On 22-23 September 2016 wasconducted the European Conference of the Project GEAR against IPV II – “Building Healthy Intimate Relationships”.
During the first day of the Conference the presentation focused on the GEAR against IPV approach, its philosophy and its material; on the basis of the Master GEAR against IPV Package, 7 National Packages have already been developed, culturally validated and evaluated, which fully satisfy the requirements of Article 14 of the CoE’s Istanbul Convention.
Representatives from all partner Organizations (7 Member States) who participated in the GEAR against IPV-I and -II projects, along with the projects’ external evaluator, presented and shared their experience from developing their National Package as well as of training teachers and implementing Workshops with adolescents in their country.
Since the approach GEAR against IPV can greatly contribute to the fulfillment of the obligations arising from Chapter III of the Istanbul Convention, at the end of the first day Experts’ Working Groups were held (experts in the field of prevention and combating IPV and GBV in adolescents from 31 EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate MS will work together).
During the second day of the Conference, the results and conclusions of the Experts’ Working Groups were presented and discussed with the audience.
The Closing Session was entitled “CoE’s Istanbul Convention as roadmap towards an effective European strategy for the prevention of IPV and GBV in future generations: the role of school”.
The Conference was conducted in the framework of the European Project GEAR against IPV – II with financial support from the DAPHNE III Programme of the European Union. More information for the project is available on the project’s website