2023 Grantees
Association NAIA
Grant amount
28,973.63 EUR
Website
Country
Bulgaria
Title of the project
Applying a child-focused approach in working with perpetrators in Bulgaria
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Facilitators of perpetrator programmes
- Practicioners in the field of domestic and intimate partner violence
- Experts and practitioners in the field of child protection
Project summary
"Applying a child-focused approach in working with perpetrators in Bulgaria" aims to improve the safety and well-being of child survivors of domestic violence. The project will increase the effectiveness of treatment programmes for perpetrators in Bulgaria by developing and implementing a child safety-oriented model for assessing and managing domestic violence cases involving children.
Project activities include:
- Mapping the implementation of child protection policies in Bulgarian perpetrator programmes
- Developing tools for child protection during perpetrator work
- Training perpetrator work professionals to implement Child Protection Policies and Procedures, risk assessment, and multi-agency protocols for child protection
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
Grant amount
24,372.70 EUR
Website
Country
Bulgaria
Title of the project
Good practices, challenges and proposed solutions in practical work with perpetrators in Bulgaria
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Perpetrators referred by the court or voluntarily stated and involved in the counselling
- Experts, e.g. prosecutors, judges and policemen, social workers
- Professionals directly working with perpetrators and services for work with perpetrators
Project summary
The proposed project "Good practices, challenges and proposed solutions in practical work with perpetrators in Bulgaria" envisages to map the existing gaps in work with perpetrators in the direction of unifying and improving programmes to work with perpetrators of domestic violence in the post-lockdown period and increased cases of domestic violence. The project envisages to contribute in the area of domestic violence that was not among priority of holistic strategy for combating all forms of DV through developing professional guideline for therapists, social workers and psychologies, providing training for 30 people and counseling for perpetrators and publicity for wider auditory b/n 5000-6000 people from different regions of Bulgaria.
Liga otevřených mužů, z.s.
Grant amount
40,320.32 EUR
Website
Country
Czech Republic
Title of the project
Improving Work with Perpetrators of Violence in the Czech Republic
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Perpetrators of intimate partner violence
- Partners and ex-partners of perpetrators
- Professionals working with intimate partner violence
Project summary
In the Czech Republic, there is still very little perpetrator work. The "Improving Work with Perpetrators of Violence in the Czech Republic" project goal is primary and secondary prevention of violence in relationships and gender-based violence in the Czech Republic through the expansion and improvement of our work with clients (mainly men and the vast majority fathers) who commit violence against their partners and children.
As part of the project LOM will expand its' perpetrator programme by adding a group and train the team to work with young men aged 15-18. A particular priority is on strengthening gender-sensitive approaches. LOM will map the gender attitudes of men programme participants and the impact the programme has on changing their attitudes
Programa Contexto - University of Valencia
Grant amount
18,455.02 EUR
Website
https://www.programacontexto.org
Country
Spain
Title of the project
Focused intervention protocols: Addressing perpetrators’ risk factors
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Facilitators of perpetrator programmes
- Scientific community
- Perpetrators
Project summary
"Focused intervention protocols: Addressing perpetrators' risk factors" aims to improve the quality of perpetrator programmes by designing intervention protocols based on a detailed analysis of participants' main risk factors that hinder change. Additionally, CONTEXTO will develop a protocol for analysing and contacting the perpetrators' social networks so that facilitators can gather relevant information for risk assessment and management.
Project activities include:
- Analysing and categorising risk factors
- Designing intervention protocols
- Training facilitators
- Conducting a feasibility evaluation of the protocols
- Awareness-raising
Relive – Relazioni Libere dalle Violenze Ets
Grant amount
47,982.80 EUR
Website
http://www.associazionerelive.it/
Country
Italy
Title of the project
Re-live the Network
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Member organisations of the Relive network
- Facilitators of perpetartor programmes
Project summary
With the recent passing of an Italian law on gender-based violence, members of the Italian national perpetrator programme network "Relive" have seen an increase in enrollment in their perpetrator programmes and requires coordination to create shared procedures and protocol agreements across Italy.
With the "Re-Live the network" project, Relive will remunerate three professionals to handle administrative work, coordinate activities, and improve services for members. This will allow them to coordinate the important process of introducing shared procedures and protocols across Italy, as well as holding a national meeting on European and national standards.
Society for Psychological Assistance (Društvo za psihološku pomoć)
Grant amount
28,679.42 EUR
Website
Country
Croatia
Title of the project
Responding to increased need for victim-safety oriented perpetrator work in Croatia
Project duration
7 months
Target groups
- Prospective facilitators of the perpetrator programme who will be trained to deliver the victim-safety oriented programme within SPA framework in the greater Zagreb metropolitan area
- Victims support services in the central part of Croatia
- Stakeholders from social services, child protection, criminal justice, police, probation services, victim support services,Ombudsperson Office for Gender Equality
- Professional audiences of prospective facilitators of perpetrator work
Project summary
With the 2023 grant, SPA is implementing the "Responding to increased need for victim-safety oriented perpetratorwork in Croatia" project.
With this project, SPA will
- improve the quality of their current perpetrator programme with a special focus on victim safety
- strengthen their cooperation with survivor support services
- promote safe and effective perpetrator work as an important part of coordinated-community responses to domestic violence in Croatia
Project activities include
- conducting training for facilitators to increase available programmes
- improving their child protection policy and risk assessment
- expanding their programme evaluation
Men's Development Network CLG
Grant amount
11,216.00 EUR
Website
Country
Ireland
Title of the project
Using the Choices Programme for Residential Weekends for Male Perpetrators: A pilot project
Project duration
5 months
Target groups
- Facilitators of perpetrator programmes
Project summary
The Men Ending Domestic Violence (MEND) programme acts to support men to end their violent or abusive behaviour and become non-violent and respectful within their intimate partner relationships with it's core objective being that of protecting and creating safety for women and children. This training however is often not feasible for economically deprived men who live in rural areas and/or face financial and logistical barriers to participation. The aim of this proposed project is to design a residential programme, train facilitators in its delivery and to evaluate the training with ultimate goal of expanding and enhancing the existing MEND Programme so as to deliver safe and effective behaviour change work to male perpetrators who have logistical obstacles to engaging successfully with the current programme.
