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Assistance to the victims of domestic and gender-based violence is not effectively coordinated in Prague and Central Bohemia Region. Moreover, individual institutions often treat victims inappropriately: they misinterpret their behaviour, do not understand the impact of trauma, etc. The system thus places an extreme burden on victims, discourages them from solving their critical situation and often fails to address sexual violence appropriately. The project responds to these failures by improving the effectiveness of interdisciplinary cooperation by strengthening the capacities of the existing Platform for Assistance to Victims of Sexual Violence and transferring the know-how and experience from this Platform to the broader system for assistance to victims. The activities comprise expanding the database; training and developing the competences of professionals; supporting the Platform methodologically and transferring of know-how. The project target groups are members of the Platform, other professionals, proFem workers and victims. Through the analysis of the long-term impact of sexual violence, trainings and development of specialized materials the expertise and competences of Platform members and other professionals will be increased and broad data and information base will be created. The methodological anchor of the Platform will enable it to function effectively and strengthen the contact between the participants, which will lead to better cooperation, coherence and comprehensive solution to individual cases of sexual violence. Thanks to the project, proFem staff will deepen their competences too. The project will help to improve the position and the fulfilment of rights of victims by improving the efficiency of the helping system. The partner organization of the project is the research agency MindBridge Consulting. It has profound expertise in the field of research, while ProFem will contribute with expertise in the topic of sexual violence.