The Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (the Permanent Secretariat) in partnership with the OSCE Mission in Moldova and the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (ANITP) from Romania organized the workshop on the exchange of best practices in the field of preventing and combating Trafficking in Human Beings (TFU), the event was attended by the Director of the Center for assistance and protection of victims and potential victims of TFU, Mrs. Diana Bojenco, the vice-president of the Chisinau Municipal Commission for Combating TFU, representatives of the Permanent Secretariat, the Center for Combating Human Trafficking, the Police Directorate and the Directorate for the Protection of Children’s Rights in the municipality of Chisinau, as well as the OSCE Mission in Moldova.
The workshop took place between May 10-13, 2017, in the city of Alba Iulia, Romania. Its objectives were to strengthen the professional capacities of specialists in the field of anti-trafficking focused on planning, sharing good practices of specialists from similar institutions in Romania with those in the Republic of Moldova in areas such as: strategic and financial planning of activities in the field of anti-trafficking prevention, coordination and monitoring of activities in the field, informing and sensitizing the population for the purpose of prevention and support in the organization of social anti-trafficking campaigns, the fight against begging, assessing the needs for the development of the services of placement centers intended for victims and potential victims of human trafficking, providing free medical and legal services, procuring services from NGOs and, last but not least, cooperation with the associative sector.
Among the topics discussed in the workshop we mention:
- ANITP attributions and brief history of how the measures to prevent and combat TFU in Romania have evolved, the main projects implemented and good practices learned;
- the mechanism for identification, referral, assistance and social reintegration of TFU victims and the integrated system for monitoring and evaluation of TFU victims;
- the main measures taken in the field of transnational referral (domestic procedure) and assistance to TFU victims in the criminal process;
- the exchange of experience and best practices with the partners involved in the prevention, assistance and protection provided to the victims referred by the Alba Iulia Regional Center. Presentation of human trafficking prevention activities.
