HEVI 2008–2010

The Aims of HEVI -project

University of Helsinki/Palmenia is coordinating the Leonardo project, whose main aims
are to

• Support teachers to update their knowledge of intimate partner violence (IPV), including contemporary European research, and new principles and measures to prevent violence
• Improve teachers’ abilities to meet new challenges of IPV prevention based on practical professional experience in the Social and Health Care sectors at national levels, and on regional cooperation at the European level
• Transfer innovative and good practice in vocational and further education through networking and cooperation between educational institutions on the issue of IPV at European level.