The Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (hereinafter \u2013 the Institute) together with the Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius University, the European Social Fund Agency and junior partners from Austria \u2013 Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft Institute for Human Rights, finished the 17-month-long European Union-funded Twinning project \u201cStrengthening the capacity of State bodies and local level referral mechanisms to provide safety and support to victims of domestic violence in Azerbaijan\u201d. The closing event took place at the House of Government in Baku (Azerbaijan) on 12 January 2022.<\/p>\n
During the project, the experts of the Lithuanian and Austrian institutions, based on the successful practice of the European Union countries and the recommendations of international organizations, shared with the Azerbaijani colleagues\u2019 good practices on how to:<\/p>\n
Although the project took place in a time of a pandemic, the Austrian and Lithuanian experts with close cooperation of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan achieved great success by developing 6 training programs and 680 participants \u2013 judges, police officers, local executive authority staff, psychologists, teachers, social workers, journalists and NGO staff \u2013 were able to complete these trainings.<\/p>\n
Researchers of the Institute prof. Rokas Uscila and dr. Simonas Nikartas also participated in the final event of the project together with Lithuanian Ambassador Egidijus Navikas, Austrian Ambassador Alexander Bayerl and Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation Peter Michalko. The latter said: \u201cViolence against women happens anywhere, there is no safe place, not even at home. Women are targeted at home as well as in their workplace, in schools and universities, on the street, and increasingly online through cyber violence and hate speech. The EU is committed to preventing, openly rejecting and condemning all acts of violence against women and children and sharing best practices to strengthen safety and support to victims of domestic violence\u201d.\n\nDomestic violence is a global challenge. During the event project leader from Austria, Sabine Mandl, explained that combating domestic violence is a long-term project and with the help of the twinning project in Azerbaijan, significant changes could be made.<\/p>\n
As an initiative of the European Commission, the Twinning instrument was launched in 1998 to support candidate countries in their integration process to the EU. It ensures institutional cooperation bringing together public sector expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary country of the Programme.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lietuvos socialini\u0173 moksl\u0173 centro Teis\u0117s institutas (toliau\u00a0\u2013 Institutas) kartu su Lietuvos Respublikos socialin\u0117s apsaugos ir darbo ministerija, Vilniaus universitetu ir Europos socialinio fondo agent\u016bra bei jaunesniaisiais partneriais i\u0161 Austrijos\u00a0\u2013 Liudviko Bolcmano \u017emogaus teisi\u0173 institutu\u00a0\u2013 baig\u0117 \u012fgyvendinti 17\u00a0m\u0117nesi\u0173 trukus\u012f Europos S\u0105jungos (toliau\u00a0\u2013 ES) pagal \u201eDvyni\u0173\u201c (angl. Twinning) program\u0105 finansuojam\u0105 projekt\u0105 \u201eValstybini\u0173 institucij\u0173 ir vietos lygmens nukreipimo mechanizm\u0173 Azerbaid\u017eane stiprinimas siekiant u\u017etikrinti saugum\u0105 ir param\u0105 smurto \u0161eimoje aukoms\u201c. Jo metu Lietuvos ir Austrijos institucij\u0173 ekspertai, remdamiesi s\u0117kminga Europos S\u0105jungos \u0161ali\u0173 praktika bei tarptautini\u0173 organizacij\u0173 rekomendacijomis, su Azerbaid\u017eano kolegomis pasidalijo ger\u0105ja patirtimi, kaip: stiprinti Azerbaid\u017eano valstybini\u0173 bei vietos lygmens institucij\u0173 kompetencijas ir tarp\u017einybinio bendradarbiavimo mechanizmus; teikti pagalb\u0105 smurto artimoje aplinkoje aukoms; parengti ir \u012fgyvendinti visuomen\u0117s informavimo kampanij\u0105 apie smurto keliamus neigiamus padarinius pa\u010diai visuomenei. Nors projektas vyko pandemijos s\u0105lygomis, buvo parengtos \u0161e\u0161ios\u00a0mokym\u0173 programos ir suorganizuoti special\u016bs mokymai net 680\u00a0socialini\u0173 darbuotoj\u0173, psicholog\u0173, mokytoj\u0173, teis\u0117j\u0173, policijos, nevyriausybini\u0173 organizacij\u0173, \u017einiasklaidos atstov\u0173. 2022\u00a0m. sausio 12\u00a0d. Baku (Azerbaid\u017eanas) vyko projekto baigiamasis renginys, kuriame dalyvavo Instituto mokslininkai prof.\u00a0Rokas Uscila ir dr.\u00a0Simonas Nikartas. Susirinkusius projekto partneri\u0173 ir Azerbaid\u017eano smurto prevencijos srityje veikian\u010di\u0173 institucij\u0173 atstovus sveikino Lietuvos ambasadorius Egidijus Navikas, Austrijos ambasadorius Alexander\u2019is Bayerl\u2019is bei Europos S\u0105jungos delegacijos vadovas, ambasadorius Peter\u2019is Michalko. Pastarasis sak\u0117: \u201eSmurto prie\u0161 moteris pasitaiko visur, saugios vietos n\u0117ra kartais net namuose. \u012e moteris yra k\u0117sinamasi tiek namuose, tiek darbo vietose, mokyklose ir universitetuose, gatv\u0117je ir vis da\u017eniau internete, naudojant kibernetin\u012f smurt\u0105 ir neapykant\u0105 kurstan\u010di\u0105 kalb\u0105. ES yra \u012fsipareigojusi u\u017ekirsti keli\u0105, atvirai atmesti ir smerkti visus smurto prie\u0161 moteris ir vaikus aktus bei dalytis geriausiomis patirtimis, stiprinant saugum\u0105 ir param\u0105 smurt\u0105 artimoje aplinkoje patyrusiems asmenims.\u201c Europos Komisijos finansuojama ES \u201eDvyni\u0173\u201c programa remia skirting\u0173 \u0161ali\u0173 gimining\u0173 institucij\u0173 bendradarbiavim\u0105, stiprina \u0161ali\u0173 paramos gav\u0117j\u0173 administravimo geb\u0117jimus, padeda joms \u012fgyvendinti b\u016btinas reformas ir pagal ES reikalavimus suderinti savo teis\u0117s aktus.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-2022-naujienu-irasu-metai"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16268,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/16268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}