Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima
Budget
€4,042,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
10
4.7 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
VISÃO A APAV acredita e trabalha para que em Portugal o estatuto da vítima de crime seja plenamente reconhecido, valorizado e efectivo. MISSÃO Apoiar as vítimas de crime, suas famílias e amigos, prestando-lhes serviços de qualidade, gratuitos e confidenciais e contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento das políticas públicas, sociais e privadas centradas no estatuto da vítima. PRINCÍPIOS & VALORES A Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima reconhece-se enquanto organização: » de SOLIDARIEDADE SOCIAL SEM FINS LUCRATIVOS; » de VOLUNTARIADO SOCIAL com presença NACIONAL; » integrada nas redes internacionais de COOPERAÇÃO à escala EUROPEIA e GLOBAL; » INDEPENDENTE e AUTÓNOMA dos poderes políticos e de outras instituições; » APOLÍTICA e NÃO CONFESSIONAL; » que se rege pelo princípio da IGUALDADE DE OPORTUNIDADES e de TRATAMENTO; » que se rege pelo princípio da NÃO DISCRIMINAÇÃO em função do género, raça ou etnia, religião, orientação sexual, dade, condição sócio económica, nível (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA Directive 2004/80/EC — relating to compensation to crime victims
Communication Activities
Being a victim support organisation, troughout the years, APAV has been developing a series of activities connected to the rights of victims of crime, that extend the national scope. Capacity building of professionals, raising awareness sessions, every year APAV reaches more than 20.000 people advocating for the rights of victims, impact of crime, needs of victims, how to cooperate with organisations in the field, namely the criminal justice system. Many times these activites are also following the objectives of European co-funded projects as deatiled here: https://apav.pt/publiproj/ For campaigns and communication activies, more information can be found at https://apav.pt/comunicacao/
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Victim Support Europe https://victim-support.eu/ European Forum for Restorative Justice https://www.euforumrj.org/en World Society of Victimology http://www.worldsocietyofvictimology.org/ FRP - Fundamental Rights Platform PICUM https://picum.org/ GAATW - Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women https://gaatw.org/
Organisation Members
Victim Support Europe https://victim-support.eu/ European Forum for Restorative Justice https://www.euforumrj.org/en World Society of Victimology http://www.worldsocietyofvictimology.org/ FRP - Fundamental Rights Platform PICUM https://picum.org/ GAATW - Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women https://gaatw.org/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.