The PROTASIS project was presented to wide key-stakeholders audience of Sardinian public agencies and NGOs in the fields of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and restorative justice during the 1st training seminar of the VAST project which was held in Sassari, Sardine (Italy). Ms. Iro Michael made a presentation under the title “Implementing the Victims’ Directive in Greece: challenges and opportunities” where she spoke about the transposition of the Victims’ Directive in Greece and presented good practices which enhance its implementation, as well as current gaps and challenges.
Following a short presentation of the project, the PROTASIS pilot training and the PROTASIS training manual “Towards a victim-centered police response” were presented as good practices which strengthen police officers’ skills when contacting crime victims and enhance the development of a victims-friendly framework for the prevention of secondary victimisation. Finally, Ms. Michael presented the main gaps and challenges for implementing the Victims’ Directive in Greece, i.e. work overload in competent services, lack of adequate services, lack of training on victims’ issues, etc. The Italian professionals pointed that similar challenges exist in the case of Italy.
The VAST project is an one-year EU-funded project which aims to develop a mechanism to enhance the enforcement of vicrims’ rights especialky in cases of domestic violence. The concept of psycho-social process accompaniment was a central topic of the training during 1st training seminar. Furthermore, the utility and implementation of restorative practices was also raised throughout the seminar. The project is lead by IpoS ( Germany) and with the partnership of European Pyblic Law Organisation ( Greece) and the University of Sassari (Italy).
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Protasis – Project
Police Training Skills
