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Serbia Website
Grant amount: 14,996.05 EUR
Project title: Navigating Change: A Comprehensive Strategy for Perpetrator Program Enhancement in Serbia
Project duration: 8 months
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The project will create a comprehensive strategy to enhance the quality of perpetrator programmes in Serbia. It focuses on community programmes, as well as newly established ones within prison and probation settings, which were not previously assessed or included in quality assurance activities. Utilising active strategic documents and processes, the project facilitates the adoption of national standards for perpetrator programmes, to ensure a broad impact nationwide. Emphasis is placed on aligning these standards with the Istanbul Convention and European Standards. The project will conduct an assessment of the quality of existing programmes in Serbia, evaluating their adherence to standards. These findings will inform decisions regarding project training activities and advocacy efforts. Additionally, the project will develop a roadmap of actions to enhance these programmes, emphasising active participation and ownership by relevant decision-makers for effective implementation in the future.
Bulgaria Website
Grant amount: 19,996.16 EUR
Project title: Introduction of European Standards for safe, effective and sustainable work with perpetrators
Project duration: 7 months
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The main objective of the project is to increase the quality of the perpetrator programmе provided by NAIA Association and to align the organisation's practices with the WWP EN European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes. The project focuses on building organisational capacities for the implementation of safe, effective and sustainable perpetrator work and on preparing to pursue a European accreditation. Project activities include
Italy Website
Grant amount: 14,990.70 EUR
Project title: INSPIRE: Initiative for Network Strengthening, Partnership, and Improvement in Results and Excellence
Project duration: 8 months
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The project focuses on disseminating the WWP EN European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes throughout the RELIVE national network by translating them from English to Italian and subsequently translating the self-assessment questionnaire. Translating these two tools will promote awareness and understanding of the standards among the associations present in RELIVE and enable all 33 centres to self-assess how aligned they are with the standards. From the analysis of the questionnaire results, three or four associations with high scores will be selected to evaluate a possible European accreditation pathway for the following year. Furthermore, the results of the self-assessment will provide us with the opportunity to identify the areas of greatest need for development within the associations and to organise specific training sessions to increase skills in those areas.
Ireland Website
Grant amount: 14,990.70 EUR
Project title: Residential Programme for Male Perpetrators with Integrated Partner Support Response
Project duration: 7 months
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Having received WWP EN Grant in 2023 to develop a Residential Programme for male perpetrators of domestic violence who for legitimate reasons cannot attend weekly group sessions, and to train facilitators in its delivery, we are now seeking funding to pilot this Residential Programme in 2024. The Residential Programme is in response to a gap in service delivery identified by our own team and by interagency partners and is in line with the objective of our 3rd National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Ireland: 3.6.2 "Encourage participation of perpetrators on perpetrator programmes by removing barriers to participation (e.g. transport, interpreters(including ISL)". The primary aim of our MEND Programme is the safety and well-being of women and children and therefore the Residential Programme will be delivered within the context of comprehensive risk management and integrated response to the partners and ex-partners of the men on the Residential Programme.
Greece Website
Grant amount: 14,999.26 EUR
Project title: SPAM - Standardised Procedures for Accountable Men
Project duration: 8 months
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The Standardised Procedures for Accountable Men (SPAM) project focuses on improving the quality of the UWAH perpetrator programme by improving multi-agency collaboration and aligning the programmes closer to the European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes. SPAM aims to improve the existing perpetrator programme by combining an assessment of the programme's national context with the analysis of programme outcomes and procedures. Based on these findings, UWAH will revise the protocol of its programme towards improved multi-agency cooperation and increased alignment with European standards and will train facilitators accordingly. The revised protocols and programme will offer the opportunity of training for other programmes at regional and national levels.
Greece Website
Grant amount: 14,996.05 EUR
Project title: Building capacity in meeting European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes
Project duration: 8 months
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The project will strengthen the capacity of the SPONDEA Programme for Perpetrators of violence in the area of safety and well-being of survivors, specifically regarding (ex-)partner contact and support, child protection, information sharing and decision-making between the perpetrator programme and partner service. The project will also revise and re-implement the programme's risk assessment and management strategy.
Croatia Website
Grant amount: 19,998.30 EUR
Project title: Elevating Perpetrator Program to European Standards for Safer Communities
Project duration: 7 months
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The project will enhance the quality and effectiveness of gender-based violence (GBV) and domestic violence (DV) interventions by focusing on establishing victim-safety-oriented work through extending the curriculum of the existing perpetrator programme and promoting updated risk assessment and child protection practices that meet the criteria of the European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes. Collaboration with victim support services, organisations working with children, and organisations licenced to work with perpetrators contribute to a more comprehensive and coordinated approach. In the long term the project envisions a sustained reduction in GBV and DV incidence, improved victim safety, and a comprehensive, coordinated national response. It aims to contribute to international best practices, foster cross-border collaboration, and establish the programme as a model in Croatia for high-quality GBV and DV intervention.
Georgia Facebook page
Grant amount: 14,990.70 EUR
Project title: Georgia without violence
Project duration: 7 months
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The Anti-Violence Network of Georgia (AVNG) has been working with women and children who were victimised by domestic violence since 2003. However, years of practice showed that working only with the survivors, without working with the perpetrators does not provide desired outcomes. Since its establishent in 2012, numerous steps have been taken with limited resources to improve the perpetrator programme offered by AVNG. This project will continue the evaluation and improvement of the programme by developing standardised risk assessment procedures and a risk management protocol, as well as improving the coordinated relationships between different domestic violence intervention services.
Czech Republic Website
Grant amount: 10,000.00 EUR
Project title: LOM - Improving practice to ensure quality and pursue European accreditation
Project duration: 7 months
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The goal of the project is to successfully go through the preparation process and obtain European accreditation for work with perpetrators. Our practice consists in the primary and secondary prevention of violence in relationships and gender-based violence in the Czech Republic through the expansion and improvement of professional therapeutic work with clients who are perpetrators of violence and their (ex-)partners. We have noticed a growing interest in our programme both on the part of the perpetrators of violence themselves and on the part of the professional public. Already last year, together with WWP, we worked on the final form of European standards for working with perpetrators of violence. We are now ready for the next step, i.e. the implementation of European standards and obtaining accreditation. Advocacy will also be an important part of this process, which we will continue to focus on intensively.
Slovenia Website
Grant amount: 19,999.84 EUR
Project title: Strengthening of Perpetrators Programmes in Slovenia
Project duration: 8 months
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The project focuses on:
North Macedonia Website
Grant amount: 14,729.62 EUR
Project title: Child-Centered Approach in Working with Perpetrators Programme
Project duration: 7 months
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Implementing a child-centred approach in perpetrator programmes is vital for child safety and well-being. This involves prioritising child safety, offering comprehensive support, holding perpetrators accountable, empowering families, and fostering continuous improvement. The self-assessment tool reveals a need to identify all children affected by the perpetrator's behavior, necessitating ongoing risk assessment. To address this, our project focuses on prioritising child-centered work. We will enhance our capacity and collaborate nationally with the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Initially, we will translate and prepare training materials on Child-Centered Work, repositioning clients as parents and supporting sensitive parenting. Our efforts will contribute to child safety and well-being, including in-house and broader capacity-building sessions with participants from Social Welfare Centers and organisations supporting survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.
Bulgaria Website
Grant amount: 19,992.25 EUR
Project title: Upscaling the work with perpetrators’ programmes in Bulgaria on the path for harmonisation with European standards
Project duration: 7 months
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Through improved methods and quality of work, and more efficient and motivated staff we aim to improve our practices in line with the European standards and the designed activities will support BGRF pursuing the European accreditation. Main project activities include methods and tools for improvement of structure and content of the programme for male perpetrators, for strengthening human resources, including training sessions, field work for adjusting the existing perpetrators programmes (technical work and harmonisation with the new standards), information and awareness-raising activities, and evaluation.
Bulgaria Website
Grant amount: 28,973.63 EUR
Title of the project: Applying a child-focused approach in working with perpetrators in Bulgaria
Project duration: 7 months
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"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:
Bulgaria Website
Grant amount: 24,372.70 EUR
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
"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.
Czech Republic Website
Grant amount: 40,320.32 EUR
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.
Spain Website
Grant amount: 18,455.02 EUR
Title of the project: Focused intervention protocols: Addressing perpetrators’ risk factors
Project duration: 7 months
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"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:
Italy Website
Grant amount: 47,982.80 EUR
Title of the project: Re-live the Network
Project duration: 7 months
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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.
Croatia Website
Grant amount: 28,679.42 EUR
Title of the project: Responding to increased need for victim-safety oriented perpetrator work in Croatia
Project duration: 7 months
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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
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Ireland Website
Grant amount: 11,216.00 EUR
Title of the project: Using the Choices Programme for Residential Weekends for Male Perpetrators: A pilot project
Project duration: 5 months
Target group: 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 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.