Completed projects

Improving national and international data collection on violence against children by developing a sustainable and replicable data collection model suited to gathering information about online violence against children.

Child participation in civil security. Strengthening the sustainability and impact of child participation mechanisms in decision-making processes for building safe and secure societies.

Ensuring safe and informed pathways through Barnahus. Securing that all relevant authorities and services work together with the child in their best interests, from initial report to long-term recovery.

Multidisciplinary interagency services for child victims of trafficking - addressing the specific needs of child victims of trafficking and exploitation.

The project provided partner countries with international exchange and training opportunities, which supports partners in elaborating their next steps and future funding needs. PROMISE provided exchange and training for Armenia, Estonia, and Moldova on Barnahus.

Evaluating the impact of Barnahus in the criminal justice system. Piloting an evidence-based tool to measure the impact of Barnahus in supporting the rights and the needs of child victims of sexual abuse.

Teaching children about online safety with the same comfort and familiarity as when teaching road safety. Online road safety - Early is best!

Exploring the role of child and youth resilience. ChYResilience aims to empower children and youth to play an active role as contributors to societal resilience and to remove barriers to their active involvement in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The third wave of PROMISE funding (2020-2023) culminated in the first-ever Barnahus Forum.

The provision of quality guardianship to unaccompanied children is key if they are to receive an appropriate level of care and protection and if they are to achieve their full potential.

The aim of the Non-Violent Childhoods programme is to promote the full implementation of a ban on corporal punishment of children in the Baltic Sea Region through collaborative, multi-stakeholder planning and action.

Children have better chances to be identified correctly and to receive appropriate support and care when they are given the opportunity to tell their stories and benefit from a best interests determination.

AudTrain is a programme developed by the Council of the Baltic Sea States, which applies a child rights and a system-based auditing methodology in child welfare facilities.

Young people in criminality and young people in street begging may be victims of exploitation where the acts they perform or are forced to perform are instigated as a part of organised criminality.

The ROBERT project aimed to make online interaction safe for children and young people.

A two-year training programme for professionals working with assistance to children that have been trafficked, or that are unaccompanied.

A one-year project which mapped and identified resource persons and organisations to contribute vital information on trends related to child trafficking.