ENCLAVE Project hosts capacity building webinar for EU victim support organisations

SAVE THE DATE – On 20 January 2023, the ENCLAVE Project is hosting a capacity building webinar for EU victim support organisations on how to use the various materials produced during the project’s two-year duration.

The ENCLAVE project, with fieldwork in Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Italy and Spain, tackles the current situation and treatment of children victims and witnesses of sexual violence in the criminal justice system, with a specific interest in procedures and protocols of forensic interviewing in these national settings. Maximising the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive, this project is founded on three pillars:

1. Increasing the capacity of legal and justice professionals and victim support organisations in the implementation of the forensic interview protocol with victims of child sexual abuse.
2. Increasing the interprofessional collaboration of the different actors involved in the judicial process, including victim support organisations.
3. Preventing the re-victimisation of child victims and witnesses of sexual abuse.

In the project’s final capacity building webinar, the project consortium is presenting the material it produced over the last two years. To give you an idea, the following materials will be presented during the webianr:

• Comparative Report & Policy recommendations
  Comprehensive transnational comparative report as well as Policy Recommendations will be developed to ensure proper implementation of forensic interview procedures as well as of the Directive 2012/29/EU in the participating countries.
• Benchmark Protocol
  Identification and collection of good practices and malpractices in the participating countries and the EU with regards to forensic interviews and criminal procedures. Good practice protocol including practical advice and applied solutions on procedures as well as on the minimum standards in procedural, operational and assistance terms.
• Training Material for Professionals
  A comprehensive training set of materials on the practical aspects & tips on the application of legal framework concerning the forensic interview procedure for child victims and witnesses of abuse, relevant for the whole EU and in line with Directive 2012/29/EU.
• Guidelines for Victim Support Organisations
  Guidelines on how to support and provide support to children victims and witnesses of abuse and their families during the criminal procedures.
• Victim Support Organisations database
  Database of organizations providing counselling support to children victims and witnesses of abuse.

Please find the event’s programme here.

Please register to the event here.