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WEBINAR series continues, join us starting next week ...
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Considerations for evidence recording at the Barnahus
12 September 2019 14:00
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There is much more to recording interviews at a Barnahus than setting up a system and hitting record. To best perform its role, a Barnahus must comply with local/international rules and regulations of evidence recording, and be able to produce a recorded interview that holds up to scrutiny in court.
This webinar will explore the key considerations to keep in mind when selecting and setting up your interview recording system, including:
- Proving authenticity, in a world where ‘deep fakes’ are becoming exceedingly easy to produce;
- Proving the child was not influenced during the interview;
- Building trust in the evidence recording procedure from day 1;
- Ensuring data is readable long into the future, and that secure access is possible on demand;
- Planning for the storage requirements of an exponential growth in interview files;
- GDPR implications.
The European Barnahus Movement – showcasing 4 years of network and partner progress
31 October 2019 14:00
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PROMISE 1 and 2 have provided concrete evidence of how consolidated efforts on the national and European levels can accelerate progress in building capacity, ambition and commitment to specialised interventions for child victims and witness of violence. A critical piece of this work has been bringing stakeholders together to share experiences and knowledge, and to jointly develop and commit to the Barnahus Quality Standards. Looking to the future, a European approach will be essential for the continuity of capacity-building, advocacy, and the provision multidisciplinary and interagency collaboration and case management at the national level.
In this webinar, we will feature some of the most notable achievements within the European Barnahus Movement thus far, including highlighting unique experiences, approaches and solutions as developed by the PROMISE 2 partners. This webinar will also showcase the PROMISE tools and future plans which are supporting the continued harmonisation and consolidation of good Barnahus practice across Europe.
The PROMISE Child Participation Tool
7 November 2019
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Children and young people have a right to express their opinions on things that concern them.
To facilitate Barnahus and similar setups to hear about how children experience their service, PROMISE has developed a Child Participation Tool. The tool focusses on the child’s experience of Barnahus, including the travel to Barnahus, their experience in Barnahus, coming home from Barnahus and potential follow up or mid-to-long term treatment in Barnahus or by a mobile Barnahus team.
Join this webinar to walk through the tool with the authors, and to discuss with your European colleagues about approaches and considerations for soliciting children’s views on their Barnahus experience.
The PROMISE Webinar Series is co-organised with Terre des Hommes, a partner of this project, as part of the ChildHub’s child protection webinar series.
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Announcing changes at the
CBSS and Child Circle
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The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) has been the lead partner for Promise since its inception in 2015 and is managed by the Children at Risk Unit in the CBSS Secretariat in close collaboration with Child Circle. The CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk, consisting of representatives chosen by the 11 governments in the Baltic Sea Region, has given the Unit the mandate to implement the project in wider Europe. Promise has many partners and committed supporters from ministries, academic institutions and organisations. Child Circle was central to the initiation of Promise.
As the mandate as Head of the CBSS Children at Risk Unit is limited to 6 years, a range of changes are taking place.
Turid Heiberg has held this position over the last 6 years. She will continue working as an author, researcher and independent consultant supporting human rights, wellbeing and presence in whatever way life directs her. She will also continue supporting Promise as an expert. Turid conveys a great thank you to all of you for the many past years of always being there to reinforce the field of common beneficial goals and attention- and ensuring the mushrooming of Barnahus and similar services in Europe. Turid will be staying on in Stockholm and her new mail address is: turidheiberg@gmail.com.
Olivia Lind Haldorsson was selected as Turid’s successor and starts today as Head of the Children at Risk Unit at the CBSS. As most of you know, Olivia is a key player in the Promise project and is the author of the Barnahus Quality Standards. Olivia has worked with child rights in senior positions from Brussels for more than 20 years including as co-founder of Child Circle. Just before summer, Olivia and the team in CBSS, handed in a proposal to the EU Commission for Promise 3 focusing on the need to continue our work to ensure sustainable systems for training and exchange, harmonising approaches in Europe, & accelerating progress towards child friendly justice via Barnahus and similar multidisciplinary interagency setups throughout Europe, early 2020. Olivia’s new mail address is: olivia.lind.haldorsson@cbss.org
Shawnna von Blixen has been another key player in the Promise project and remains in the CBSS secretariat to continue to strengthen the Barnahus movement.
With the change in her job designation, Olivia will step down from her role in Child Circle. She will remain a founding member without active responsibilities. From September, Child Circle’s activities will be run by Rebecca O’Donnell. Child Circle will continue to work with experts and partners on specific projects and initiatives, including Promise 3 and the Promise network.
Aside from perhaps some slower responses in the next couple of weeks, we foresee that these changes will have minor impacts on the completion of Promise 2. We look forward to using this transition to renew and expand the ways the PROMISE partnership and network works to promote the European Barnahus Movement.
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Registration will open soon for the Finnish EU Presidency conference on supporting non-violent and participatory childhoods, to be held in Helsinki on 26 November 2019. The final PROMISE 2 partner meeting will take place 25 November 2019 on the side-lines of this conference. More to come.
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The PROMISE webinars are recorded so you can watch and re-watch when convenient for you.
Find out more information about these and previous webinars at http://www.childrenatrisk.eu/promise/webinars/.
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This project is funded by the European Union through the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020). The project partnership is responsible for this content.