The main aim of the project is to strengthen child-friendly justice by developing, testing and implementing a multisectoral and multi-disciplinary institution that is focused on child victims of violence/abuse. The project is aiming to develop, test and implement a multisectoral and multi-disciplinary victim centered institutional cooperation model for cases of violence against children – Barnahus model
The main activities in the project include;
- establishing more effective and efficient procedures for investigation of child abuse;
- increasing the knowledge of staff and potential witnesses;
- raising public awareness (two public campaigns);
- upgrading facilities in line with the European quality standards for Barnahus;
- staff will be trained in responding to concerns of child abuse;
- development of a multi-disciplinary model (teams of professionals) for inter-agency cooperation and coordination;
- providing relevant guidelines and methodology to respond to the cases effectively and taking into consideration the needs of the victims.