A three-year pilot phase was planned (January 2012 – December 2014), based in Munich, with a steering committee consisting of Zollner, Fegert, and Klaus Peter Franzl of the archdiocese.
[2] Composed of international ecclesiastical and non-ecclesiastical experts in research and practice, its members are Sheila Hollins (chair), Delphine Collin-Vezina, Gabriel Dy-Liacco, and Stephen Rossetti.
It also collaborates with an international academic network and doctoral students in a number of fields, including psychology, theology, spirituality, canon law, and the social sciences.
The institute offers multilingual, multicultural blended learning training and qualification at several levels of expertise (academic and non-academic) for pastoral professionals, church leaders, social workers, teachers, and university students.
The institute has had partnerships in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Togo, Uruguay, and Zambia.
[5] A diploma course, offered in Spanish and English, trains people involved in the field of safeguarding as officers, advisors, and collaborators in professional environments such as dioceses, religious congregations, and educational institutions.
The symposium "Towards Healing and Renewal", February 6–9, 2012, at Rome's Gregorian University, was attended by about 220 people: bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople with related experience, including victims, psychotherapists, and lawyers.