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Save the date: the Protasis Final Conference to be held on November 22-23 in Athens

Save the date: the Protasis Final Conference to be held on November 22-23 in Athens PROTASIS Project (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)         The Protasis team is pleased to announce that the project’s final conference will take place in Athens, Greece on November 22-23. With the participation of invited speakers, local and international stakeholders, the conference aims to raise awareness among stakeholders, criminal justice system professionals, and the...

European Call for Tender in the field of Civil Protection Operations

Contract notice: European Disaster Response Exercises (EDREX II), Plug-in Field Exercises, Host Nation Support Table Top Exercises Reference number: ECHO/A2/SER/2018/16 The Contracting Authority is the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) and the Tender covers the Design and Management of 3 types of exercises in the frame of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism. Lot No 1. European Disaster Response Exercises (EDREX II) The overall objective...

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Justice and Rehabilitation

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Justice and Rehabilitation PROTASIS Project (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)           In 1997, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June to be the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This is a day in which citizens, civil society organisations and decision makers can come together to support past and present victims of torture, promoting the effective use...

The PROTASIS Training Manual soon to be released!

The PROTASIS Training Manual soon to be released! PROTASIS Project (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)         We are pleased to announce that the Protasis Training Manual is currently in press and will be released in September! The Manual constitutes the final output of the project and is the result of a compilation of knowledge and research acquired from previous EU funded projects, interdisciplinary research and theories, the authors’...

The positive impact of the PROTASIS Training Program on the treatment of victims of violence in Bologna, Italy

PROTASIS Project (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)             The positive impact of the PROTASIS Training Program on the treatment of victims of violence in Bologna, Italy The case happened in April 2018 and it involved an Italian woman victim of marital violence. After longterm violence and repression, the woman was convinced to submit a complaint against her husband and receive necessary support, thanks to the commitment...

PROTASIS Project presented to members of the Judiciary in Greece

PROTASIS Project presented to members of the Judiciary in Greece PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318) A training seminar for Judges and Prosecutors was succefully organised by the National Centre of Public and Local Administration (EKDDA), as part of the Cooperation Agreement between EKDDA, the Probation Officers’ Association of Juvenile Courts in Greece and the ‘Restorative Justice & Mediation’ Lab of Panteion University of Social and...

PROTASIS Project: Results of Eurobarometer on Gender-Based Violence (November 2016)

PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)             Eurobarometer on gender-based violence (November 2016) Eurobarometer is the European Commission’s EU-wide opinion survey on issues that matter to Europe. This Special Report for the Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers looks at awareness and attitudes towards domestic violence against women in all EU member states. To know more on PROTASIS Project and its...

New Guidelines for Hospital Treatment of Women Victims of Violence published on the Italian Official Journal

New Guidelines for Hospital Treatment of Women Victims of Violence published on the Italian Official Journal The Italian Equal Opportunities Department under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers informs that the “Italian National Guidelines for Health Authorities and Hospitals in case of First Aid and Socio-Medical Assistance for Women Victims of Violence” have been published on the Official Journal on February 2018. The new guidelines track a path...

Presentation of PROTASIS Project by Professor Artinopoulou in United Kingdom

  Presentation of PROTASIS Project by Professor Artinopoulou in United Kingdom PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318) On March 9th, the PROTASIS project was presented to a wide audience of graduate students attending the MSc Investigative Psychology, taught at the University of Hunddersfield, United Kingdom. Prof. Vasso Artinopoulou, scientific coordinator of the PROTASIS project, gave a two-hour lecture entitled “The EU Directive on Victims’ Rights: New...

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in Defence formally launched and the European Defence and Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) officially adopted

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in Defence formally launched and the European Defence and Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) officially adopted           Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) is an instrument in the EU Treaty to enable willing Member States to pursue greater cooperation in defence and security. On 13 November, 23 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia,...