Within the campaign of raising awareness of the public of sexual and gender based violence, Praxis organized 2 three-day regional seminars for representatives of local institutions dealing with protection of domestic violence survivors (justice, police, social welfare centres, health and education institutions, humanitarian and non-governmental organizations). Seminars were held in Smederevo (29-31 March 2010) for representatives of institutions from Smederevo, Pozarevac and Velika Plana; and in Novi Pazar (11-13 May 2010) for representatives of institutions from Novi Pazar, Raska and Sjenica. The goal of the seminar was forming a network of the main local stakeholders and their sensitizing about specific measures of protection and needs of violence survivors. A total of 57 representatives of relevant institutions took an active part in seminars.