The Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, in partnership with the International Center for Policy Development in the field of Migration and the International Organization for Migration mission in Moldova on June 27 and 28, 2017, in Chisinau, organized the Workshop with the generic,,Evaluation of the National Referral System for the Protection and Assistance of Victims and Potential Victims of Trafficking human beings“.
The event was organized in the context of the evaluation by national and international experts of the National Referral System (SNR) for the protection and assistance of victims and potential victims of human trafficking.
The representatives of the central public authorities, the Center for Combating Human Trafficking, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the social assistance and family protection departments – coordinators of the territorial Multidisciplinary Teams from all over the country, assistance and protection centers, civil society, as well as independent experts were invited to participate in the workshop.
During the meeting, the independent evaluation report of the National Referral System for the protection and assistance of victims and potential victims of Human Trafficking, perfected by the international expert, Mrs. Liliana Sorrentino, was presented and approved. This report represents the evaluation of the referral and coordination mechanisms aimed at the identification, protection and assistance of victims and potential victims of THB, implemented in Moldova, from the moment of the launch of the SNR (year 2006) until 2016.
The following were presented in the SNR report:
– general analysis of the situation regarding TFU in Moldova, the legal provisions in this field, the institutional framework, its coordination with the reference mechanisms in order to address the TFU problem.
– analysis of the specific components of the referral process: identification, assistance, access to justice, return and repatriation, granting the recovery and reflection period, obtaining the residence permit, applying transnational referral mechanisms;
– conclusions, recommendations regarding strengthening the protection of trafficked persons (adults, children) and remedying the situation found in the SNR.
During the event, working groups were organized where the recommendations from the SNR Evaluation Report and the submission of proposals for their implementation were discussed.
