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Foreign Grants of the RA Ministry of Justice
“Union of Informed Citizens” continues its series on foreign grants received by Armenian state bodies, within the framework of which we will address the grants received by the RA Ministry of Justice in 2007-2015. During this period, the Ministry has received grants of more than 32.6 million USD. Thus, the World Bank has awarded the following grants to the Judicial Projects Implementation Unit:
- Dutch grant: 2008-2010, 4,8 million USD
- Japanese grant: 2007-2013, 3 million USD
- About 900 USD for “Equal Opportunities for All Children” project in January-May 2014,
- Around 4,700 USD for the implementation of the program “Creation of Parents’ Club among Women Prisoners in Abovyan Penitentiary”,
- Since December 2015, this organization also funds the 3920 USD worth program called “Promotion of Justice Accessibility for Children”.
- “Strengthening the Independence, Professionalism and Accountability of the Justice System in Armenia: 2.2 million USD,
- Support to the Establishment of a Probation Service in Armenia: 732 thousand USD,
- “Strengthening the Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia”: 1.3 million USD,
- “Strengthening Health Care and Human Rights Protection in Prisons in Armenia”: around 1 million USD.
- “Judicial Reforms” regional program, for the implementation of which 9 million USD was provided in 2014,
- “Study and Expert Fund” program, for which 7 million USD was provided in 2014 ,
- “Study and Expert Fund – Capacity Enhancement” program, for the implementation of which 3.84 million USD was provided in 2013 and more than 4.2 million USD in 2014.