The objective of the assignment is to follow-up evaluate the government's escalation plan against violence and assault (hereafter the Escalation Plan). The Escalation Plan was promoted by the government in October 2016, and was adopted by the Norwegian Parliament 25.4.2017.

It is the first time a compulsory escalation plan about violence and assault is being launched. The plan both highlights the main challenges connected with violence and assault, particularly against children, and suggests initiatives and strategies to meet these challenges. It covers a broad spectrum of themes and fields. It determines where responsibility for the work against domestic violence and violence against children is anchored. It shows particularly public entities' distinct responsibility to combat violence and and assault and to establish good collaboration structures across services and sectors.

The plan goes on to describe how violence and assault shall be better prevented, both with effort directed at the population in general, and initiatives directed at individuals or groups that live with a known increased risk of becoming victims of violence. In this, knowledge is crucial and the plan highlights the need for increased competence in all sectors and services, to ensure that the violence is detected and stopped.

The Escalation Plan presents challenges connected to follow-up and treatment of individuals who have been exposed to violence and facilitates further strengthening of the support and treatment offered to victims of violence, but also to perpetrators of violence. The plan emphasises that the legal certainty shall be ensured in cases of domestic violence and violence against children. Investigation of cases against violence and assault shall be priorities, the capacity shall be strengthened and the quality shall be increased. The Plan highlights the challenges faced by Statens Barnehus [The Childrens House Oslo], i.a. in regard to capacity and access to medical examinations.

The Escalation Plan is coordinated by the Ministry of Children and Equality in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

For a more detailed description of the assignment, see Annex 1 to the contract (the Client's description of the assignment).

The upper economic limit for the assignment is 4 000 000 ΝΟΚ in the period 2018 — 2022 (excluding VAT).

Tenderers shall deliver a halfway report in 2020 and an end report in 2022.