The Trade Union "Education" at CL "Podkrepa" held in the town of Pazardjik the first of 28 regional trainings of the project "Strengthening the Child Protection System in Bulgaria through Capacity Building of Professionals from Social Services, Education and Police". The main objective of the project is to increase the capacity of the responsible services through training of professionals working in them, as well as coordination between them. The training program was developed on the basis of a needs assessment of professionals working in the Child Protection and Social Services Departments, psychologists, police officers, teachers, mediators, etc.
The aim of the trainings is to form knowledge, skills and attitudes among professionals from different units in the child protection system to apply a strengths-based approach to supporting victims of violence, as well as to use some methods of restorative justice to resolve family conflicts that threaten the safety of the child. The project is implemented in partnership with the State Agency for Child Protection and Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation and is co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union, Contract No. 881732 - STRENGHTEN - REC-AG-2019/REC-RDAP-GBV-AG-2019.