13։30 – 14։00

Registration, welcoming coffee

14։00 – 14։30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mr. Maxime Longangue, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Yerevan

Mr. Levon Balyan, Deputy Minister of Justice of RA (TBC)

Mr. Denis Huber, Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group); Head of Health, Detention and Addictions Department, DGI, Council of Europe

Mr. Daniel Danglades, CEP board member

Moderator: Ms. Iuliana Carbunaru, Council of Europe Consultant

14:30 – 15։00

Keynote Address: The importance of rehabilitation in reducing recidivism and promoting social inclusion

Mr. Ioan Durnescu, Council of Europe Consultant (online)

Q&A

15:00 – 16:30

Panel Discussion: Good practices of providing rehabilitative programmes to the probationers - a cross-regional perspective

Ms. Sirarpi Mughdusyan, Head of the Resocialization and Rehabilitation Department of the Probation Service, Armenia

Ms. Aneta Bejenaru, Head of the Probation Department of the National Probation Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova

Ms. Katrina Hykova, Head of the Programme Centre for the South Bohemian Judicial Region, Czechia

Q&A

16։30 – 16։45

Coffee break

16։45 – 17։45

Panel Discussion: Addressing the unique challenges and needs of specific offender groups (women, youth, persons with mental health problems, high risk offenders)

Ms. Laura Nijkamp, Policy Advisor, Stichting Verslavingsreclassering GGZ, Netherlands

Ms. Krista Skara, Head of the Probation Programms Division of the Resocialization Department, Latvia

Q&A

17։45 – 18։00

Wrap up and Closing of Day 1

09։30 – 10։00

Registration

10:00 – 11:30

Addiction: Country experiences, programmes for gambling and drugs rehabilitation

Moderator: Mr. Denis Huber, Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group)

Ms. Elena Hedoux, Pompidou secretariat

Mr. Suren Nazinyan, Director of the Centre National for Addictions Treatment, Armenia

Ms. Aneta Bejenaru, Head of the Probation Department of the National Probation Inspectorate of the Republic of Moldova

Ms. Pia Andresson, Project Manager at the Prison and Probation Service of Finland, CEP board member (online)

Mr. Daniel Danglades, Deputy Head of the European and International Relations unit, French Prison and Probation Services Headquarters

Q&A

11։30 – 11։45

Coffee break

11:45 – 13:30

Panel Discussion:  Engaging diverse stakeholders - the role of national authorities, NGOs, and other actors in shaping effective programmes

Mr. Sergey Ghazinyan, CoE local consultant

Armenian NGO – (TBC)

Mr. Sahak Grigoryan, Deputy Head of Penitentiary Service of MoJ RA (TBC)

Ms. Catarina Medeiros, Coordinator of Social Areas at Reshape NGO, Portugal

Q&A

13։30 – 14։30

Lunch

14։30 – 16։00

Panel Discussion: Measuring impact and evaluating programme effectiveness

Mr. Robin Moore, Head of Research, HM Inspectorate of Probation, UK (online)

Mr. Anvars Zavackis, Leading Expert on Data Analysis of the Training and Research Division of the Development and Performance Analysis Department, Latvia

Georgia – (TBC)

Q&A                                      

16։00 – 16։30

Closing Remarks and Conference Summary: Recap of key takeaways and next steps for Armenia by the CoE and Project Partners

Ms. Tanja Rakusic-Hadzic, Head of Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division

MoJ/Probation Office of Armenia (TBC)