The European Network of Training in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA aka “ENTMA08”) is a network for those associated with the assessment, planning, delivery, educating, evaluation, commissioning, regulating or researching training in the management of aggression within health and social care, education, and related settings. The network involves a broad range of professionals, administrators, regulators, researchers and educators from all disciplines in health and social care and related social settings.
ENTMA was established in 2008, built upon the success of an informal alliance of trainers/instructors in the management of aggression from many service settings across Europe, which had been initiated by CONNECTING, and had met annually since 1999. These meetings provided a collaborative forum for exchanging theoretical and practical perspectives on training provision, enhancing training practice, and exploring the development of a shared vision of the core values underpinning the provision of training in aggression management from multiple perspectives.
In 2007 it was decided by the forum to strengthen this successful alliance and a steering committee of representatives from nine different European countries, was established which was formally launched as ENTMA on 18th November 2008 in the ‘Amsterdam Arena’ Netherlands.
Since 2008 ENTMA has hosted several international symposia events in Amsterdam (2008, 2010), Dublin (2014), Edinburgh (2017), Krakow (2019) and Kincardine (2023). In addition ENTMA has co-facilitated events in association with the 9th, and 10th European Violence in Clinical Psychiatry Congresses (Copenhagen 2017, Dublin 2018). A hiatus caused as so many have been by COVID led to planned events in 2020 being cancelled and delays to a number of projects.
In 2014, following the conduct of a Delphi study involving trainers and others from across Europe, ENTMA published a 13 point European Charter of Training in aggression management.
Interest in, and working alliances with, the network has continued to grow since 2008, and now involves alliances beyond Europe.
Important Change of Symposium Venue!
Please note the IMPORTANT CHANGE to Symposium Venue. The new venue is Medical College in Prague, Vltavská 585, 150 00, Praha 5-Smíchov
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Weather Forecast for Symposium
Most years, Prague and Czech Republic have a warm autumn, but by November the temperatures drop to 0-3 C during the night and 6-9 C during the day. You might get lovely sunny days in November, but it will feel chilly at the same time and especially when the sun comes down in the afternoon.
November also brings a lot more rain and if you are unlucky you might get days when the sky will be grey and permanently cloudy. It will feel like it’s getting darker even sooner than 4 pm if it’s cloudy and raining, so definitely plan some indoor activities.
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