Countries
Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Croatia / Czechia / Hungary / Kosovo* / North Macedonia / Montenegro / Poland / Romania / Serbia / Slovakia / Slovenia
Status
Completed
Duration
December 2011
to
July 2013
Donors
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Implementing Agency
ICMPD
Summary
Objective: The project supported relevant national institutions of the target countries in combating trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation. Specifically, the project increased the capacity of national institutions to act within their mandate to tackle trafficking for labour exploitation and promote the diversification of actors working on this issue. Moreover, the project enhanced cooperation among relevant counterparts at the national, regional and European (EU) level, thus ensuring an efficient resolution of cross-border cases, effective prosecution of perpetrators and adequate protection of trafficked persons.
Fourteen countries participated in the project. The interdisciplinary setting of the training sessions, which encourages interaction between labour inspectors, police officers and representatives of the judiciary, further fostered their cooperation in combating trafficking for labour exploitation. The project aimed to produce a more sustainable and comprehensive action plan against trafficking in human beings by:
1) Increasing the capacity of relevant national actors to investigate and prosecute offences of trafficking for labour exploitation and at the same time strengthening the cooperation with European organisations in order to streamline actions against trafficking for labour exploitation.
2) Raising awareness and training labour inspectors and other relevant officials on the identification and referral of victims of trafficking for labour exploitation.
Fourteen countries participated in the project. The interdisciplinary setting of the training sessions, which encourages interaction between labour inspectors, police officers and representatives of the judiciary, further fostered their cooperation in combating trafficking for labour exploitation. The project aimed to produce a more sustainable and comprehensive action plan against trafficking in human beings by:
1) Increasing the capacity of relevant national actors to investigate and prosecute offences of trafficking for labour exploitation and at the same time strengthening the cooperation with European organisations in order to streamline actions against trafficking for labour exploitation.
2) Raising awareness and training labour inspectors and other relevant officials on the identification and referral of victims of trafficking for labour exploitation.