TACTICS

Collaboration between police and different support service providers is key to effectively responding to intimate partner violence. As police officers are often the first persons alerted to cases of domestic violence, they are required to be the ‘gate-keepers’ to the wider network of service providers, especially victim support and perpetrator services. However, in many jurisdictions in Europe, multiple barriers, including organisational, systemic and individual, prevent law enforcement agencies from making necessary referrals and facilitating reporting. The EU funded TACTICS project was created to enhance the knowledge & capacity of police to overcome these difficulties.

Project duration:

April 2023 - March 2026 (36 months)

Budget:

EUR 1.82 million

Funder:

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Author: European Union

European Commission Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)

TACTICS' key outputs include:

  • Regional Reports on Existing DV Response System
  • Training Manual for Police and related frontline workers
  • Digital tools for police based on multi-agency cooperation training materials
  • 7 Regional Roadmaps to Improve DV Response System
  • Policy recommendations for decision-makers at the national and EU level
  • Replication guidelines identifying how other communities can pursue similar initiatives

The University of Tartu is responsible for coordination of the TACTICS project and developing training materials and digital tools to improve the response systems and multi-agency collaboration in domestic violence/intimate partner violence cases.

Psytel, France

Union of Women Associations of Heraklion Prefecture (UWAH), Greece

The Movement for Equality between Women and Men (MEFH), Belgium

Frauen helfen Frauen EN EV (GESINE), Germany

Comision para la Investigacion de Malos Tratos a Mujeres (CIMTM), Spain

University of Babes-Bolyai (UBB), Romania

European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (WWP EN), Germany

Women's Support and Information Centre NPO (WSIC), Estonia

CASS members with the project

Mari Puniste

Project Manager

Anastasiia Turusinova

Digital Content Expert

Mariia Chebotareva

Analyst

CASS project contact
Mari Puniste
MA (rahvusvahelised suhted)
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies
The Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS)
Project Manager
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