The first ever Universal Classification Schema training in Finland was hosted by Save the Children Finland in Helsinki early March.
A recent Schema training session brought together 18 participants, including three analysts from the Finnish hotline Nettivihje and 15 police officers from departments across Finland. This marked the first Schema training in which the majority of participants were police officers, representing an important step in broadening the reach of the Universal Classification Schema beyond hotline analysts.
Feedback from participants was positive, with attendees rating the overall quality of the training as either good or excellent. The session was delivered by Schema ambassador trainers Janita Tasa and Mikko Ahtila from Nettivihje.
The next Schema training will take place in Stockholm in May, welcoming participants from the Nordic and Baltic hotlines as well as Swedish police officers. The session will be organised in cooperation with INHOPE and ECPAT Sweden.
The Universal Classification Schema is a standardised framework developed jointly by INHOPE, hotline analysts, law enforcement agencies, industry stakeholders, and subject matter experts. It provides a shared language for identifying and categorising child sexual abuse material (CSAM), addressing the inconsistent legal definitions that exist across jurisdictions and enabling more seamless data exchange and coordinated responses between countries.