JAI/322/03-EN
Daphne Programme – 2002
Multiannual Project
(from 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2003)
REF: 2000/JAI/DAP/00/051/C - 2
Final Report for the 2nd Year
(2002)
PILOT PROJECT: FOUR ASSETS – ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FIELD OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION
(Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Portugal)
SUMMARY VERSION
Contacts:
Director: Marie-Christine Ashby
Coordinator: Philippe Blondiau
BICE Regional Delegation for Europe
Chaussée de Wavre 205, B-1050 Brussels (Belgium)
Telephone: +32 2 231 03 88 Fax: +32 2 230 11 33
E-mail:
Daphne II partners
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EUROPEAN COORDINATION
BICE Delegation for Europe
Coordination: Marie-Christine Ashby, Philippe Blondiau
Chaussée de Wavre 205
B-1050 Brussels
: +32 2 231 03 88:
: +32 2 230 11 33:
GERMANY
BICE Deutschland E.V.
Coordination: Horst Buchmann
Schillerstraat, 16
D-77933 Lahr
: + 49 782 138855:
: + 49 782 1985755
BELGIUM
BICE Brussels
Coordination: Alain Aussems
Chaussée de Wavre 205
B-1050 Brussels
: +32 2 231 03 88:
: +32 2 230 11 33
Diocesan Inspectorate
Coordination: Luc Aerens
Chaussée de Tervuren, 89
B-1160 Brussels
: +32 2 673 89 39
: +32 2 672 43 89
SPAIN
Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia (Platform for Children’s Organisations)
Coordination: Ángel Hernández
Pza. Tirso de Molina, 5-5°
E-28012 Madrid
: +34 91 36 950 28/99:
: +34 91 369 50 28
Centro de Investigaciones Pedagógicas de la Infancia, la Adolescencia y la Juventud (CIPIAJ) (Centre for Educational Research on Children, Adolescents and Young People)
Coordination: Cesar Muñoz Jiménez
C/ Sant Jordi, 11
Sant Feliu de Codines
E-08182 Barcelona
: +34 93 866 04 88:
: +34 93 407 11 97:
FRANCE
Coordination: Sylvie Brel:
PORTUGAL
Maria Ulrich Foundation
Coordination: Albertine Santos
Rua Silva Carvalho, 240
P-1250-259 Lisbon:
:+351 21 388 2110:
:+351 21 383 0135:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.INTRODUCTION 5
II.PRESENTATION OF THE FOUR ASSETS PILOT PROJECT 6
III.OVERALL WORK PLAN FOR 200212
- FINAL ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 2002
- report of the DRBEO in Brussels14
- national reports (on request)
V.RESULTS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
1.Overall results17
- Results connected to the project's four assets17
3.Prospects for the future: draft work plan for 200320
VI.CONCLUSION23
VII.ANNEXES
1.Keywords25
INTRODUCTION
The Four Assets project is an extension of the activities implemented by the BICE Regional Delegation for Western Europe (Délégation régionale du BICE pour l’Europe occidentale or DRBEO) to promote policies on children and children’s rights. Over 200 partners are taking part in the project through six national coordination centres established in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France and Portugal. These partners work with children who are in a variety of situations: children who have dropped out of school, children with behavioural problems, victims of abuse, children from "disadvantaged" social groups, leaders of children’s councils, children who have set up autonomous associations, etc.
The main objective of the project – which is based on an interdisciplinary network of social players and implements specific measures in various fields – is to train practitioners and make them aware of the various methods of preventing violence against children and young people by providing for the latter's participation in the relevant psychological, social and educational processes.
Participation is viewed as a factor in developing the children’s own capacities and resources. These will help them to grow and play a role in relation to others, with rights and responsibilities. We firmly believe this preventive strategy plays an essential role in warding off violence and promoting non-violent behaviour.
Our project was designed and approved for a period of three years (2001 to 2003). This year is its second phase. This final overall activity report for 2002 includes the 2002 final reports on the activities undertaken by the national partners and the DRBEO from January to December 2002. The activities and results it describes follow on from the activities undertaken during the project's first year (2001). The report's various chapters also set out a number of proposals for the future.
Presentation of the Four Assets pilot project
The place of the Four Assets project in the activities of the BICE Regional Delegation for Western Europe
The pilot project "Four Assets – Establishment of a European network for interdisciplinary training and participation in the field of violence prevention" comes under the priority aims the BICE has been pursuing in Europe since 1994.
On account of its mission, the DRBEO attaches particular concern to problems encountered by children (and their family) and the European dimension of their situation.
Its action guidelines in the field of childhood and youth are "social exclusion", "participation" and "training for child professionals".
It has gained widely acknowledged experience in conducting cross-European projects geared to achieving practical improvements in children's situations.
Its working principles include promoting "civil dialogue" between public authorities (such as governments), civil society (NGOs, etc.) and the European bodies (Commission, Parliament, etc.).
In its everyday practice, it endeavours to combine "action" and "research".
Lastly, the European exchanges it brings about are intended to develop a realistic and practical approach that can be both holistic and innovative. This approach involves listening and speaking to players at all levels, and notably to the children and young people themselves. By encouraging respect for the rights and needs of children and young people, in line with the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, the DRBEO works for the promotion of human rights.
Presentation of the Four Assets pilot project
Project description
The purpose of the pilot project is to identify, develop and implement models of good practice with respect to training child professionals in the prevention of violence.
The measure aims both to train practitioners and draw their attention to the various forms of violence that can affect children and young people, by integrating the latter's point of view into the psychological, social and educational process.
In this connection, prevention is viewed as a factor in developing the children’s own capacities and resources. These will help them to grow and play a role in relation to others, with rights and responsibilities.
In the short term, the goal is to identify models of good practice in this area. In the medium and long term, the scheme should make it possible to build on this practice through a robust, multidisciplinary exchange network at European level.
The project covers the following main topics:
- The training process relating to the interdisciplinary aspects of the various areas of assistance, i.e. involving social and school practitioners in the health, psychological, police and judicial spheres. This training will rely on a participatory method of training in the rights of the child, based on resilience, receptiveness and the viewpoint of the child itself.
- The various types of violence affecting children and young people, whether at school, within the family or through the media and institutions, with a particular concern for the problems experienced within disadvantaged groups.
- The prevention required to cope with these situations; this should be primary prevention, both holistic and sufficiently specific to cover the diverse situations. The approach to prevention will thus be shared and encompass the work carried out with, for and by the children. However, the strategies will be specific to each environment and country, in line with the existing needs and frameworks.
The project's expected impact on the beneficiary group:
- Development of interdisciplinary networks of child professionals and implementation of their action in the various relevant areas of assistance (the social, educational, family, individual, medical, police and judicial spheres).
- Introduction to a method of training in the rights of the child covering these areas of assistance and based on the educational principles of participation, receptiveness, viewpoint of the child and resilience.
Results expected during the contract period:
- Building of multidisciplinary teams of trainers with specific skills and development of training programmes and educational tools dealing with violence prevention in the relevant environments: the family, the street, the media and institutions, etc.
- Identification and better understanding of violence phenomena.
- Development of strategies for holistic and adapted prevention.
- Involvement of a large audience in preventing the various types of violence.
- Publication of awareness-raising brochures intended both for social practitioners and a larger audience and including the conclusions of the various countries taking part in the project.
- Promotion of a sea change in attitudes to the rights of the child.
- Involvement of groups of children and young people.
- Drafting of recommendations for decision-makers on policies relating to the training of practitioners and to prevention.
Role of each partner and collaboration arrangements
The BICE Delegation for Europe is responsible for project coordination at European level, and carries out this task in conjunction with the five organisations that handle the local and national coordination within each country.
The European delegation:
- coordinates the project at European level
- ensures that the project's objectives are met
- coordinates the team of experts
- organises European activities
- carries out project monitoring and evaluation
Each national organisation:
- manages the group of local partners
- deals with local coordination and contacts
- organises national activities
- is responsible for monitoring activities
- liaises with the European delegation
Permanent communication between countries (establishment, monitoring and evaluation) will be ensured through E-mail and possibly a website. Monitoring and technical support visits will be organised by the European delegation at least once per year (as required) and per country. An annual European meeting will be held halfway through the second year.
Innovative and unprecedented aspects of the project
At European level: the development of a joint methodological approach that is multidisciplinary and takes account of the views of the young people themselves.
These two characteristics will be exploited as follows:
- The multidisciplinary nature will be addressed in terms of "why?", "with whom?" and "how?", and the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the interdisciplinary teams will be carried out in accordance with the specific themes chosen by each country.
- Integrating the point of view of the child into the prevention process could be approached through the question:
"What does having rights and responsibilities entail?"
At national level, each country will build on a particular aspect of the measure (training, awareness-raising, promotion of the prevention of a given form of violence, etc.) according to the needs identified, the country's experience, the skills available and the situations of violence found.
Added value at EU level
For the purposes of training, the scheme will rely on local measures and resources while drawing up a methodological approach at the level of the European Union (EU). Exchanges between countries will continue throughout the monitoring and evaluation (performed directly on the ground by the European team of experts). Observations, strategies and results collected on the ground will feed into a prevention scheme at European level.
The project thus aims to establish a joint platform of measures, tools and resources for the prevention of violence by young people, brought together within a set of good practice models. The project will then address the adaptations, translations and adjustments specific to the various local cultures, on the basis of this common European platform.
Transnational exchanges and contribution to the dissemination of good practices at European level
Among the results, data, research and tools exchanged on a regular basis, the BICE will select those that are most valuable at European level. These will be distributed, exchanged and translated into the various languages with a view to pooling experience and procedures. The various specific cultural contributions will be examined and taken on board by each partner. The materials and modules will be developed on the basis of contributions from the experts of the various countries.
A European exchange seminar will be organised with the committee of experts after 18months.
Evaluation during the project
The evaluation is designed as a ongoing process which will make it possible, if necessary, to adjust certain activities and programmes being implemented.
Internal evaluation will be carried out by the Delegation for Europe, in consultation with the partners. The ad hoc evaluation exercises are intended to take stock of the various initiatives undertaken, assess progress and shortcomings, and identify the remedial measures required. They will also indicate the state of progress and dissemination of the action research carried out in the five countries involved.
This participatory task will be undertaken jointly with the BICE team, the project managers and the contacts in each country. Together, these persons will identify current priorities and the future work plan.
External evaluation will be carried out by an expert from outside the project three months before its end.
The evaluation bodies will be set up in accordance with the specific indicators and checking instruments identified. This identification will be performed on the basis of the project objectives – activities completed, results, training sessions, project impact, partner profile, etc. – considered at European and national level. This will ensure that the activities match the objectives identified at the outset and are genuinely being implemented.
Dissemination of the project results and exchanges of useful information with other European and international bodies
The results specifically intended for practitioners will be disseminated through various media depending on the project's target groups (internet, website, regular E-mails detailing the project progress, training manuals, etc.).
The BICE will also publish documents designed to raise awareness among a broader audience. The results achieved will be disseminated through regular publications and various awareness-raising campaigns (in the mainstream press) targeting the general public.
With respect to policy-making, the BICE will standardise the results relating to children, the trends in situations of violence, and the needs identified with respect to training policies for practitioners.
Drafting of the initial outcomes of this pilot project
The pilot project will combine four complementary aspects of the training of practitioners.
– Interdisciplinarity: covering the point of view of the various practitioners involved in preventing violence.
– Preventive strategies: delivering the elements of participatory training for practitioners and other persons dealing with children.
– Violence: identifying the various (and sometimes multiple) forms and situations of violence.
– Participation of children: taking on board their point of view – whether as victims or not – through work with groups of children.
The expected results with respect to training are intended to provide input for the multidisciplinary network of practitioners:
-publication of the interdisciplinary modules
-identification and dissemination of models of good practice, i.e. models that focus on child participation in the primary prevention approach
-prevention which is specific to violence, carried out with groups of children from various backgrounds: street children, migrants, etc.
Overall work plan for 2002
Four Assets pilot project
GENERAL OBJECTIVES for 2002:
Consolidating the initiatives undertaken during the first year. This consolidation phase will involve testing and implementing the models of good practice and training modules.
• Organisation of a European symposium.
• Development and publication of documents, tools and manuals.
CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES
January 2002
• Drafting of the national work plans.
February to April 2002
• Experimentation in the locations and with the target groups selected within each country, using the diverse models of good practice identified, the available documents (national and translated) and the trainer training modules.
• Pooling of these studies and summary focused on the project's four assets, covering the five countries involved and based on the interim report.
• European publication:
– dissemination
– analysis, further development and application of the preventive strategies proposed
• Organisation of the European symposium
May 2002
European symposium
Where? In Madrid or Toledo.
Why?
Because Spain will be holding the EU presidency.
Guests:
– Representatives of the European institutions, in order to provide information about and discuss the schedule of the activities they intend to launch during their period of office with respect to child policy.
– European Commission officials (Daphne project).
– Ms Teresa Paniño, head of the child services department of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.
Guidelines for the symposium were drawn up at the meeting of national coordinators held in Toledo in May 2001. The following were agreed:
-Proposals on logistical arrangements.
-The involvement of all parties in preparing the meeting.
-The aspects to be presented and examined in depth. These are as follows:
1. Models of good practice relating to participation, and the promotion of non-violence.
2. The training modules developed by each country, together with an analysis of the challenges identified within the various practices.
-Active participation of children and young people involved in the project.
June to December 2002
• Evaluation by country and across Europe.
• Pooling and exploitation of national findings (use of the tools, documents, etc., tested in each of the five countries).
• Finalisation: development and publication of the documents, tools, manuals, etc.
Final activity report
BICE Regional Delegation for Western Europe (DRBEO)
January to December 2002
ACTIVITIES
The various activities detailed in this document were conducted by the DRBEO together with the national partners of the Four Assets project.
January to March 2002
• Drafting of the 2001 final activity report
The report was sent to the European Commission, the various national project partners and a number of external partners interested in our project.
• Dissemination of the European publication for 2001: "Active participation: promoting a concept, promoting practices"
The publication was produced in English and French. 2,000 copies were printed and distributed to all the national partners involved in the project and to the representatives of various external institutions. The publication is available on request from the DRBEO.