This Project Coordination Handbook is intended to support partners in the effective and efficient administration and financial management of the project. It is in accordance with the rules and procedures specified in the Grant and the Consortium Agreement as it focuses on project implementation procedures, structures, and coordination and sets out key responsibilities for EU engagement and interaction.
This deliverable is fundamentally based on the Consortium Agreement and the Grant Agreement, describes the HEROES’ management structure, and defines the project sub committees: Advisory Board, Ethical, Societal and Legal Committee, Ethics Advisory Board, Scientific and Technical Committee, Communication and Dissemination Committee, IPR and Innovation Committee, External Advisory Board and the Security Advisory Board.
This deliverable includes an analysis of the gender dimension within the consortium and a list of actions to be implemented to improve gender equality.
This deliverable assesses the current and proposed mechanisms for the obtention of cross-border evidence by LEAs along with an analysis of the data protection acquis in the EU.
This deliverable aims at providing an overview of the legislative developments and policy trends in the EU that will have an impact on the tools that are being researched and developed within the HEROES project.
The present deliverable seeks to analise the legal and ethical issues about the use of Special Investigative Methods to fight trafficking in human beings and child sexual abuse. In this way, it is possible to provide the HEROES operational partners with guidance to assist them in complying with legal provisions and making difficult ethical decisions in their daily fight against trafficking in human beings and child sexual abuse. The deliverable is mostly based on desk research. Its geographical scope lies in Europe and South America, with special regard to the jurisdictions of Spain, Greece, Brazil, and Peru.
The Manual for Early Identification of Potential Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) and Child Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSA/E) aims to serve as a practical tool for early identification of potential victims of THB and CSA/E. The Manual targets frontline responders and other relevant practitioners (law enforcement agents, labour inspectors, non-governmental organisations, health, and education professionals, etc.), who, during their daily work, might detect potential and actual victims of THB and/or CSA/E, and refer them to the adequate support services.
This report analyses the prevention programs against Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSE/A) and Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) in seven countries, and provides a mapping of the myriad civil society organizations that actively participate in the prevention process. Furthermore, through this data, the report identifies the gaps and best practices in prevention initiatives in these seven countries, and offers some recommendations in order to support the future development of such initiatives in these countries and beyond.
This deliverable outlines the development of an Android mobile application that will allow citizens to report inci- dents regarding potential Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) / Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Trafficking of Human Beings (THB) to the relevant Law Enforcement Agency (LEA).
This deliverable reports on the creation of the e-learning in T5.2. It sets out the contextual material and consultations and guiding principles behind the training. It summarises the structure of the training and provides sample content. It explains the next steps.
The purpose is to obtain, analyse and map data on prisoner re-entry to provide information to the public, government officials, policymakers, service providers, former prisoners and others on the local dynamics of prisoner re-entry. These stakeholders can then draw on this information to improve and refine local policy, service delivery and community responses to re- entry.
This task aims to create an educational Guide to support prevention for CSA / CSE online, focused on the general public, law enforcement, parents and educators. This Guide will build capacity of key stakeholders to better detect and prevent online crimes against children and educate on the appropriate terminology for each type of conduct related to these crimes. This deliverable explains the progress done thus far and presents the Outline and the Creative Brief developed for the Guide.
This report showcases training outlines on the topics of recognizing, intervening, and preventing various forms of sexual violence, including abuse, assault, online solicitation, production and distribution of CSAM/CSEM. The aim of these curricula is to propose courses, e-learning on demand and webinars to strengthen the response capacities of the relevant authorities and to contribute to sustainable training capabilities through ToT. Relevant professionals and stakeholders can reach out to ICMEC to access any of the listed training.
This task aims to promote and protect children’s rights through awareness-raising, education and information. It is mainly on prevention for child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking both offline and online. The focus is on the social media campaign which was launched as the Red Heart Campaign to Promote Child Rights of Sexually Abused, Exploited and Trafficked Children.
Human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents are serious problems that have also been extended to tourism, which makes it essential to address the problem and prevent it in this context. A campaign has been designed centred on the dissemination of information about the topic, reporting routes and hotlines, and the promotion of responsible tourism. The report describes the process carried out to design and execute the campaign in four phases: desk research, presentation to key partners, employee training, and campaign design and dissemination. The campaign focuses on the dissemination of information and the promotion of responsible tourism, which can contribute significantly to the prevention of these crimes.
Sexual harassment of minors is one of the risks present today on the Internet for minors when using mobile devices. Harassers often identify their potential victims on social networks. Using social engi- neering techniques, they try to establish contact with them through instant messaging applications. The aim of this tool is to detect grooming attempts at an early stage. For this purpose, a couple of mobile applications have been developed, one to be installed on the child’s cell phone and the other on the parent’s cell phone.
This task aims to create an educational Guide to support prevention for CSA / CSE online, focused on the general public, law enforcement, parents and educators. This Guide will build capacity of key stakeholders to better detect and prevent online crimes against children and educate on the appropriate terminology for each type of conduct related to these crimes. This second deliverable (of three) updates on the progress done thus far and presents the finished Guide and social media visuals that will be publicly shared after review from the European Commission.
This report showcases training outlines on the topics of recognizing, intervening, and preventing various forms of sexual violence, including abuse, assault, online solicitation, production and distribution of CSAM/CSEM. The aim of these curricula is to propose courses, e-learning on- demand and webinars to strengthen the response capacities of the relevant authorities and to contribute to sustainable training capabilities through ToT. Relevant professionals and stakeholders can reach out to ICMEC to access any of the listed training.
A trafficker may become a protector and a saviour in the eyes of the victim as a result of traumatic bonding. This relationship is characterised by power imbalance and abuse where the trafficker maintains control over the victim. This trauma bond puts the victim in a spiral of emotions of gratitude and protectiveness toward the perpetrator because of intentional psychological coercion and grooming. As a consequence, a trauma bond may impact the victim’s cooperation with LEA and affect the work of service delivery.
This task aims to formulate best practices guidelines for trauma bonding identification protocol. It has defined terminologies namely child, victim, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation, online child sexual exploitation, exploitation of children for prostitution, child sexual exploitation materials, and lastly trauma bonding. The guideline has emphasized victim-centred and child rights-based approach while interacting with victims of trauma bonding to avoid re-victimization during the intervention process.
The Multidisciplinary Teams Framework, directed at local and national multi-disciplinary teams, provides guidance, based on best practices, on how to appropriately care for children experiencing, or at risk of Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) and Child Sexual Abuse / Child Sexual Exploitation (CSA/CSE). This framework, to be tailored to specific national/local needs, follows a child-centric approach, focusing on prevention, investigation, service provision and prosecution. The goal is to ensure the non-revictimisation of affected individuals and their families through the care process, and provide a guide for the proper intervention of actors and proper use of resources for criminal prosecution.
This deliverable presents a training plan aimed at equipping health workers and other child serving professionals with the knowledge and competence to recognise potential patients/clients (of up to 18 years of age) who have experienced THB/CSA/CSE, and those at risk, and to respond in a trauma-informed, rights-based manner. This will enable them to offer more appropriate care and to support the child in the best way possible, while reporting the abuse if the patient is vulnerable to further risk of abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
This deliverable presents the way in which the design, structure and organization of the content of the HEROES website was carried out. Shows the current state of the site and describes any adjustments planned for future development.
This deliverable presents the project roadmap for the management of communication activities during the 3 years of the project. The project communication strategy establishes the overall communication plan, including the objective, Roles and responsibilities.
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We produced a video with the aim of promoting the approach, the project overview and the importance of caring for and protecting children from the crimes of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Human Trafficking (THB). Learn more about this and the group of experts working together for a common goal: To fight against the crimes and help victims of human trafficking and child sexual abuse.
This deliverable presents the dissemination activities of the HEROES project where the progress is shown, among which the templates used in the documents, website, publications made by the members of the consortium, events, news and social networks related to the project stand out.
This deliverable presents the project results and actions that are potentially exploitable, as well as the partners capacity to exploit the results. A preliminary market analysis and business models being studied are presented.
This deliverable presents the project results and actions that are potentially exploitable, as well as the partners capacity to exploit the results. A preliminary market analysis and business models being studied are presented.
This deliverable presents the project roadmap for the management of communication activities during the 3 years of the project. The project communication strategy establishes the overall communication plan, including the objective, roles and responsibilities.
This deliverable presents the project results and actions that are potentially exploitable, as well as the partners capacity to exploit the results.
This deliverable presents the description of the selected key exploitable results as well as the exploitation strategy for each KER, the partners involved, the exploitation schedule and the management of intellectual property rights.