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This activity is part of the Council of Europe’s activities in support of improving the provision of healthcare in prisons and was organised within the framework of the CoE/EU Eastern Partnership Programmatic Cooperation Framework Project “Human Rights and Healthcare in prisons and Other Closed Institutions in Georgia II”.Youmans, who is from Dallas, works in the financial world. I do hope very much that together with the European Union and the Council of Europe we will be able to assist Georgia in the second phase as well”, he mentioned. Number of problems was identified and corresponding recommendations provided. “We had a close cooperation with the Ministry. Mr Stephen Stork, Deputy Head of Operations Section of the EU Delegation to Georgia thanked the Georgian authorities for fruitful partnership.

She said that the Ministry will continue to work on the areas highlighted by experts. Very glad to hear that a lot of positive achievements are mentioned in the report, that is a result of activities held by the Ministry of Corrections during last past years”, said the first Deputy Minister Ms Tamar Khulordava.

Ms Ana Zec, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, Mr Stephen Stork, Deputy Head of Operations Section of the EU Delegation to Georgia, Ms Tamar Khulordava, First Deputy Minister of Corrections and Probation, Ms Nino Berdzuli, Deputy Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs and other officials as well as representatives of Public Defender’s Office and civil society organisations attended the presentation. As a result main achievements were mentioned and recommendations issued for the areas where further improvement is desirable. The assessment included a desk-analysis as well as meetings with representatives of the MoC, Ombudsman’s Office and civil society and on-site visit to nine penitentiary establishments. In December 2015, CoE local and international experts conducted a mid-term assessment with the aim to evaluate the progress that the Georgian authorities made in achieving the strategic goals set out in the Strategy and Action Plan and completing the tasks that were foreseen. The documents include 16 strategic goals covering areas such as: diversification of medical services, prevention of transmissible diseases, health promotion, prevention of suicide, development of human resources and quality assurance.

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The priority areas of the Strategy and Action Plan were identified and developed in a series of working meetings and round-table discussions held with the involvement of all stakeholders. To further guide the enhancement of the penitentiary health care system, the Ministry of Corrections and Probation (MoC), in close cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, developed a Strategy and an Action Plan for the period of 2014-2017 with the support of the European Union (EU)/Council of Europe (CoE) Joint Programme “Human Rights in Prisons and Other Closed Institutions”. On 1 July 2016 the Council of Europe presented a mid-term assessment report on the implementation of the 2014-2017 Prison Healthcare Development Strategy and Action Plan. Partnership for Good Governance 2019-2021 Strengthening Implementation of Human Rights Practices and Education in Georgia.Developing a Drug Prevention Network for Parents and Professionals in Georgia.Enhancing Healthcare Provision in Georgia’s Penitentiary System.Democracy Starts in Schools – Engaging School Children in Decision Making Processes in Schools and Communities in Georgia.Promoting the Effective Protection of Equality and Non-Discrimination in Georgia.Enhanced Access to Legal Aid Services for Marginalised Population.Strengthening Participatory Democracy and Human Rights at Local Level in Georgia.Human Rights Compliant Policing in Georgia (HRCPG).Strengthening Protection of Social and Economic Rights in Georgia.Strengthening Media Freedom, Internet Governance and Personal Data Protection in Georgia (SMIP-GE).Enhancement of Human Rights and Health-Care Support to Penitentiary System.Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia.Supporting Transparency, Inclusiveness and Integrity of Electoral Practice and Process in Georgia.Enhancing the Accountability and the Efficiency of the Judicial System and the Professionalism of Lawyers in Georgia.Supporting the Criminal Justice Reforms - Tackling Criminal Aspects of the Judicial Reforms in Georgia.Enhancing the Systems of Prevention and Combating Corruption, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in Georgia.Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.