20 Years "Network against Violence Hesse"

Young people and the issue of violence are always in the public spotlight, not infrequently combined with calls for more repression. How can sustainable violence prevention succeed? Acting together - achieving more! Against this background, the interdepartmental violence prevention initiative of the Hessian state government, the "Network Against Violence", was founded in 2002. Violence prevention can only have a lasting effect if it is understood as a task for society as a whole. Based on this premise, the network carries out its mission to further develop violence prevention in Hesse by establishing and promoting statewide and regional networks. Initiation, consultation, support, networking of prevention work, inter-professional training events are among the main tasks of the network. The development and continuation of state-wide programs as well as the state-wide and regional elaboration of current prevention topics are further focal points of the work. The target group of the measures are those responsible for working with children, young people and adolescents. What opportunities does such a network offer for optimizing prevention work? The lecture presents the "Network Against Violence", including best practice examples, informs about development, structures, contents and experiences of 20 years of work.