Bulgaria

During the coordinators meeting in Sofia on the 8th November 2010, project coordinators of the „Childhood without abuse" project together with other professionals taking part in the national conference "Victimization of children. Dimension and prevention" visited the Animus Association Foundation in Sofia- the organization that supports victims of violence.

The resource centre in Bulgarian language http://www.detetosvidetel.org has been developed in the frame of the “Chidlhood without abuse” project by SAPI. The website is devoted to the issue of child-friendly interviewing.

 

In June and October 2010 two trainings organized by SAPI took place in Bulgaria. Both were directed towards the psychologists, social workers and representatives of the social services, who were trained about the problems associated with the child participations in legal procedures and methods of work with parents who abuse their children. Altogether 59 professionals has been trained.

The campaign "Your Honour I have the right not to be scared" was launched on 5th October 2010 in Shumen during the working meeting of SAPI and partners. The participants were leading NGOs in the country, municipalities who are partners of the organization in the field of social services and different professionals. The launching event gave opportunity to disseminate information about key massage of the campaign to large professional auditory and to activate their involvement in improvement of practice of child friendly participation in legal procedures.