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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...

CONNECT University Spring Session – “Create your own learning environment by using Virtual Reality” – 23 April 2018, Brussels

                CONNECT University Spring Session – “Create your own learning environment by using Virtual Reality” – 23 April 2018, Brussels CONNECT University (CU) is where disruptors from the world of technology come to discuss the Future of Digital and it is among the top European Commission’s initiatives that can bring together practitioners, industry, academia and policy makers from across EU institutions. Virtual...

Union Civil Protection Mechanism – Prevention and Preparedness in civil protection and marine pollution, Call for Proposals now open

Union Civil Protection Mechanism – Prevention and Preparedness in civil protection and marine pollution, Call for Proposals now open The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) is intended to support and complement Member States’ action at national, regional and local level in risk prevention, in preparedness and in responding to natural or man-made disasters. When disasters strike a country, within the European Union or outside, the Mechanism allows for the...

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,...

The Victim Support Services Catalogues of Italy, Portugal and Greece now online!

Protasis Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)           The Victim Support Services Catalogues of Italy, Portugal and Greece now online! As part of the Protasis Project, each partner developed a comprehensive catalogue with the available victim support services for victims of crime in the own country. The aim of the guide is to contribute to the development of effective signposting and referral pathways...

From cut-off 2018 the SME Instrument and the Fast Track to Innovation are included in the new WP European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot under H2020

            From cut-off 2018 the SME Instrument and the Fast Track to Innovation are included in the new WP European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot under H2020 Fron cut-off 2018 the EIC SME Instrument and EIC Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) are a central part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot, targeting radically new, breakthrough products, services, processes or business models that open up...

PROTASIS Project: the training session to Police officers is doing great!

PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills   JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318    PROTASIS Project: the training session to Police officers is doing great! In September and October the first two Training Sessions of PROTASIS Project took place in Italy. Between November and December the third and last session will take place in the city of Lucca The Protasis Training module consists of three sections, dedicated to the victims of crime and their...

Published the new Work Programme of Horizon2020 for the period 2018-2020

Published the new Work Programme of Horizon2020 for the period 2018-2020 The European Commission on 27th October 2017 announced how it will spend €30 billion of the EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 during 2018-2020. Over the next 3 years, the Commission will seek greater impact of its research funding by focusing on fewer, but critical topics with bigger budgets, directly supporting the Commission’s political priorities: –...

Spotlight Initiative – EU and United Nations together against all forms of violence against women and girls

Spotlight Initiative – EU and United Nations together against all forms of violence against women and girls The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) are embarking on a new, global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) – the Spotlight Initiative. The Initiative is so named as it brings focused attention to this issue, moving it into the spotlight and...