EU institutes and agencies

For the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): HEUNI tested the interview questionnaire for the survey on violence against women by using different qualitative methods, cognitive interviews, behavioral coding, focus-group discussions, interviewer feedback, and a pilot interview. HEUNI also produced detailed interviewer instructions and other field work material and tested them. The pilot was implemented in six EU countries. In the second stage HEUNI was a partner in a consortium implementing the EU-wide survey on violence against women. Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results report

For the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE): HEUNI was commissioned to review data collection activities related to gender-based violence against women by EU bodies, international organisations and civil society organisations as well as assess the planned activities. The final report consisted of a summary on the policy framework on combating gender-based violence as well as a descriptions of ongoing and forthcoming data collection activities by the different organisations. Study on international activities in the field of data collection on gender-based violence across the EU - Report

For EUROSTAT: In 2006 HEUNI was commissioned by EUROSTAT to analyze the situation in victimisation surveys in the Member States and to make a proposal for a new European victimisation survey (sampling, questionnaire, interviewing methods and other field arrangements). HEUNI report 80

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