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Improving mental health care in Georgia

The Council of Europe is assisting the Georgian prison system to improve the treatment of inmates suffering from mental health problems. The Project “Improving mental health care of persons detained in Georgia” is being implemented as of January 2018 and will last 18 months, until June 2019. The main goal of the project is the development of mental health care services in prison through a systematic approach, revised legislative framework and the strengthening of staff capacity.

A wide range of activities will contribute to achieving the objectives of the project: to strengthen the protection of human rights and improve the treatment, screening, management and rehabilitation of prisoners with mental health problems and to increase the knowledge of staff to provide psychological support to prisoners.

The project is being implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Corrections, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of Public Defender and the civil society organisations.

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Back First Steering Committee meeting of the project

The first Steering Committee meeting was held in Tbilisi, on 7 March 2018. The meeting was chaired by Mr Teimuraz Mghebrishvili, Deputy Minister of Corrections. Mr Cristian Urse, Head of the Council of Europe Tbilisi Office, provided a brief introduction about the achievements of a previous project and the main goals of the new project.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Corrections, Ministry of internal Affairs and the Public Defender’s Office.

The project objectives, activities and the 6-month Work Plan were presented and approved by the Steering Committee members.

7 March 2018 Tbilisi, Georgia