Reform in Azerbaijan-2” (SPERA 2). The civil society organisations are invited to apply by 1 March 2020. All application documents should be submitted in English. Call for proposals, application form and estimated budget form are enclosed to this post.

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APPENDIX II - Provisional budget Call for proposals Prisons Azerbaijan

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Baku, Azerbaijan 26 February 2020