On the 4th and 5th of December E-Maria partners met in the beautiful Lithuania to finalise the training modules and discuss about the final conference that will take place in Portugal in spring 2013.
Also, a Walk and Talk event was organised to present the E-Maria Manual that will soon be ready to download on E-Maria website.
The event was a success! Many participants, such as policemen, social workers and representatives from women associations participated actively in the workshops and showed great interest in group discussions.
An interesting presentation was delivered by Sigitas Mecelica, Deputy Chief of Vilnius County Police Headquarters who explained the challenges in dealing with cases of domestic violence and their efforts in setting up new strategies and procedures according to the new national legislation on the matter.
Finally, our coordinator Petra Vegas presented the E-Maria Manual, its content and methodology that will serve as an essential reference to all professionals working with survivors of domestic violence.
