1. Gender Based Violence State of Play Item 4 of the draft agenda
DSS Meeting 3 and 4 October 2017

2. Background
October 2016 meeting: First progress report to the DSS on the development of a EU survey on Gender Based Violence (GBV)
Basis:
"Istanbul Convention" on preventing / combating violence against women and domestic violence
Repeated calls of Council and EP
Decision of the Working Group on Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice on 10/03/2016 to set up of a Task Force on the subject
Grant action with ISTAT to support work
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3. Work of the TF – State of play
First meeting on 15-16/02 and second meeting on 27-28/06/2017
Also written consultations with TF
Discussion at WG Crime and criminal justice on 15-16/03/2017, which supported first outcomes of the TF
Bilateral meeting with ISTAT in July 2017
Eurostat

4. Work of the TF – State of play
Main outcomes of 1st TF meeting
Stand-alone survey
Total population 18+ (women and men), to be tested and costs assessed
At the 2nd meeting discussion of the first draft questionnaire, priority on questions:
About violence screening
About non-partner and partner violence
Written consultation in Yammer until 04/09
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5. Contents of the 1st draft questionnaire
Background questions on respondent, current partner and former violent partner (if any)
Sexual harassment at work
Non-partner violence (details on last incident)
Former partner violence (details on last incident)
Stalking
Violence in childhood
Knowledge of support services
Opinion on GBV in the country
Health questions
Short additional module on victimisation
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6. Grants action – testing & piloting
Test in two steps:
Translating and pre-testing the draft questionnaire until end 2017
Pilot testing the revised draft questionnaire (after pre-testing) until end January 2019
Qualitative comparisons of methodologies were also proposed
11 applications received for a bit more than 1.1 million euros co-financing required
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7. Way forward
Action for pretesting starts on 01/10 and draft questionnaire was made available
Analysis of outcomes with ISTAT and next TF meeting 25-26/04/2018
Revised questionnaire for pilot surveys ending 31/01/2019
Outcomes and final questionnaire and guidelines discussed at WG Crime and criminal justice in 2019
Implementation 2020 (funding intended)
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8. Way forward Pending issue:
Around 1 million euros will be used for the grants on a budget available of 4.4 million
Is it necessary to re-lunch a call in 2018 for pilot surveys, using (a part of) the budget unused in 2017?
If so, can MS inform Eurostat by mi-October about their willingness to participate and a tentative estimate of the budget needed?
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9. DSS is invited:
to take note of the work ongoing with the TF on the development of the GBV survey
To inform Eurostat on MS interest for further financial support for piloting in 2018 (participation, time schedule, amount needed)
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