The National Conference was officially opened by the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mrs. Maia Manolova, and continued with congratulatory addresses from the project partners JUSTICE BEFRIENDS THE CHILD – TRAINING OF PRACTITIONERS FOR BETTER COOPERATION - Daniela Simova from the Agency for Social Assistance to MLSP and Valentin Dimitrov from the State Agency for Child Protection.

The Forum continued with the presentation of the results of "Exploration in Action" - a survey carried out in 28 district towns on the implementation of the requirements of children's needs adapted to the needs of children, as well as the implementation of the Territorial Interoperability Coordination Mechanism in Bulgaria, as well as data from interviews with criminals and their parents. Of 297 respondents - 95 are social workers, 44 - psychologists, 52 - judges, 31 - police investigators, 18 - prosecutors, 17 doctors, 40 others (lawyers, pedagogues). Together with the meeting, the results of a study of the held hearings in the special room "blue room" for 2017 were also announced at the forum.

The conference continued with the presentation of successful practices throughout the country, as well as with the profile of the competencies of the children working with social workers by Dr. Nadya Stoykova, Director of Children and Justice. Preventing violence. "

Following the presentations, the SAPI team presented the film "Everything under a Roof", which illustrated good practices for interaction and support for criminally injured children.

The project is financially supported by Justice programme of European Union, contract JUST/2014/JACC/AG/VICT/7465.