Pictured: Bragi Guðbrandsson and Chris Newlin

Bragi Guðbrandsson had a keynote speech and several PROMISE partner representatives presented the different aspects of the Barnahus model. As a result, many countries showed interest and the city of the Hague, the Netherlands announced the planned launch of their first Barnahus by January 2019.

Presentations:

Keynote: The Road We Travel: Current trends toward convergence of child abuse response – Bragi Guðbrandsson, Director General, Iceland, and Chris Newlin, Executive Director, National Children‘s Advocacy Center, USA

• The European Barnahus Standards – Bragi Guðbrandsson
• PROMISE Promoting the Barnahus in Europe – Turid Heiberg
• The medical investigation as part of the assessment – Andrea Goddard
• Forensic interviews – what we have learned – Ólöf Ásta Farestveit
• Addressing children’s needs and establishing services in Croatia – Prof. Gordana Buljan Flander, PhD
• The Dutch approach MDCK and MDA++  – Janet van Bavel