We can be more effective in violence prevention by targeting the root causes and risk factors underlying the likelihood of individuals, groups and communities in becoming involved in violence. We need to rebalance the predominant reactive responses to violence with actions that seek to empower people and their communities and to change environmental factors that lead to violence.This approach offers an additional value and therefore works complementary to existing social welfare and criminal justice approaches.
The objectives of IPV-network are:
To raise awareness about the problem of violence and to advocate a multi-sectorial response to the issue;
To share common principles to guide policy development and to identify effective programmes;
To assist local, regional and national level participants to achieve policy change and effective intervention programmes;
To serve as a platform for implementing the recommendations of the EuroSafe Interpersonal Violence Project
The network members are representing national, regional or locale organisations that have a keen interest in violence prevention. Network members are collaborating in:
Awareness raising
Sharing common principles
Assisting implementation
A coordinating secretariat should facilitates communications, decision making on work plans and the implementation of work plans.
The network members provide support in kind by actively participation in preparing work plan and contributing to one or more of the activities agreed upon in the work plan.
Coordinating secretariat:
ULSS 20 Verona – International Relations Office
Via Salvo d’Acquisto, 7
37122 Verona (Italy)
