Past IPV projects

Past projects that CASS Sustainability Team has completed in the focus area of interpersonal violence

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Project duration: Nov 2020 – Apr 2023

Total budget: 243 612 EUR

Funding: Erasmus+

Key objectives:

The project aim is to develop, test and release innovative practices and methodologies to train informal carers to develop resilience and coping strategies for dealing with the difficulties that come from taking care of elderly (often sick or disabled) relatives.

Outputs:

  • “Listen to my story” – a narrative based workshop for informal caregivers
  • Guide for professionals to identify and address issues that emerge from “Listen to my story” workshops
  • MOOC for professionals supporting informal caregivers
  • E-course and online educational platform for informal care givers and professional support providers

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Project furation: Jan 2021 – Dec 2022

Total budget: 450 149 EUR

Funding: REC Program

Key objectives:

The overall objective of FREASCO is to facilitate the early detection and reporting of sexism and sexual harassment in school settings; to prevent gender-based violence through the development of digital tools; to provide guidance to schools and universities and support to policy makers in general.

Outputs:

  • Collection of good practices and available tools
  • Self-assessment tool for schools and universities and database of best practices
  • Guidelines for a Quality label
  • Capacity-building and awareness raising activities in schools and universities

Project website

Project duration: Sep 2020 – Aug 2022

Total budget: 171 205 EUR

Funding: Erasmus+

Key objectives:

The main objective of the project is to bring together the experts in the field of online violence and gender inequalities to develop educational material for educators/school staff/professionals working with young people.

Outputs:

  • Comparative survey on (Cyber)violence among schools in four countries
  • CYBERVAG training material and Curriculum
  • MOOC on CYBERVAG for school professionals

Project website

Project duration: Jun 2020 – May 2022

Total budget: 561 301 EUR

Funding: REC Program

Key objectives:

The aim of MARISSA is to address the phenomenon of co-occurring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victimisation and Problematic Substance Use (PSU). In fact, it appears that existing victim support programmes currently fail to adequately address the scenario of IPV survivors with PSU issues, treating the two elements separately.

Outputs:

  • Needs Assessment Report
  • Policy Recommendations to facilitate multiagency cooperation
  • Training Manual for professionals
  • Intervention Tools
  • Impact Assessment Report
  • Replication Guidelines

Project website

Project duration: Nov 2019 – Apr 2022

Total budget: 241 463 EUR

Funding: Erasmus+

Key objectives:

The project aims at enhancing the work-based skills of social care practitioners and professionals in the field of Intimate Partnership Violence (IPV) victim support, through Capacity Building on the topic of Treatment of Victims of IPV with Problematic Substance Use (PSU) problems.

Outputs:

  • Analytical report on women victims of violence with PSU issues
  • Training manual for professionals on supporting victims of IPV with PSU issues
  • VET Course and MOOC
  • Guidelines for Social Care professionals in the field of PSU

Project website

Project duration: Sep 2019 – Mar 2022

Total budget: 606 741 EUR

Funding: REC program

Key objectives:

The project aims to develop and implement a comprehensive multiagency cooperation model for working with elderly victims of abuse.

Outputs:

  • Reports on multi-agency approaches to working with elder victims of abuse & perpetrators
  • Training materials on multi-agency models for elder abuse
  • Guidelines on multi-agency cooperation
  • Update of WHOSEFVA MOOC with additional lecture on multiagency cooperation
  • Implementation & testing of multi-agency cooperation model in partner countries

Project website

Project duration: Dec 2018 – Dec 2021

Total budget: 618 268 EUR

Funding: REC Program

Key objectives:

The project aimed to create and evidence-based, attitude-changing prevention educational intervention, for teenagers on cyber gender violence against women and girls, applicable to all EU countries.

Outputs:

  • Report on Cyberviolence against Women and Girls
  • Educational Prevention Programme, the CYBERSAFE Toolkit
  • Pilot interventions
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