Description
In Europe, millions of children experience abuse or neglect at the hands of those who should care for them. Yet, how many of these children get help, which services they receive by which agency remains largely unknown. Moreover, countries are hardly aware which maltreatment turns fatal. This constitutes a major knowledge gap that is likely due to inconsistent ways of surveying and reporting on child maltreatment services across Europe. Without this information, we cannot know how the systems work, what additional preventive efforts are required, if the interventions fit the victims’ needs or if the most vulnerable groups are properly identified. The proposed project addresses this gap by creating a network of experts in child maltreatment and relevant stakeholders and links them in working groups, in order to promote the development of a rigorous, consistent, and comparable methodology for the collection of surveillance data on child maltreatment and maltreatment-related fatalities. Researchers, policymakers, administrators and practitioners will identify best-practice methods of surveillance and recommend efficient ways of implementing them across Europe. Importantly, this network will invite youth and adult survivors of child maltreatment to collaborate in all working group decision-making processes. The four working groups within this network will focus on: 1) definition and operationalization of child maltreatment; 2) promoting secondary analyses; 3) participatory approaches to child maltreatment surveillance; and 4) implementation and dissemination. Final products of these projects will include guidelines for implementation of best practices in child maltreatment surveillance across Europe.
Action keywords
Child abuse and neglect - Child maltreatment - Child protection - Epidemiology - Surveillance
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Albania | |
Austria | |
Belgium | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Estonia | |
Finland | |
Finland | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Iceland | |
Iceland | |
Ireland | |
Ireland | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Latvia | |
Lithuania | |
Lithuania | |
Malta | |
Moldova | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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WG2 Co-leader | |
WG1 Co-leader | |
WG3 Co-leader | |
WG5 Co-leader | |
STSM Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Definition and operationalisation of child maltreatment | |
2 | Promoting secondary analyses | |
3 | Promoting participatory approaches to child maltreatment surveillance | |
4 | Dissemination and multiplication | |
5 | Child protection data in the context of COVID 19 |
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Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 1 | Greece | |
WG 1 | Moldova | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Sweden | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Lithuania | |
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1 | Israel | |
WG 1 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1 | Estonia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | Bulgaria | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 5 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Iceland | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5 | Albania | |
WG 1 | Cyprus | |
WG 1 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Ireland | |
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1 | Hungary | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Ireland | |
WG 1 | Denmark | |
WG 1 | Finland | |
WG 1 | Finland | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 5 | United States | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 4 | United States | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Austria | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Austria | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Denmark | |
WG 2 | Norway | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Albania | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Switzerland | |
WG 2 | Lithuania | |
WG 2 | Belgium | |
WG 2 | Netherlands | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Ireland | |
WG 2 | Israel | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Romania | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 2, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | France | |
WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | Denmark | |
WG 2 | United Kingdom | |
WG 2 | Austria | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 3 | Albania | |
WG 3 | Romania | |
WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 3, WG 4 | North Macedonia | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Hungary | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Romania | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 3 | Bulgaria | |
WG 3 | North Macedonia | |
WG 3 | United Kingdom | |
WG 3 | Romania | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Cyprus | |
WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 3 | Luxembourg | |
WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 3 | Portugal | |
WG 3 | Sweden | |
WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 3 | Israel | |
WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 4 | Sweden | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 4 | Iceland | |
WG 4 | Romania | |
WG 4 | ||
WG 4 | Greece | |
WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 4 | France | |