The Project was implemented in close cooperation and partnership with the Ministry of Justice (Penitentiary Department). It included a wider group of national partners and stakeholders, who have been contributing towards the overall improvement of the healthcare in prisons in Armenia, such as the Ministry of Heath, Office of the Public Prosecutor, Ombudsman and National Preventive Mechanism, international and civil society organizations, academic institutions.

The duration of the Project was 41 months and has been completed by 31 December 2018. The overall project budget was EUR 1.228.000 and it was co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, under the auspices of the Council of Europe/European Union Partnership for Good Governance for Eastern Partnership Countries. 

The aims of the project were:

• to improve the legal/institutional framework of healthcare in prisons of Armenia;
• to improve material conditions of prisons’ healthcare units, with a special focus on prisons highlighted as the most problematic in CPT reports;
• to strengthen the capacity and the general knowledge of the prison staff on European standards on the provision of healthcare, medical ethics and human rights in prisons.