On 1st July 2019, the POAM core consortium convened their first project management and co-ordination meeting as scheduled. The meeting was held at the University of Aberdeen, with attendances either in person or by telephone. The meeting enabled productive discussions regarding the outcome of the local workshops organised by each
Croatian local workshops in the framework of the POAM project were run by the Faculty of Law Osijek. To reach the widest area of participants interested in the intersection of domestic violence and international child abduction, the workshops were held in Zagreb (4th June) and Osijek (6th June). Both events
On 3rd and 4th of June 2019 the German local workshops took place in at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. The workshop started with a presentation of the European Protection Measures Regulation and the European Protection Order Directive in general and in the context of return proceedings under the
The UK local workshops on the intersection between domestic violence and parental child abduction took place on 28th and 29th May 2019, hosted by the University of Aberdeen. The events were a huge success, bringing together esteemed judges, lawyers, academics, charities, NGOs and the police in the exchange of knowledge
On May 8th the first local workshop on domestic violence and child abduction was hosted by the University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy). The event was a great success: 20 participants, including lawyers, judges, social and healthcare workers exchanged their professional experience and discussed the sensitive issues related to the topic. The
In May and June 2019, the POAM research team will organise a series of workshops in the UK, Germany, Italy and Croatia (‘Local Workshops’). The workshops will bring together relevant professionals and provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and practical experience at the national level. The workshop participants
The project kick-off meeting took place on 21st January 2019. It was convened and hosted at the University of Aberdeen with the partnership and core project team participating, including Dr Katarina Trimmings (UK), Dr Isla Callander (UK), Dr Onyója Momoh (UK); Professor Mirela Župan (Croatia) and Martina Drventić (Croatia); Professor
