Project partners
Opportunity and Protection Association, Bulgaria
Cell for Alternative Youth Activities (KEAN), Greece
New Bulgarian University, Know-How Centre for Alternative Childcare, Bulgaria
Rosto Solidario, Portugal
Usma Caselle Asd, Italy
Objectives
To reinforce mechanisms of early detection, reporting and supporting (potential) victims by establishing SOS centres in 9 schools and 2 child sports clubs that will have positive impact on 1400 children
To upgrade the capacity of 140 stakeholders and relevant professionals to detect and respond to VAC
To increase the practice at EU level in the area of applying child participation to prevent and respond to VAC.
Activities
Seting up SOS centres in each of the schools or the sport clubs the project partners are working with. The centres will include trained educators, school counsellors, youth leaders. The centres will deliver training to children, organize initiatives to raise awareness on the topics, create opportunities for children to have access to procedures and protocols for reporting violence.
Organizing 4 Workshops in the partner countries for about 100 representatives of institutions and organisations responsible for child well-being – educational, social, health institutions, police, NGOs, etc. – to increase their knowledge about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children, to reinforce cooperation on issues related to prevention and early detection of VAC.
Organizing 4 Trainings for 40 – 60 professionals (teachers, school advisors, etc.) – to train them how to set up SOS centres, how to use the methodology for delivering sessions for children for early detection and reporting of violence and how to assist the young people to organize peer awareness-raising initiatives on the topic.
Training for youth leaders in each partner country who will take part in the creation of the SOS centres and in organizing their activities.
Development of a Handbook for conducting 3 sessions with children aimed at changing their attitudes towards violence.
Training of 400 children from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Portugal for recognizing violence and learning about the activities of the SOS centres and the school channels for reporting VAC.
Organizing peer-to-peer awareness-raising initiatives initiative for the new opportunities for reporting violence and seeking support in school setting.
Working out of multimedia products on the topic – short videos, video games, comics etc. and their dissemination through YouTube and the social media of the project partners.
Impact assessment of project activities
Dissemination of project activities and results
Period of implementation: January 2022 – December 2023
Budget and funding organization: €360,484.07
