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DePsi Association ·Romania
About this project
<p>The project mainly aims to promote respect for children's rights at national level, improve the conditions for conducting judicial investigations involving children, increase access to mental recovery and rehabilitation services for children with disabilities, improve the skills of professionals in terms of dialogue and interaction with minors. The final target group is represented by 1,207 children, especially children from rural areas, who are victims of domestic violence and abuse, children with disabilities who are deprived of affectionate and protective treatment, children who come into contact with public institutions in judicial investigations. </p> <p>Project activities include: the purchase of land; construction of a building on the acquired land and establishment of a community center that will provide services to the beneficiaries (e.g. therapy and psychological counseling sessions etc.); arranging a therapeutic garden; arranging two hearing rooms for minors within two public institutions in Craiova; training of the 70 professionals from public institutions (County Police Inspectorate, the Juvenile Detention Center, the Dolj Bar, child protection system), will benefit from training in the field of child rights protection; organising a mobile caravan for promoting respect for children's rights at national level, bilateral activities carried out in collaboration with the Norwegian partner in the field of child protection.</p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The Norwegian partner was a key partner in the success of the project as they ensured the implementation of training activities for Romanian experts to acquire specific competencies as trainers. These trainers, in turn, will pass on this knowledge, skills, and expertise to professionals who interact with children during judicial investigations. The transfer of knowledge, know-how, teaching techniques, and training from the Norwegian partner to our organization’s experts was based on the use of the latest and most modern training techniques, supported by well-structured course materials. As a result, techniques and tools from psychodrama, the Therapeutic Spiral Method, playback theater, the Espere Method, Sandplay therapy, associative metaphorical cards, as well as essential content from child psychology and trauma psychology were delivered. The Norwegian partner also participated as a guest in the training sessions and meetings organized with public authorities, discussing the police's role in the child protection process, the ways communication with children is ensured, good practice sets, and recommendations for Romanian specialists.
Project partners
- Moreno Huset AS Donor project partner· Norway
- Craiova Detention Center Project partner· Romania
- Dolj County Police InspectorateDolj Project partner· Romania