The PROTASIS project is implemented by a consortium of 6 organizations, led by the international organization European Public Law Organization (EPLO), and supported by 3 Associate Partners. The partner organizations are experts in the area of victims’ rights and have extensive experience in the organization and implementation of relevant projects, on both national and European level. Prof. Vasso Artinopoulou, an international expert on the issue, and Head of the Crime and Criminal Justice Unit and the Gender Issues Unit of EPLO, holds the scientific responsibility of the project’s works.
European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
The European Public Law Organization (EPLO) is an international organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the area of Public Law lato sensu and Governance, and the promotion of European values for a better generation of lawyers and democratic institutions worldwide. In its 22 years of existence, the EPLO has implemented over 200 educational, research, training, institution building and other activities and has provided assistance to democratic institutions in more than 70 countries worldwide.
EuroCrime – Research, Training and Consulting SrL – Partner / ITALY
EuroCrime is an independent international research, training and consultancy institute, specialized in criminology and security issues. Besides organizing international seminars, EuroCrime offers a wide range of training courses for LEAs, public and private institutions and businesses, promotes research and participates in international research projects (e.g. the MARGIN EU H2020 funded project, no. 653004).
Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima (APAV) – Partner / PORTUGAL
The Portuguese Association for Victim Support(APAV) is a non-profit, charitable, and voluntary organization, aiming to provide confidential and free services to victims of crime, namely information, counselling and, emotional, legal, psychological and social support, at a national level. APAV also provides training, consultancy and advisory services, and establishes protocols with local political authorities.
Lisbon Law School's Research Centre of Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences – Partner / PORTUGAL
The Centro de Investigação em Direito Penal e Ciências Criminais (CIDPCC/FDL, Research Center for Criminal Law and Sciences) is a research unit housed by the University of Lisbon's School of Law. The Centre aims to conduct innovative practices in scientific research on criminal law and criminal policy which contribute to a critical analysis of the criminal system; to develop true scientific interdisciplinary studies which enable the fundamental criteria of criminal law to be reconstructed; to promote international integration of the research carried out at the CIDPCC; and to foster the transfer of knowledge to the academic community, to the legal community and to society.
Fondazione ScuolaInterregionale di Polizia locale (SIPL) – Partner / ITALY
The Inter-area Local Police School Foundation is aimed to satisfy the training needs of Local Police, to develop new personality, responding to the demands of local institution’s policies and to establish their scientific and technical heritage while assuring a homogeneous intervention on the whole regional territory. Its aim is projecting, organizing and managing training activities, cataloguing and elaborating didactic and bibliographical support, also for distance-learning.
The IARS International Institute (IARS) – Partner / UNITED KINGDOM
The IARS International Institute is an international think-tank, expert in criminal justice, restorative justice, human rights and inclusion, citizenship, public service and user-led research. IARS has played a leading role in several European and British projects, and has also published reports and delivered training in relation to a victim-led criminal justice system, victims’ rights, mental health and police responses, youth justice, and restorative justice.
Additionally, the project is supported by 3 Associate Partners that are very well placed to secure the cooperation of the stakeholders into the project implementation:
- The Ministry of Interior/ Hellenic Police Headquarters (Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών/ Αρχηγείο Ελληνικής Αστυνομίας, Greece)is the Security Force having local competence all over the Greek territory. Its mission concerns the crime prevention and suspension, ensuring public peace and order and the unobstructed co-existence of the citizens, as well as the prevention and aversion of foreigners from illegally entering and leaving Greece.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs(Ministro Da Administração Interna, Portugal) is the Portuguese government department whose mission is the formulation, coordination, implementation and assessment of internal security policies, control of borders, protection and rescue, road safety and electoral administration.
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, Barpenden Police Station(UK), is the police and crime commissioner for the Hertfordshire Constabulary force area.