Leova district on April 19, 2017 hosted the National Information Campaign “Invisible among us”
The Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in partnership with IOM Moldova and the Territorial Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings participated in the opening of the event in the Ștefan cel Mare square in Leova district, the purpose of the campaign is to inform society about the risks and consequences of human trafficking.
The mayors of the localities of the Leova district, members of the territorial multidisciplinary commissions, family doctors, social workers, police officers, specialists of the district education department, social service providers, residents of the Leova district and the local media also participated in the event.
After the official opening, a workshop was organized in which the specialists in the field participated, the aim of the workshop was to highlight the method of multidisciplinary interaction in order to solve more complicated situations, as well as to streamline the actions to be taken in the field of preventing human trafficking by involving each actor within the limits of their service responsibilities, for this purpose a practical exercise with case studies was organized. The mentioned workshop constituted a platform for discussions between specialists in the field in order to strengthen capacities in the field of preventing human trafficking. The representatives of public institutions urged the people present to address the competent bodies in the field, in order to access consultation, information on assistance, protection of victims and potential victims of human trafficking, emphasis was placed on the fact that only in cooperation and partnership the phenomenon of human trafficking can be prevented and combated.
The campaign activity is a continuation of the campaigns carried out in Ukraine and Belarus within the Program against human trafficking, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway and implemented by the IOM Mission in Moldova.
Similar events will be organized in other administrative units Ungheni, Ocnița, Soroca and Șoldănești.
