Improving the access to justice for people living under the poverty line

Bulgaria (BG)

Project facts

Project promoter:
National Legal Aid Bureau (NLAB)(BG)
Project Number:
BG-JUSTICE-0009
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€750,000
Donor Project Partners:
Norwegian Courts Administration(NO)
Programme:
Justice

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Description

Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Improved capacity of Bulgarian Authorities in the area of domestic and gender-based violence”.

The project aims at improving the access to justice for citizens of Bulgaria who live under the line of poverty. Special emphasis shall be put to three main categories of beneficiaries: victims of domestic and gender-based violence, children at risk and Roma communities, especially in remote and isolated rural areas.
The project shall include, inter alia, the following activities:

  • Ensuring access to legal aid for vulnerable groups through development of a local cooperation mechanism in response to domestic and gender-based violence and establishment of mobile legal aid units;
  • Strengthening the capacity to provide quality services to vulnerable groups across Bulgaria through raising awareness on the existence and accessibility of free legal aid.

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