The series of cascade training sessions planned to reach all probation officers in Armenia continued in Aghveran on 28-29 August and on 13-14 September 2021 in Yerevan. The training was delivered by a group of national trainers trained within the same project and it aims to expand the knowledge probation officers on the role and function of the Probation service, with a focus on inter alia pre-sentence and pre-release (parole) reports, assessment of risk and needs, supervision planning.
The cascade training sessions started to roll-out from 29 July 2021 and are planned to be finished by October 2021 as a part of in-service training programme.
These activities were organized in-person on the basis of training modules developed/ revised the Project “Support the scaling-up of the probation service in Armenia” implemented by the Council of Europe and financed through the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Armenia 2019-2022.