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The Barnahus Network is supporting Europe to adopt the Barnahus model as a standard practice for providing child victims and witnesses of violence rapid access to justice and care. We undertake this work to fulfil our vision: a Europe where all children enjoy their right to be protected from violence.
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By bringing stakeholders together to share experiences and knowledge, and to jointly develop and commit to the Barnahus Quality Standards, the Network is accelerating progress across Europe in providing multidisciplinary services to child victims of violence.
This work is the result of a series of projects named “PROMISE”, under the leadership of the Council of the Baltic Sea States and in partnership with key Barnahus experts and stakeholders around Europe. The first PROMISE project (2015-2017), which brought together stakeholders together to share experiences and knowledge, and to jointly develop and commit to the Barnahus Quality Standards.
The work continued into the second PROMISE project (2017-2019), which promoted national level progress towards meeting the Standards.
The third project (2020-2022) established a European Competence Centre for Barnahus, laid the groundwork for an accreditation system for Barnahus, and expanded PROMISE activities to include University training and case management tools.
While the projects of PROMISE have been the main drivers for this work up until now, the work has graduated from the project level into something more.
Improve practice: Barnhaus prprovides access to training, mentorship and practical tools, including University certified training in forensic interviews and therapy
Gain Recognition: Barnhaus helps members to achieve accreditation by having access to training, support, mentoring and tools to benchmark progress.
Share expertise and learning: Help shape the European Barnahus movement by having access to a broad network which actively engages in exchange and mutual learning
Extend outreach and visibility: Members are part of a broad professional network, with visibility in European social media and opportunities to meet other professionals from across Europe
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