The toolkit for guardians is based on: the handbook ‘Guardianship for children deprived of parental care – A handbook to reinforce guardianship systems to cater for the specific needs of child victims of trafficking’, that was developed by the European Union Agency For Fundamental Rights in 2015, the ALFACA-manual developed by Nidos and partners from 2015 – 2017, other available materials on guardianship and the expertise and good practices of both the project partners and other participants in the ProGuard project. 

The toolkit directly addresses guardians and is organised in four main themes: 

• Your mission, 
• You and working with others, 
• Your well-being
• Your knowledge and skills
• It is published in eight languages.

ProGuard project is led by guardianship institution Nidos in the Netherlands and co-funded by the REC- Programme of the European Commission. The partners have been working together to strengthen effective guardianship across Europe since October 2017. One of the goals of the project was to develop a practical online toolkit for guardians.