The Council of Europe works in partnership with the EEA and Norway Grants Financial Mechanism under Programme Area 22 – domestic and gender-based violence. 

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Co-operation through EEA/Norway Grants builds on the extensive expertise of the Council of Europe and its human rights standards on gender equality and violence against women and domestic violence and, in particular, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

Within the current EEA and Norway Grants cycle 2014-2021, the Council of Europe provides strategic advice through programmes on domestic and gender-based violence in the following countries:

Bulgaria

Lithuania

Romania

Slovakia

Co-operation activities under this programme aim at bringing about substantive changes on the ground in benefit of victims and building up and strengthening the countries’ capacity to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence.

The Council of Europe also plays an active role in the EEA/Norway Grants’ SYNERGY Network against gender based and domestic violence. The SYNERGY Network brings together governmental and non-governmental organisations from 16 European countries. It provides a platform of expertise sharing on how the Grants impact policies on violence against women and domestic violence in Europe in line with the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

publications

Improving the effectiveness of law-enforcement and justice officers in combating violence against women and domestic violence

Enhancing the professional capacity of the Bulgarian Police to deal with cases of domestic violence and violence against women

Implementing Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – establishing national co-ordinating bodies

Implementing a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach - An assessment of Poland's response to prevent and combat gender-based violence

Training of Trainers Manual : Effective Multi-agency Co-operation for Preventing and Combatting Domestic Violence

Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence against Women : A learning resource for training law enforcement and justice officers

 

News

Back European countries meet to discuss methods to address the Digital Dimension of Violence against Women

European countries meet to discuss methods to address the Digital Dimension of Violence against Women

The rapid evolution of information and communication technologies facilitates the creation of new forms of violence against women and girls, such as non-consensual photos or videos, exploitation, sexualised bullying, cyber flashing, technology-facilitated stalking, online psychological violence and economic abuse.

On 10 March, to discuss this digital phenomenon, the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence held an international human rights conference focusing on the digital dimension of violence against women. Building upon the first General Recommendation on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention by its monitoring body, the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), this online conference focused on the ways to combat online and technology-facilitated violence.

 

This eighth conference of the SYNERGY Network involved over 100 participants from 14 countries, 10 speakers and multiple international organisations. The event consisted of presentations by a panel of leading gender experts, as well as parallel working group discussions where participants had the opportunity to exchange ideas and successful practices for combatting these challenges effectively.

 

This event was co-organised by the Active Citizens Funds of Greece and Cyprus, in cooperation with the Council of Europe Gender Equality Division and the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security under the EEA and Norway Grants.

The SYNERGY Network brings together governmental and non-governmental stakeholders from different countries cooperating to prevent and combat gender-based and domestic violence under the EEA and Norway Grants.

The Council of Europe cooperates with the EEA/Norway Grants as an International Partner Organisation and is the main international partner of the SYNERGY Network.

 

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The Capacity Building and Co-operation Projects Unit at the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division

Jenna SHEARER-DEMIR, Programme Adviser