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Saatja: "Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE" <[email protected]> Teema: Re: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Kuupäev: 2023-03-13 15:49 Dear members, I kindly remind you about the ICF Impact Assessment Study and the request to check the correctness of the information provided for your country in the tables in the document that you can download via WeTransfer: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/627fdc8f2a1cfc521d842bbf088db39d202303061 11335/7450eeded6d9139113dd84f6e4ea7a5520230306111419/95d9cd?trk=TRN_TDL_01 &amp;utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sendgrid Deadline to send us back the document with your comments/correction in track changes is Wednesday 15 March COB. We really appreciate your support on this important file, as your answer will support the report produced by ICF for the European Commission in the process of the revision of the Victims Rights Directive. Big thank you to those of you who have already sent back their comments. All the best Léa ________________________________ From: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt; Sent: 06 March 2023 12:15 Cc: Antonio De Martin | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt; Subject: Re: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Dear all, It seems that the file didn't go through as attachment as it was too big. You can download the report with this WeTransfer link: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/627fdc8f2a1cfc521d842bbf088db39d202303061 11335/7450eeded6d9139113dd84f6e4ea7a5520230306111419/95d9cd Sorry for the inconvenience. Best regards Léa ________________________________ From: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE Sent: 06 March 2023 08:25 Cc: Antonio De Martin | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt; Subject: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Dear VSE members, As you know, VSE is working with ICF on the finalisation of the impact assessment study for the revision of the Victims Rights Directive. You were already contacted last year to provide information to the team on the implementation status of the VRD in your country. Based on your answers and further desk research, ICF would be extremely grateful if you could check and validate (or comment on, if necessary) the correctness of the information provided in the tables summarising the presence (or not) of measures in your respective country in the attached document. You are invited to make changes / add comments in the document using the Track Changes option and send us back the document before 15 March 2023. We acknowledge the short timeframe but we would very much appreciate your support in this matter. This exercise should not take you more than 1h as it is just a matter of verifying and validating - or not - the existence of measures. If you do not have an hour to devote to this exercise, we invite you to focus on the tables highlighted in yellow below, which are more important at this stage. Below you'll find the information provided by ICF and in attachment the tables that you are invited to review. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me and Antonio in copy of this email. Thanks a lot for your cooperation and kind support on this important file. Kind regards, Léa INFORMATION FROM ICF Attachment – Mapping of measure (existing or not) at Member State level RIGHT TO INFORMATION 1. Availability of coordination mechanisms: Research shows that coordination mechanisms exist in all MS for victims of trafficking. However, for other types of crimes/categories of victims, it is difficult to find information on whether the relevant entities exchange and work in synergy. 2. Specific protocols in place to inform victims in detention or closed institutions about their rights (e.g., detainees or migrants in reception centres) Our research (based solely on online and desk research conducted over 3-4 days) indicates that some countries have protocols or other instruments in place to ensure that victims in detention are informed of their rights. However, we lack sources and/or details of these practices. Note that we are only looking at the situation for detainees in prison and migrants in detention centres. 3. Availability of helplines: check and maybe indicate if things have changed recently, that would be a plus RIGHT TO PROTECTION 4. Individual assessment of victim’s needs: We try here to provide, in the form of a table, an overview of how individual assessments are carried out in the different Member States (timeframe, scope and services involved). It would be particularly useful if µmembers could check and validate/modify if necessary the information reported for their respective countries. 5. Protection orders: this table summarises the impact and scope of protection orders in Member States. RIGHT TO SUPPORT 6. Availability of support services (generic and specialised): verify the information provided regarding the distribution of support services (availability in urban/rural areas, existence of generic services only or generic and specialised services) 7. Specialised support services (in the form of a Barnahus model, for all vulnerable victims – not only child victims) and availability of free psychological support: &gt; Is specialist support available in your country? If so, is it available for all vulnerable victims? Does it take the form of a central contact point (e.g. Barnahus model)? &gt; Is free psychological support available to all victims of crime in your country? ACCESS TO JUSTICE 8. Right to be accompanied by legal/admin assistant throughout the criminal proceedings: check and provide additional details if they wish to. 9. Rights to reimbursement of expenses incurred by participation in criminal proceedings: Here we try to summarise which of the costs that may arise in the course of criminal proceedings are reimbursed (travel costs, costs of medical presence during the investigation; loss of earnings, etc.) and the conditions attached to the right to reimbursement. There are two tables to consult. 10. Advance payment of compensation: confirm/complete the information provided regarding the possibility, in your Member State, to obtain compensation from the State in case the offender is not able to pay what is due to the victim. If this is the case, can this compensation be obtained in advance and can the State recover it later from the offender? Léa Meindre-Chautrand Policy Officer Victim Support Europe Rue Froissart 123-133 1040 Brussels, Belgium T: 0032 (0) 23 46 04 55 https://victim-support.eu Twitter | Facebook | Youtube | Instagram Be sure not to miss one of Europe's largest events in the field of victims' rights - VSE Annual Conference 2023! <https://2022.vse-conference.eu/> Saatja: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE <[email protected]> Saadetud: 13.03.2023 17:49 Adressaat: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE <[email protected]> Koopia: Antonio De Martin | VSE <[email protected]> Teema: Re: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Dear members, I kindly remind you about the ICF Impact Assessment Study and the request to check the correctness of the information provided for your country in the tables in the document that you can download via WeTransfer: Deadline to send us back the document with your comments/correction in track changes is Wednesday 15 March COB. We really appreciate your support on this important file, as your answer will support the report produced by ICF for the European Commission in the process of the revision of the Victims Rights Directive. Big thank you to those of you who have already sent back their comments. All the best Léa ________________________________ From: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt;Sent: 06 March 2023 12:15Cc: Antonio De Martin | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt;Subject: Re: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Dear all, It seems that the file didn't go through as attachment as it was too big. You can download the report with this WeTransfer link: Sorry for the inconvenience. Best regards Léa ________________________________ From: Lea Meindre-Chautrand | VSESent: 06 March 2023 08:25Cc: Antonio De Martin | VSE &lt;[email protected]&gt;Subject: IMPORTANT - Validation of results ICF Impact Assessment Revision VRD Dear VSE members, As you know, VSE is working with ICF on the finalisation of the impact assessment study for the revision of the Victims Rights Directive. You were already contacted last year to provide information to the team on the implementation status of the VRD in your country. Based on your answers and further desk research, ICF would be extremely grateful if you could check and validate (or comment on, if necessary) the correctness of the information provided in the tables summarising the presence (or not) of measures in your respective country in the attached document. You are invited to make changes / add comments in the document using the Track Changes option and send us back the document before 15 March 2023. We acknowledge the short timeframe but we would very much appreciate your support in this matter. This exercise should not take you more than 1h as it is just a matter of verifying and validating - or not - the existence of measures. If you do not have an hour to devote to this exercise, we invite you to focus on the tables highlighted in yellow below, which are more important at this stage. Below you'll find the information provided by ICF and in attachment the tables that you are invited to review. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me and Antonio in copy of this email. Thanks a lot for your cooperation and kind support on this important file. Kind regards, Léa INFORMATION FROM ICF Attachment Mapping of measure (existing or not) at Member State level RIGHT TO INFORMATION 1. Availability of coordination mechanisms: Research shows that coordination mechanisms exist in all MS for victims of trafficking. However, for other types of crimes/categories of victims, it is difficult to find information on whether the relevant entities exchange and work in synergy. 2. Specific protocols in place to inform victims in detention or closed institutions about their rights (e.g., detainees or migrants in reception centres) Our research (based solely on online and desk research conducted over 3-4 days) indicates that some countries have protocols or other instruments in place to ensure that victims in detention are informed of their rights. However, we lack sources and/or details of these practices. Note that we are only looking at the situation for detainees in prison and migrants in detention centres. 3. Availability of helplines: check and maybe indicate if things have changed recently, that would be a plus RIGHT TO PROTECTION 4. Individual assessment of victims needs: We try here to provide, in the form of a table, an overview of how individual assessments are carried out in the different Member States (timeframe, scope and services involved). It would be particularly useful if µmembers could check and validate/modify if necessary the information reported for their respective countries. 5. Protection orders: this table summarises the impact and scope of protection orders in Member States. RIGHT TO SUPPORT 6. Availability of support services (generic and specialised): verify the information provided regarding the distribution of support services (availability in urban/rural areas, existence of generic services only or generic and specialised services) 7. Specialised support services (in the form of a Barnahus model, for all vulnerable victims not only child victims) and availability of free psychological support: &gt; Is specialist support available in your country? If so, is it available for all vulnerable victims? Does it take the form of a central contact point (e.g. Barnahus model)? &gt; Is free psychological support available to all victims of crime in your country? ACCESS TO JUSTICE 8. Right to be accompanied by legal/admin assistant throughout the criminal proceedings: check and provide additional details if they wish to. 9. Rights to reimbursement of expenses incurred by participation in criminal proceedings: Here we try to summarise which of the costs that may arise in the course of criminal proceedings are reimbursed (travel costs, costs of medical presence during the investigation; loss of earnings, etc.) and the conditions attached to the right to reimbursement. There are two tables to consult. 10. Advance payment of compensation: confirm/complete the information provided regarding the possibility, in your Member State, to obtain compensation from the State in case the offender is not able to pay what is due to the victim. If this is the case, can this compensation be obtained in advance and can the State recover it later from the offender? Léa Meindre-Chautrand Policy Officer Victim Support Europe Rue Froissart 123-1331040 Brussels, Belgium T: 0032 (0) 23 46 04 55 | | | Be sure not to miss one of Europe's largest events in thefield of victims' rights - !