Project Scope
Safe in Town: Strengthening Integrated Child Protection in selected European Municipalities through the development and activation of comprehensive City Child Safeguarding Policies (CCSP) is designed as a systemic intervention to increase the level of child protection and reduce the level of risk in four selected European cities.
General Objective
The initiative has the dual objective of bringing about structural, structural, changes in the target municipalities, while at the same time piloting and developing practices, measures and tools that can be replicated, adapted and applied in other national and International contexts. Through its collaborative efforts and focus on practical outcomes, Safe in Town aims to build a strong foundation for long‑term child protection, creating safer and more welcoming communities for every child.
Specific Objectives
- To design, develop and implement coordinated multidisciplinary and multi-sectorial child safeguarding policies at the municipal level for the prevention, early identification, and adequate response to case of violence against children, with a specific attention to children in vulnerable situations and at specific risk of violence
- To enhance the capacities and competencies of integrated child-protection systems, ensuring child-centered approach and gender-sensitive practices through a multi-sectorial training cascade
- To develop and implement a systemic city inter-institutional referral system for the coordination and monitoring of the relevant child protection actors and mandates, also strengthening child friendly and gender-sensitive practices, communication and risk assessments
- To promote and disseminate nationally and internationally the models and the methodology developed in the selected municipalities to foster exchange and possibilities for replication of the experience
Results
Partners:
- Greece: Athens Lifelong Learning Institute Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Etairia (ALLI) (Coordinator)
- Italy: Defence For Children International (Coordinator)
- Cyprus: "Hope For Children" CRC Policy Center - Strovolos
- Italy: Defence for Children Italy - Freeara
- Greece: Defence for Children Greece - Chania
- Portugal: CESIS - Municipality of Matosinhos / Instituto De Apoio A Crianca
Funding Reference
- The project is co-funded by the EU’s CERV-2024-DAPHNE programme of the European Commission.
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