International conference “General and specialised services of assistance to women who experienced violence - guarantees of availability and quality of service”.

The conference was dedicated to implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

The conference was carried out in a frame of a project “Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender based violence”, funded by the European Union - the European Commission.

The conference was organized by the Gender Equality Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro and the NGO Women's Safe House, with financial support of the EU, TACSO - People2People component and UN Women.

The conference was attended by representatives of the parliaments, governments, relevant state institutions and civil society organizations dealing with the protection and promotion of the rights of women victims of violence from 11 countries: Montenegro, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. 

At the conference were also present representatives of partner organizations in the project “Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender based violence”, from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Austria.

The conference presented the legal framework, the situation in practice and challenges in aligning the legislation with the standards of the Convention in the following areas:

- general support services - mechanisms for the recovery of victims of violence
- specialized support services - challenges in the availability and possible providers
- cooperation between public sector and NGOs - assessment of the situation and proposed measures for promoting cooperation.                    

At the end of the conference a “Podgorica Declaration against violence against women and domestic violence”, was adopted and will be sent to leaders of the states of which representatives signed it.   

The conference participants of Association SOS Help-line for women and children – victims of violence, from Slovenia: Dalida Horvat and Ana Vodopivc. Dalida Horvat carried out a presentation called: »Cooperation between the public sector and non-governmental organizations in Slovenia (Assessments of the situation and proposed measures for promoting cooperation)”.

International conference “General and specialised services of assistance to women who experienced violence - guarantees of availability and quality of service”.

The conference was dedicated to implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.

The conference was carried out in a frame of a project “Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender based violence”, funded by the European Union - the European Commission.

The conference was organized by the Gender Equality Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro and the NGO Women's Safe House, with financial support of the EU, TACSO - People2People component and UN Women.

The conference was attended by representatives of the parliaments, governments, relevant state institutions and civil society organizations dealing with the protection and promotion of the rights of women victims of violence from 11 countries: Montenegro, Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. 

At the conference were also present representatives of partner organizations in the project “Coordinated efforts - Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender based violence”, from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Austria.
The aim of the conference was to establish a strong platform for the development and cooperation of civil society organizations with decision-makers, exchange of knowledge, experiences and information, as well as the development of a strong and long-term cooperation in the region.

The conference presented the legal framework, the situation in practice and challenges in aligning the legislation with the standards of the Convention in the following areas:

- general support services - mechanisms for the recovery of victims of violence
- specialized support services - challenges in the availability and possible providers
- cooperation between public sector and NGOs - assessment of the situation and proposed measures for promoting cooperation.                    

At the end of the conference a “Podgorica Declaration against violence against women and domestic violence”, was adopted and will be sent to leaders of the states of which representatives signed it.   

The conference participants of Association SOS Help-line for women and children – victims of violence, from Slovenia: Dalida Horvat and Ana Vodopivc. Dalida Horvat carried out a presentation called: »Cooperation between the public sector and non-governmental organizations in Slovenia (Assessments of the situation and proposed measures for promoting cooperation)”.