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The aim of the project is to achieve a qualitatively new level and breakthrough in preventing and combating gender-based and intimate partner violence in Estonia. The project is necessary to enhance Estonia’s capacity to implement the Istanbul Convention and to achieve full implementation of the Convention from minimum requirements, taking into account all basic requirements and provisions. A shadow report will be prepared analysing the compliance of Estonian legislation with the requirements of the Convention and the country’s ability to meet the requirements for victims, explaining the protection of various vulnerable groups (minorities, immigrants, LGBT, women with disabilities, elderly women, etc). The most important activities are collecting input from the local level and related development of advocacy activities. The project partner Tartu University Faculty of Law will carry out legal analysis of the Estonian legislation. The tasks of the Pärnu Women’s Support Centre and the Social Capital Cooperation Centre are to conduct training roundtables for non-governmental organisations, especially women’s organisations, to ensure their capacity and competence to monitor compliance with the Istanbul Convention in Estonia.