CAN-MDS II – ‘Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect via a Minimum Data Set: from planning to practice’

The CAN-MDS II project targets to:

• ensure the availability of necessary resources, training modules & toolkits for building the capacity of professionals working with/for children in reporting & registering CAN cases;

• pilot the CAN-MDS system in real conditions at different levels in 6 Member States for testing the extent the system is able to;

• improve cooperation of professionals within & between child wellbeing- sectors, increase reporting & facilitate the administration of CAN cases;

• provide at a case level comprehensive & reliable data essential to inform prevention, identification, reporting, referral, investigation, treatment, judicial involvement & follow-up;

• provide at a population level aggregated data essential to identify trends, measure responses & feed into policy development;

Activities:

• Preparation of training material and toolkits; conduction of a series of 40 capacity building activities; pilot usage of CAN-MDS system in real conditions and dissemination of projects’ results.

Funding reference:

The CAN-MDS II project is co-financed by the Rights, Equality & Citizenship Programme of the European Commission (Ref. REC-RDAP-GBV-AG-2017).

For more information please visit the CAN-MDS II website on https://www.can-via-mds.eu/