| Press release regarding the 2014-2015 Annual Report - 21 September 2015
Press release regarding the 2014-2015 Annual Report on the implementation of EEA and Norway grants
The 2014-2015 Annual Report on the implementation of the EEA and Norway grants was published on the 24th of August 2015. It provides an overview of the aims and achievements of the operational programmes, funded by the said grants, and implemented in 16 European countries, including Romania.
The report underlines as a main accomplishment at national level, out of 22 operational programmes financed by the above mentioned instruments, the results achieved in the framework of the RO 24 Programme “Judicial Capacity-building and Cooperation” managed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice as Programme Operator through the “Strengthening the capacity of the Romanian judicial system to face new legislative and institutional challenges” project.
Having the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) together with the National Institute of Magistracy and the National School of Clerks as project promoters, and the Norwegian Court Administration and the Council of Europe, as international partners, the project reconfirms through the results obtained, namely the training of 2.696 of specialists, the continuous interest of the Judiciary for the increase in the quality of the act of justice, including by the specialized training of the representatives of the legal professions and court staff on topics of high interest such as the new Romanian civil, criminal and procedural codes and the enforcement of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Romanian Ministry of Justice, as Programme Operator, will continue to support the partner institutions with the project implementation in order to achieve the envisaged results. Additional initiatives of the project promoters meant to contribute to the exchange of best practice between the Romanian and Norwegian experts will also be funded.
More information on the “Strengthening the capacity of the Romanian judicial system to face new legislative and institutional challenges” project can be found on the SCM’s web page dedicated to project financed by Norway grants (https://sites.google.com/a/csm.csm1909.ro/norwaygrants/).
The 2014-2015 Annual Report can be consulted on the web page http://eeagrants.org/index.php/News/2015/Annual-report-2014-2015-out-now.
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| Press release - 04 September 2015Press release concerning the approval of the project "Further strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons"
The project “Further strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons“ was approved for financing on July 13, 2015, under the Bilateral Fund of the Programme RO23 “Correctional Services, including non-custodial sanctions” within the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009 – 2014.
The project aims at improving the application of the Treaty between Romania and Norway on the transfer of sentenced persons, through the organization of two seminars for the practitioners in the field from the two partner states.
The project will be implemented by the Romanian Ministry of Justice through the Department of International Law and Treaties, and the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service. The project has a 12 months implementation period (June 2015-June 2016) and a budget amounting to about 48.000 EUR, non-reimbursable funds.
This action is a follow up of the project “Strengthening the judicial cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons”, which was carried out during February - June 2014 by the Directorate for International Law and Judicial Cooperation (Romanian Ministry of Justice) in partnership with the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service. |
| LAUNCH OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE BILATERAL FUND AT THE LEVEL OF THE RO20 PROGRAMME - 11 August 2015LAUNCH OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE BILATERAL FUND AT THE LEVEL OF THE
RO20 PROGRAMME "DOMESTIC AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE” FUNDED BY THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY THROUGH THE NORWEGIAN FINANCIAL MECHANISM 2009-2014
The Ministry of Justice announces the launch of the call for the Bilateral Fund at the level of the RO20 Programme "Domestic and Gender-based Violence", funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, from August 11th 2015 until November 2nd 2015.
The activities of the projects financed through this call for proposals will have to contribute to strengthening the relations and exchange of experience between project promoters and donor state entities.
The eligible applicants within the Programme are the project promoters of the projects within the RO20 Programme "Domestic and Gender-based Violence".
The maximum value of an application submitted by one Project Promoter is 15.000 Euro.
The deadline for submission of the projects is November 2nd 2015, the mail/courier date, or November 2nd 2015 17:00 hours, in case of personal submission at the Ministry of Justice.
The submission of the projects is possible throughout the whole period of the opening of the call and can be done on paper personally, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Registry of the Ministry of Justice situated in Apolodor Street, no. 17, district 5, Bucharest, postal code 050741 or by mail/courier at the same address.
The call can be accessed here.
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| To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 - 22 April 2015 To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 Programme „Domestic and gender based violence” funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014:
Please note that additional funds have been identified for funding other 2 projects on the reserve list, as follows:
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No. Crt.
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Priority area
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Registration no.
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Title
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Project Promoter
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Partners
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I. Financing priority „Supporting the network of units in the framework of the Law on domestic violence”, having the following types of financing activities:
2.1.1.1. Setting up of shelters/recovery centres/counselling centres for the victims of domestic violence or supporting and improving the functioning of the already set up shelters/recovery centres/ counselling centres for the victims of domestic violence and improving the services provided by the shelter/recovery centre/counselling centre
2.1.1.2. Setting up or supporting of counselling centres for perpetrators and/or setting up or supporting of perpetrator programmes
€ 1,294,539 (€ 1,100,358.15 Norway grant and € 194,160.85 national co-financing)
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1
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2.1.1.1.
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34797/17.04.2014
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NETWORK SUPPORT CENTRES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – SOS VIOLENCE
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FUNDAȚIA DE SPRIJIN A VÂRSTNICILOR
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1. DGASPC Galaţi
2. Asociaţia Aura 2010
3. Direcţia de Asistenţă Socială Brăila
4. Asociaţia pentru Dezvoltare Educaţională, Economică şi Socială Danubius
5. Asociaţia de Recuperare Fitomed Vaslui
6. DGASPC Vaslui
7. IPJ Galaţi
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2
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2.1.1.1
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35063/18.04.2014
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RECOVERY CENTRE FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VASLUI
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DIRECȚIA GENERALĂ DE ASISTENȚĂ SOCIALĂ ȘI PROTECȚIA COPILULUI VASLUI
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| To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 - 09 March 2015To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 Programme „Domestic and gender based violence” funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014:
Please note that additional funds have been identified for funding 4 projects on the reserve list, as follows:
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No. Crt.
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Priority area
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Registration no.
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Title
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Project Promoter
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Partners
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I. Financing priority „Supporting the network of units in the framework of the Law on domestic violence”, having the following types of financing activities:
2.1.1.1. Setting up of shelters/recovery centres/counselling centres for the victims of domestic violence or supporting and improving the functioning of the already set up shelters/recovery centres/ counselling centres for the victims of domestic violence and improving the services provided by the shelter/recovery centre/counselling centre
2.1.1.2. Setting up or supporting of counselling centres for perpetrators and/or setting up or supporting of perpetrator programmes
€ 1,294,539 (€ 1,100,358.15 Norway grant and € 194,160.85 national co-financing)
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1
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2.1.1.1. şi 2.1.1.2.
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34286/16.04.2014
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Integrated services for victims of domestic violence and domestic aggressors
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DIRECȚIA GENERALĂ DE ASISTENȚĂ SOCIALĂ ȘI PROTECȚIA COPILULUI BACĂU
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Fundaţia „Episcop Melchisedec” - Filiala Bacău
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2
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2.1.1.1
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33758/15.04.2014
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Emergency centre for the family violence victims from Olt County
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DIRECȚIA GENERALĂ DE ASISTENȚĂ SOCIALĂ ȘI PROTECȚIA COPILULUI OLT
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3
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2.1.1.1.
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34197/16.04.2014
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We help you to be safe - Rehabilitation centre for the family violence victims
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DIRECȚIA GENERALĂ DE ASISTENȚĂ SOCIALĂ ȘI PROTECȚIA COPILULUI BUZĂU
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II. Second financing priority „Awareness and sensitising activities”, having the following types of financing activities:
€ 529,412 (€ 450,000.2 Norway grant and € 79,411.8 national co-financing)
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2.2.1.2. Actions undertaken for increasing the awareness and understanding among the Roma population on the harmful effects of domestic violence in a gender-sensitive way - € 317,647 (€270,000 Norway grant and € 47,647 national co-financing)
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1
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2.2.1.2
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35056/18.04.2014
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Together for change
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ASOCIAȚIA EUROPEANĂ PENTRU APĂRAREA DREPTURILOR OMULUI - AEPADO
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Asociaţia UNIT
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| To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 Progra - 28 January 2015To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 Programme „Domestic and gender based violence” funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014:
Please note that for projects on the reserve list there are no funds available at this moment.
To the extent that additional funds will be identified, subject to the Donors further approval, the Programme Operator (MoJ) shall establish the priority areas of the call to allocate additional funds as well as the amounts available.
Within the priority areas or sub-areas, funding shall be granted to the projects on the reserve list, according to the rankings published on the Program Operator’s website.
The applicants from the reserve list shall be notified in writing on the possibility to conclude a financing contract in approximated 2 months’ time. |
| To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 - 26 January 2015To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the RO20 Programme „Domestic and gender based violence” funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, we hereby inform you that it has been finalized the selection process of the projects submitted within the present call.
In this regard, please find below:
1. List of admitted projects
2. Projects on the reserve list
3. List of rejected projects |
| To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched - 30 September 2014To the attention of the project promoters for the call for proposals launched within the Programme RO 20 ”Domestic and gender based violence” funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014
The list of admitted projects can be consulted here
The list of rejected projects can be consulted here
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| The official website of the program operator Ministry of Justice was launched - norwaygrants.just.ro - 29 September 2014LAUNCHING OF THE CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS WITHIN THE PROGRAMME „RO20 DOMESTIC AND GENDER‐BASED VIOLENCE“ FUNDED BY THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY THROUGH THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM 2009-2014
The Ministry of Justice in Romania has launched a call for proposals within the Programme „RO20 Domestic and Gender‐based Violence“ funded by the Kingdom of Norway through the Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 to be open between February 3 and April 16 2014.
The projects financed through the Programme will need to contribute to achieving the general objective of the Programme, respectively reducing domestic violence in Romania.
Within the framework of the Programme, the following priorities will be financed:
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Supporting the network of units[1] in the framework of the Law on domestic violence;
- Awareness and sensitising activities;
- Training activities for the professionals working in the field of domestic violence.
The eligible project promoters within the Programme, as extensively described in the Guidelines for applicants, are:
- Romanian public institutions with legal attributions in the field;
- Non-commercial and/or non-governmental organisations established as legal persons in Romania;
- Inter-governmental organisations with legal attributions in the field operating in Romania.
The value of the grant a project promoter may receive depends on the call priority and it ranges between the minimum limit of 170.000 Euros and the maximum limit of 500.000 Euros, to which the co-financing of the beneficiaries can be added, under the conditions described in the Call for project proposals.
The deadline submitting the project proposals is April 16, 2014, postal date, or April 16 2014, 05.00 pm, in case of personal submission of the project proposal. Projects submitted after the deadline indicated above are not eligible.
The submission of the projects is possible throughout the whole period of the opening of the call and can be done personally, Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Registry of the Ministry of Justice situated in Apolodor Street, no. 17, district 5, Bucharest, postal code 050741 or by post office / courier at the same address.
The project proposals will be subject to the evaluation procedure in compliance with the requirements of the Regulation on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 and other programming documents available on the webpage dedicated to the program, http://norwaygrants.just.ro, section "Open Calls".
The call can be accessed here.
[1] In accordance with the provisions of the Law no. 217/2003, republished, regarding the and fighting against family violence
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| Information on the organization of the second common working - 03 April 2014Information on the organization of the second common working meeting in the framework of the project “Strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons” financed out of the EEA & Norway Grants 2009-2014
The Romanian Ministry of Justice, through the Department of International Law and Treaties, is currently implementing in partnership with the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service, the project “Strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons”, funded entirely from the Bilateral Fund at National level, EEA & Norway Grants 2009-2014.
The project aims at improving the efficiency of the application of the Treaty on the transfer of sentenced persons concluded between Romania and the Kingdom of Norway, signed in Oslo, on the 20.09.2010, by elaborating, printing and distributing a working guideline on this topic for the use of the practitioners from the two countries.
Thus, during 17-19 March 2014, a common working meeting was organized in Lillestrøm, Norway, with a view to elaborating a Working Guideline on the transfer of sentenced persons between Romania and Norway, a useful tool for the experts in the field.
Thus, the structure and the final content of the Working Guideline were agreed upon by the Norwegian and Romanian experts. It is expected that the Guideline will be made available to the experts of the two states in a short while. As well, the agenda of the meeting included a visit at the Ullersmo Penitentiary.
The project has a 3 months implementation period (February – April 2014) and a budget amounting to about 17.756 EUR, non-reimbursable funds. |
| Financing of the project on transfer of sentenced persons - 24 februarie 2014 - 24 February 2014Financing of the project “Strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons” out of the EEA & Norway Grants 2009-2014
The Romanian Ministry of Justice received funding from the Bilateral Fund at National level, EEA & Norway Grants 2009-2014, for the implementation of the project “Strengthening the judicial bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway in the field of transfer of sentenced persons”.
The project aims at improving the efficiency of the application of the Treaty on the transfer of sentenced persons concluded between Romania and the Kingdom of Norway, signed in Oslo, on the 20.09.2010, by elaborating, printing and distributing a working guideline on this topic for the use of the practitioners from the two countries.
The project will be implemented by the Directorate of the Norwegian Correctional Service and the Romanian Ministry of Justice through the International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Unit within the Department of International Law and Treaties being the first project to be fully financed from the Bilateral Fund at National level under the current financial exercise. The project has a 3 months implementation period (February – April 2014) and a budget amounting to about 17.756 EUR, non-reimbursable funds.
The first common working meeting out of the two envisaged to be organized in the framework of the project was held in Bucharest, during 19-21 February 2014. The experts from the two countries agreed upon the guideline’s structure and content that will be finalized in the next working meeting.
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| Launching Of The Programmes Financed Within The Norway Grants For Which The Romanian Ministry Of Jus - 14 February 2014
Launching Of The Programmes Financed Within The Norway Grants For Which The Romanian Ministry Of Justice Is Programme Operator
The launching conference of the programmes financed under the Norway Grants 2009-2014 and managed as Programme Operator took place on February 14, 2014, in Bucharest, in the presence of Vidar Brein-Karlsen, Secretary of State, the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, and Simona-Maya Teodoroiu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice of Romania.
The three programmes cover the following priority areas: “Domestic and Gender-based Violence”, “Correctional Services, including Non-custodial Sanctions” and “Judicial Capacity-building and Cooperation”.
The event was also attended by Her Excellency, Tove Bruvik Westberg, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Bucharest, Gabriel Călin Onaca, Secretary of State, Ministry of European Funds of Romania, Gheorghe Muscalu, Vicepresident of the Superior Council of Magistracy, Mr. Klaus Decker, task team leader for the „Judiciary Reform Project ” financed by the World Bank, the representatives of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the donor programme and project partners (the Norwegian Police Directorate, the Norwegian Correctional Services, the Council of Europe), as well as by the representatives of the project promoters (the Superior Council of Magistracy, the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police, the National Administration of Penitentiaries, the National Probation Directorate, the National Agency against Trafficking in Persons, and the Department for Technology of Information within the Romanian Ministry of Justice) and project partners .
The Norwegian Secretary of State, Vidar Brein-Karlsen, stated during the opening of the event: „ I am pleased that we are able to launch a comprehensive programme including bilateral police cooperation, assistance to victims, counselling- centres for perpetrators, awareness activities, training for experts and establishment of a shelter for victims of trafficking. This is fully in compliance with national priorities of the Norwegian Government. I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to developing and launching our programmes.”
The Romanian Secretary of State, Simona – Maya Teodoroiu, expressed her highest appreciation for the assistance provided by the Kingdom of Norway which will support key priority areas of the Romanian judiciary for the period 2013-2016, in the context of the enforcement of the new judicial codes. With reference to the electronic case-management system (ECRIS), the Secretary of State Teodoroiu stated that: „The ECRIS system has been upgraded several times over the last years, in order to be kept updated according to various technical or legislative evolutions. Given that the ECRIS system still preserves its initial technical architecture, the present development has to be approached from a different angle in order to revamp the application by using the latest technology as to increase its capabilities and to fully respond to the last major legislative changes brought by the enforcement of the new judicial codes. As such, the performance of the ECRIS software will be greatly increased and it will be made more user-friendly.”
The implementation of the three justice programmes will significantly contribute to strengthening the bilateral relations between Romania and the Kingdom of Norway in the area of justice, considering the number of fields in which the specialists from the two countries will cooperate.
Further information regarding the projects to be financed within the above mentioned programmes can be found within the specialized sections (« Projects») of the internet web page http://norwaygrants.just.ro. |
| LAUNCHING OF THE PROGRAMMES FINANCED WITHIN THE NORWEGIAN FINANCIAL MECHANISM 2009-2014 - 07 February 2014LAUNCHING OF THE PROGRAMMES FINANCED WITHIN THE NORWEGIAN FINANCIAL MECHANISM 2009-2014 FOR WHICH THE ROMANIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS PROGRAMME OPERATOR
The Romanian Ministry of Justice organizes on 14th of February 2014 in Bucharest, the launching conference of three programmes it manages in capacity of Programme Operator RO20 “Domestic and Gender-based Violence”, RO23 “Correctional Services, including Non-custodial Sanctions” and RO24 “Judicial Capacity-building and Cooperation”.
The conference will be attended by Mrs. Simona-Maya Teodoroiu, Secretary of State within the Romanian Ministry of Justice, Mr. Vidar Brein-Karlsen, Secretary of State within the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Her Excellency the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Bucharest, Mrs. Tove Bruvik Westberg, officials of the Ministry of European Funds and the Ministry of Public Finances, representatives of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Bucharest, of the donor programme partners - the Norwegian Police Directorate, the Council of Europe, the Norwegian Correctional Services, representatives of the project promoters and of the project partners.
The objective of the Programme RO20 “Domestic and Gender-based Violence” is to reduce the gender based violence in Romania and support the victims of trafficking in human beings.
Programme RO23 “Correctional Services, including Non-custodial Sanctions” aims at strengthening the administrative capacity of the Romanian penitentiary and probation systems, as well as at improving the detention conditions as well as the enforcement of non-custodial sanctions.
The objective of the Programme RO24 “Judicial Capacity-building and Cooperation” is to develop the capacity of the institutions within the Romanian judicial system in relation to the enforcement of the new judicial codes as well as to improve the citizens’ access to justice.
Further information regarding the projects to be financed within the above mentioned programmes can be found within the specialized sections (« Projects») of the internet web page http://norwaygrants.just.ro.
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