The purpose of the first area is to contribute, through action-research activities, to the planning and
implementation of measures for the prevention and combating of violence against women. In particular, the
various activities envisaged therein are aimed at promoting:

• the operational articulation of the interventions of the National Strategic Plan on male violence against women 2021-2023;
• the revision of the minimum requirements for access to funding for anti-violence centers and shelters and the definition of those relating to centers dedicated to male perpetrators of violence;
• the creation of an updated mapping of centers dedicated to male perpetrators of violence, shedding light on their distribution and main characteristics;
• the identification and analysis of the operating mechanisms of empowerment measures implemented at national and local level, aimed at women who undertake pathways to exit
  from violence.

This area consists of the following working packages (WP):

• WP1 – Contribution to the implementation of the new National Plan on male violence against women 2021-2023.
• WP2 – Contribution to the revision of the Agreement on the minimum requirements of anti-violence centers and shelters (provided for by Article 3, paragraph 4 of the D.P.C.M. of July 24, 2014, adopted by the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces on November 27, 2014) as well as to the definition of minimum requirements for access to public funding for centers for male perpetrators of violence.
• WP3 – Second national survey on centers for male perpetrators of violence.
• WP4 – Analysis of territorial empowerment measures for women who undertake pathways to exit from violence.

The purpose of this area is to evaluate the capacity of the previous National Strategic Plan on male violence against women 2017-2020 and the new National Strategic Plan on male violence against women 2021-2023 to achieve the planned strategic interventions.

This area consists of the following working packages (WP):

• WP5 – The final evaluation of the National Strategic Plan against violence against women 2017-2020.
• WP6 – The ongoing evaluation of the New National Plan against violence against women.