The second PSS+ workshop took place at the European Commission in Brussels on 26-27 June 2017. The project partners continued to work on capacity building and awareness raising materials to foster the development of policies and strategic actions addressing sexual violence against children in sport.
Child Safeguarding in Sport
“Child Safeguarding in Sport” (CSiS) was a European Union (EU) and Council of Europe (CoE) joint project (1 March 2020 - 30 June 2022). Its main aims were to guide and accompany European countries towards effective child safeguarding in sport policies, through the setting up of positions of Child Safeguarding Officers.
6 countries were partners to the project: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Israel, Norway and Portugal
CSiS in brief
Child Safeguarding in Sport
The aim of CSiS was to strengthen the ability of European countries to prevent violence against children and to promote their well-being in sport, by developing effective policies that include recruiting, training, equipping and networking Child Safeguarding Officer roles.
Achievements:
- Roadmaps specifically tailored to each partner country, with concrete steps for setting up Child Safeguarding Officers in sport
- Training seminars
- European network of Child Safeguarding Officers
- Update of the online resource centre established in the context of the Pro Safe Sport + project
More about Child Safeguarding in Sport
Video (English with subtitles)
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“Start to Talk” is a Council of Europe call for action to public authorities and the sport movement to stop child sexual abuse.
This awareness-raising campaign, launched in 2017, is a follow-up to the two successful Pro Safe Sport projects (in 2014 and 2017) co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe.
So far, “Start to talk” has been launched in nine countries (Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain).
Video (French with subtitles)
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