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The overall objective of the project is to implement the Family Group Conference (FGC) method as a family-based approach to restorative justice to support and empower family networks in solving the issues of children and juveniles that have committed legal offences.
Specific objectives of the project are:
- To enable children/young people and their families access to support based on restorative justice via the FGC method, empowering families to take more responsibility and make use of the resources in their family network to improve the situation of children.
- Develop an implementation system to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of FGC as a restorative justice method in Estonia.
The role of the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir):
- to provide consultations on the implementation of FGC and the establishment of an implementation system as a measure of restorative justice
- to participate in the opening seminar to give an overview of the Norwegian experience
- to participate and support the implementation of activities in other ways according to the needs arising during the project.
The role of Hiiumaa Social Centre as a project partner:
- appointment of a person responsible for the organisation of the FGC-RJ service and ensuring the implementation of the method when working with families;
- selection of participants for the training of FGC coordinators focused on restorative justice;
- covering of transport and accommodation costs of participants in the training course and supervision;
- ensuring remuneration for FGC coordinators focused on restorative justice;
- ensuring the sustainability of service provision as a service provided by the Hiiumaa Social Centre.
Tallinn Children’s Safety Centre managed by the project partner Tallinn Social and Health Care Board participates as a beneficiary and a potential organiser of the FGC service.