On 18 May 2015 in hotel “City Hotel Sofia” took place the third meeting of the project partners in Bulgaria to discuss the achievements and the future actions on project “Listen to the child – justice befriends the child”. The topic of the meeting was “Progress on the implementation of Directive 2012/29/EC” regarding the minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, which comes into force in Bulgaria on November 2015.

The meeting was opened by Dr. Nadya Stoykova, who presented the purpose of the meeting. The project activities, specifically the first observations on the piloting of the model for individual assessment and intersectoral cooperation, aimed at implementing the provisions of art. 22 of the Directive. Overall, it was noted that the project aims to improve the situation of the child victims or witnesses of crime, involved in legal proceedings, by introducing an integrated approach, based on an individual assessment of their specific needs.