What is the Dahne II Programme? Total Buget 50 million EUR Period: 2004 – 2008 Prevention / combating violence against children, young people and women

”Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence – A Public Health Approach” Daphne Project JLS/DAP/ /249/WYC

Partipating Regions/NGO’s: Verien Männerbertung (S) Devon County Council (D) Hampton Trust (H) The County Council of Värmland (V)

Project period: March 2006 – March 2008 (24 months) Budget: EUR Daphne Funding: Appr. 80 % of total budget

”Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence – A Public Health Approach” Prevention in a domestic context Focus: Male violent behaviour towards intimate partner Beneficiaries: women, young people and children Target groups: Men with voilent behavior, professionals and public authorities/NGO’s

Activities and tasks 1.Model development. (H), (S) 2.Analysis of treatment and support programmes. (S) 3.Implementation of treatment and support programmes. (D), (H), (S) 4.Education and training of staff. (H), (S), (V) 5.Follow up work /evaluation. (D), (H), (S), (V)

Concrete Activities: Devon County council: Perpertrator programme and partner program, support for children, supervision, agency awareness Hampton Trust: School based programme 8 x 90 minutes sessions for 13 years plus, programme focuses on healthy and respectful relationships, tranining for professionals, materials on domestic violence for professionals Styria: coordination of preventive work through a special networking process Värmland: education of health care staff in order to meet and treat victims, witnesses and perpertrators

Concrete Activities Men’s counselling centre in Graz (Styria): various groups and individual therapies clearing case management and post-therepeutic interventions know-how transfer and contacts with most important partner organizations County Council of Värmland: Education of Health care staff, focusing on identifying patient’s experience of violence as cause of various symptoms and illness increase knowledge on treatment for male patient’s with violent behaviour increse knowledge on violence and health consequences for public stakeholders

until October Devon: 30 accepted into the programme – 17 dropped off One-to-one sessions for 12 weeks 30 weeks group work 8 women ass. with men in the programme are getting support 19 children supported by children’s worker

… until October 2007… Hampshire: Training materials for SRE Forums devloped; 11 forums 8 week training manual Pilot program with young violent men Training of staff in Young Offending Teams Completed three cohorts with totally 24 men (8 in each cohort)

until October 2007… Styria: Strenghtened cooperation with women’s helthcare center and the violence protection center. ”Paper” on cooperation different actors in the field of domestic violence Established connection with Mens Councelling center in Vienna Exchange of knowledge and experience with the Viennese Daphne project

until October 2007 … Värmland: Four education sessions for health care staff 130 persons reached Data for pre-measurement has been collected Seminars for staff concerning treatment of perpertrators A 1 day seminar on evidence based methods for riskassessment Upcoming: Seminar regarding treatment of fathers with violent behaviour A dialogue meeting with public stakeholders

Final Conference in Värmland (SE) March 6 – 7, 2008 Aims: Public Awareness Dissimination of the results Lessons learnt in each region – commonaltiy, ideal work, legal systems Further steps Closing the project

Information / Contact Project Co-Ordinator: Åsa Löfvenberg, The County Council of Värmland,

DAPHNE III Prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk End Sept – beg. Oct – Euro ( tbc ) per project (max 80% of total eligible cost)

The Public Health approach? Freedom from violence is a human right Preventive measures must be concerned as a public duty The project is needed. In all three countries intimate partner violence has a great impact on public health and individual well-being A global appraoch of interpersonal violence includes the combination of promotion and prevention as well as treatment and rehabilitaton