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co-operation between the various co-operating authorities. 122 The plan of action stated that co-operating
organisations should not work consecutively to one another, but rather in co-operation with one another.
In this plan, municipalities were assigned a key role. As directors of the local policies for young people,
they are capable of determining how increased prevention, the strengthening of the powers of families
and the co-operation between professionals can actually be achieved. 123 By 2011, all municipalities must
have a Youth and Family Centre (Centrum voor Jeugd en Gezin [CJD]). The municipalities are working on
realising this goal. The Youth and Family Centres fulfil a key role in improving support to young people
and families. 124 The formation of the Youth and Family Centres encourages co-operation between the
co-operating organisations that are acting on behalf of young people.
An initiative that links in with this was the introduction of a seamless regional plan to combat child
abuse, the Regional Plan to Tackle <strong>Child</strong> Abuse. 125 The Regional Plan to Tackle <strong>Child</strong> Abuse primarily
involves local policy, as the name suggests. The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is the driving force
behind this plan, and the municipalities fulfil a key role. The regional plan is primarily ‘analogue’ in
nature. This approach is based on the initiative of the Reflection and Action Group against <strong>Child</strong> Abuse
[Reflectie- en Actiegroep Aanpak Kindermishandeling (RAAK)]. The RAAK-approach is directed towards co-operation
between professionals in thirty five central municipalities. 126 The intention is that the measures
embedded in this approach will encourage the authorities involved, such as municipalities, the Youth
Care Agency, Municipal Health Services and schools to work together more effectively.
122 The focus upon establishing an integrated youth policy is certainly not new, see for example Parliamentary
Papers II 1994/95, 23 900 XVI, no.55. In this context, the State Secretary for Health, Welfare and
Sport highlighted the importance of an integrated youth policy. Intensive consultations with the various
involved parties were carried out for this purpose. The State Secretaries for Health, Welfare and
Sport, for Justice, for Education, Culture and Science and for the Interior and Kingdom Relations were
consulted with regard to the broad approach of the integrated youth policy.
123 The Ministry for Youth and Families, 2010.
124 The Ministry for Youth and Families, 2010.
125 Expressions in the field of RAAK may sometimes lead to confusion. RAAK primarily stands for Reflectie-
en Actiegroep Aanpak Kindermishandeling (RAAK) [Reflection and Action Group against <strong>Child</strong> Abuse]. RAAK
considers itself to be a group of representatives which, on behalf of the child by means of political
lobbying, is responsible for improving the provision of assistance within society and the quality of
education. The action group was established in January 2000 by Prof. van Dantzig, amongst others.
This is the group that, in 2002, took the initiative to tackle child pornography through more effective
and efficient deployment of existing institutions. The text originates from ‘History of RAAK 2000-2010’,
written information from a Member of the Board of RAAK, 17 February 2011.
126 The central municipalities implement policy and are financially responsible for their region. In the Netherlands,
the central municipalities are responsible for shelters for women and addicts. Source: Regional
Plan to Tackle <strong>Child</strong> Abuse website, www.aanpakkindermishandeling.nl (viewed 3 May 2011). In July 2008,
the directors of 35 central municipalities, the provinces and the large town regions signed the Declaration
of Action for the Plan to Tackle <strong>Child</strong> Abuse, together with the Minister for Youth and Families. Directors
of the central municipalities formulated the agreement that they would make arrangements regarding a
regional and combined conclusive plan to tackle child abuse. These arrangements were formulated with
municipalities in their region, regional partners and their province(s) and metropolitan regions.