The project started in April 2014, and was finalized in August 2017. It aimed at introducing a probation service in two pilot regions of Armenia using the Council of Europe standards and best European practices.

Specific objectives of the project were:

• to provide technical support to the establishment of probation service, including introduction of a pilot electronic monitoring system;
• to train the probation service staff and other related professionals in the two pilot regions.

The objectives were achieved through the development of training curricula on probation, organization of training-for-trainers (ToT) on probation for national trainers from different training institutions and universities, facilitation of follow-up cascade trainings, including initial, in-depth and in-service training courses, study visits to the Council of Europe member states, as well as development of pre-release and post-release re-integration programmes for offenders.