Project Duration
October 2017 - September 2019
Objectives
Enhance the capacity of the multidisciplinary professionals working with child victims of crime.
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Summary
E-PROTECT aims to support the child victims of crime. The project aims to empower the targeted professionals to share experiences, transfer knowledge and build a strong transnational network. E-PROTECT is designed to enhance the capacity of the multidisciplinary professionals working with child victims of crime, the project has adopted a rights-based comprehensive approach. E-PROTECT has underlined to the targeted professionals once again the importance to always put the best interests of the child first. Moreover, the project attempted to reinforce the child’s right to be heard, the right to information, the right to protection and privacy and the right to non-discrimination.
Activities
- The project will promote the exchange of experiences, the transfer of knowledge and the creation of a transnational network. E-PROTECT also wants to contribute to enhancing the right of children to be heard, the right to information, the right to protection and privacy and the right to non-discrimination.
- Development of a methodology for the individual assessment of the needs of children who are victims of crime aimed at providing individualised attention to each case, in accordance with Article 22 of the abovementioned Directive.
- Development of an online platform that not only provides information on the practical implementation of the Victims’ Directive but also organises online events on the topic.
Partnership and collaborations
Law and Internet Foundation – Bulgaria
VIENNA CENTRE FOR SOCIETAL - Austria
Centrul Roman de Politici Europene – Romania
Defence for Children International Italia
The South-East European Research Centre (SEERC) - Greece
Altri stakeholder: Bulgarian Council For Assistance and Compensation to Victims of Crime under the Ministry of Justice, Bulgarian Stage Agency for Child Protection, Romanian Authority for Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption, Austrian Ministry for Family and Youth, Coordinamento Italiano dei Servizi contro il Maltrattamento e l’Abuso all’Infanzia (CISMAI), Associazione La Voce dei Bambini. Juvenile Justice and Community Department sustained the development of this initiative.
