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Daphne Programme – Year 2002

Final Report

Project Nr.:01/106/C

Title: Lepanto Happy face

Start Date: December 1, 2001End Date: November 30, 2002

Co-ordinating Organisation’s name: Family and Education Centre KEMOP

Contact person: Mrs. Effie Tsatsos

Name: Mrs. Effie Tsatsos

Address: Paleopanagia

Postal code: 30300City: Nafpaktos

Country: Greece

Tel. N°: 2 634 0 21080Fax Nr: 2 634 0 21080

E-mail:

Partner Organisations’ names and countries:

Portsmouth Resource Centre Social Services, London, England.

ABF Organisation, Sweden.

1. Aims of the project

The basic aim of the programme is the development of child abuse prevention and intervention activities in Southwest Greece.

The following activities were planned as a part of this project:

  1. Study and research to pinpoint the extent and the types of child abuse in Southwest Greece.
  2. Establishment of multi-sector local network of Agencies and professionals in order to propel action for prevention and early intervention through the local Agencies that deal with the subject of child abuse.
  3. Transnational exchange of experiences on the theme and use of good and best practices for prevention, protection and dealing with child abuse.
  4. Organisation of educational training for professionals in the field. Production of educational tools for these professionals.
  5. Understanding, awareness and commitment of the community in general to all forms of child abuse. (physical, emotional, sexual and neglect)
  6. A pilot project involving parents, teachers and paraprofessionals to be trained in protection, prevention and dealing effectively with child abuse and early intervention.

Identified Problem: In the Southwest of Greece there are limited social services available to support families struggling with literacy and poverty. There is considerable family violence and sexual abuse. There is a need to provide training to professionals and para-professionals to enable them to provide sensitive and effective support to these families. It is only by supporting and strengthening the families that children will be helped.

Beneficiaries:

All children ages 0 to 16 including those with special needs and handicaps

Young people

Parents

Expected Results:

An increased pool of trained professionals able to respond effectively to family violence and child abuse

A Network of agencies working collaboratively to prevent child abuse and to intervene effectively where needed, using resources wisely

Materials and tools to be created and developed to support child abuse prevention and intervention initiatives.

  1. Implementation of the project

All the planned activities were implemented as planned.

The timetable was revised as follows:

The meeting of partners in Portsmouth England was postponed a month until the end of June due to internal commitments of the partner agency.

Portsmouth Resource Centre Social Services:

Hosted one of the Greek Social Workers from the Network, offering full orientation

Shared all materials related to protection and prevention of child abuse with other partners

Two senior staff presented at the Network Conference in November in Patras, Greece

ABF Organisation of Sweden:

Two social workers joined the Network in Nafpaktos and attended the educational seminar in June

The social workers presented information about managing the process of disclosure and follow-up treatment of children who disclose abuse

Shared all written materials with the members of the Network and project partners

Kemop:

Co-ordinated the entire project

Visited all social service agencies to determine the scope of the problem in South-west Greece

Created and disseminated an informative brochure about the Daphne project

Planned and implemented 5 meetings of the Network members in Patras

Visited Canada to develop a greater understanding of how an NGO designed for child abuse prevention and intervention operates and brought all the available materials for the Network library

Visited Portsmouth to learn about best practice in England

Created a resource booklet for all social service agencies in South-west Greece

Planned and implemented a successful conference in November for 140 Network members and European partners. International speakers were invited to educate and motivate Network members to move forward!

The proceedings of the conference were recorded and will be published in both Greek and English to provide an ongoing record for Greece and for other European countries.

  1. Results and impacts of the project

A solid Network has been established which will be ongoing

Written materials developed to provide support to professionals and para-professionals in their work with children and families

A pool of interested and committed volunteers has been created to continue the work of the Daphne project.

There has been an international sharing of resources, knowledge and expertise that will have the capacity to be used across Europe

Informal feedback demonstrated an increased interest in the area of child abuse prevention and intervention.

Member agencies have made a commitment to meet regularly to carry this work forward.

The written evaluations at the final conference were uniformly positive, as was all the verbal feedback.

The true evaluation of this project can and will only occur over time as we see a continued commitment to action with respect to child abuse prevention and intervention.

The beneficiaries of this project will gain both in the short and the long-term given the dramatic increase in knowledge about child abuse prevention and intervention.

  1. Dissemination and follow-up

Written materials (books, pamphlets, posters and brochures) were distributed widely. All written materials identified the contribution of the European Commission.

The follow-up to this project is exciting, as the Network has committed to meet together and collaborate on an ongoing basis. This will allow the important work to continue well after the project comes to a close.

There was a call for political and policy change made at the final conference and participants committed to continue to work co-operatively for these changes.

Kemop will continue to take the lead in supporting the on-going work of the Network and for the dissemination of additional materials.

  1. Conclusions

The Kemop Daphne Project in Southwest Greece demonstrated the power and efficacy of collaborative action. Child abuse prevention and intervention strategies are infinitely more successful when implemented by a trained and knowledgeable group of professionals and para-professionals working actively within the community. To change long held community values and beliefs requires patience and persistence. The materials created through this project and the energy and enthusiasm of the participants have the capacity to make a real difference to the well being of children in both the short and the long-term.

Annexes

  1. List of keywords describing best your project (please use the form attached);

See below

  1. List of materials produced during your project (audio or audio-visual media, publications, brochures, manuals, posters, CD-ROM, web-site,…)

Lepanto Happy Face Training Program (booklet)

6 cassettes of the Conference Proceedings

Video of the Conference Proceedings

Pamphlets

Poster for conference

Written proceedings of conference to be published in book format in Greek and English

ANNEX: KEYWORDS

The main purposes of the Daphne Programme are to create networks and to encourage the exchange of information and best practices. The Commission has therefore set up a database containing the details of all completed Daphne projects. This database is accessible via the Daphne page on the EC web site:

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The matrix below allows us to categorise your report according to certain pre-set search words. Please complete it carefully.

Mark all the areas of action and types of activity listed below which were covered by your project.

Beneficiaries / Daphne Objectives / Areas
x Children / Support to the collaboration of organisations /  Sexual violence
x Young people / x Support to multidisciplinary networks /  Gender violence
x Women / x Exchange of good practices / x Violence in family
 Studies / x Violence in domestic context
Specific groups / Support to public awareness /  Violence in schools
 Homosexuals / x Information campaign /  Violence in institutions
 Migrants / x Information sources /  Violence in urban areas
 Refugee / x Recognition and reporting /  Violence in rural areas
 Asylum seekers /  Violence in the work place
 Trafficked persons /  Trafficking in human beings
 Ethnic minorities / Specific Objectives /  Commercial sexual exploitation
 Handicapped / x Prevention of violence /  Internet
 Domestic workers / x Protection from violence /  Child Pornography
 People in prostitution /  Treatment of victims /  Racism
 Elderly /  Reintegration of victims /  Self-harm
 Prisoners /  Counselling victims / x Physical punishment
x Support to families /  Female genital mutilation
Targeted Audience /  Legislative measures /  Health impacts
 Violent men /  Treatment of offenders
 Perpetrators / offenders /  Reintegration of offenders / Instruments
x Public Authorities / x Network with NGOs
x General Public / x Multisector network
x Medical staff / x Awareness-raising
x Educational staff / x Dissemination of good practice
x Police staff /  Guidelines / Counselling
x Judicial staff /  Models (analysis / development)
xMedia / Journalists / x Training
x Production of materials
x Conference / seminar
 Telephone / Internet Helpline
x Field work