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The action programme "Children and violence" is conducting a pilot scheme
with four member states - Italy, Norway, Portugal and Romania - in
which each country is reviewing its national prevention
policies aimed at children. The review follows a bottom-up approach, and
includes
all relevant stakeholders, such as national governments, local authorities,
ombudspersons, social workers, child-care professionals, specialised agencies,
NGOs
and so forth.
Initial preliminary data have been gathered by national experts,
with input from international experts, using a questionnaire inspired by the
12 Oslo principles. These principles for forming and assessing
integrated violence prevention strategies were developed by the Council of
Europe's integrated project "Responses to violence in everyday life in a
democratic society" and adopted by ministers responsible for violence
prevention in 2004 (see final report). The
principles, listed below, are flexible and allow leeway for national
differences in legal and institutional frameworks:
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An integrated approach
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Systematic reliance on partnerships
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Democratic accountability and
participation of civil society
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Preventive approach
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Victim-oriented approach
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Offender-oriented prevention
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Developing the use of mediation
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Giving priority to local prevention
programmes
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Planning and continuous evaluation
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Sustainability
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Training for all partners
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Interdisciplinary research policy
The review protocol is designed to identify existing structures and working
methods, emerging trends and changes in public perception of issues, and
what works and what does not. The preliminary findings, in the form of
national reports, have been discussed at national seminars, bringing
together all relevant actors.
Recommendations and guidelines have been extracted from each of the
national reports to prepare a document proposing European policy guidelines
for integrated strategies against violence (see below). These will be officially
endorsed by the Council of Europe in the course of 2009. At individual
country level, the guidelines will enable authorities to adjust existing
policies or set up new ones. At European level, the guidelines will
contribute to the realisation of the recommendations included in the UN
Secretary-General's study on violence against children.
European guidelines for integrated strategies against violence
National reports:
Italy: (please note there are three documents to download)
Contents for both documents
First
document: Parts I-II
Second
document: Parts III-IV
Norway
Portugal
Romania
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