I think they are talking about the workshops that the Papal commission does on abuse prevention. This model actually started with the American Catholic Church in 2002 with the Charter for the Rights of Children issued by the USCCB. Since then it's actually been quite effective. The Vatican it seems has taken that and tried to internationalize that. 

Also when we talk about the record of the Popes.....JPII deserves a lot of critiques for failing to act on the sex abuse situation, such as the infamous case of Fr Marciel. But it was under Benedict XVI that action started to take place through the process of laicization of priests. 

So i think we need to speak with accuracy here when we talk about what has and hasn't been done while critiquing the Catholic Church.