Bilateral initiative between the European Anti-Violence Network (EAVN) and the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police
Duration: 01.09.2020 – 28.02.2021
Funding: Active Citizens Fund – Greece, EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 – Billateral Cooperation Initiatives
Short description
This bilateral initiative between the European Anti-Violence Network (EAVN) and the Icelandic Police aimed to the exchange of good practices in handling domestic violence cases and protecting abused women and their children.
The Icelandic Police during the past decade has made a substantial reform and improvement of the support and protection services it provides to adult and minor victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse, in close cooperation with Support Services.
Τhe European Anti-Violence Network organized a two day cross-sectional online Working Group with representatives of Greek Organizations that are responsible for providing support and protection to victims of domestic violence (Deputy Minister of Labour & Social Affairs, Hellenic Police, General Secretary of Justice and Human Rights, Women Counceling Center, The Smile of the Child). The Icelandic Police presented the methodology and tools it uses to provide quality services to victims of domestic violence, especially women and children. The methods that Greek organizations follow were presented and the needs of the Greek reality were identified and discussed along with ways of effectively transferring the know-how to Greece; a proposal for submission was also discussed to be jointly processed under the Active Citizens Fund. The results of the working group were presented during an online press conference. Preparatory and debriefing meetings were also conducted between EAVN and Icelandic Police.
The actions were implemented from 25.1.2021 – 29.1.2021, but the collaboration continues until today.
The bilateral initiative between European Anti-Violence Network (EAVN) and the Icelandic Police was implemented in the framework of the programme Active citizens fund, with EAVN being the implementing organization and Icelandic Police being the partner organization. The Active citizens fund in Greece is supported through a € 12m grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as part of the EEA Grants 2014 – 2021. The program aims to develop the sustainability and capacity of the civil society sector in Greece, and to strengthen its role in promoting and safeguarding democratic procedures, active citizenship and human rights. The Fund Operator for the Active citizens fund in Greece is Bodossaki Foundation in consortium with SolidarityNow. For more information: www.activecitizensfund.gr.