Back Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection and NGO Atina working with survivors of human trafficking in Serbia receive IT equipment

Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection and NGO Atina working with survivors of human trafficking in Serbia receive IT equipment

A donation of IT equipment (9 laptops, 4 computers and 2 projectors) was made to the Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection and NGO Atina - Citizens Association for combating trafficking in human beings and all forms of gender-based violence providing assistance and shelter to survivors of human trafficking in Serbia by the joint European Union/Council of Europe action “Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Serbia“. The equipment will help assistance providers operate more efficiently and improve access to information for trafficking survivors hosted in shelters and safe houses and their eventual reintegration.

At the delivering of the equipment on 7 and 8 April 2022, Mirjana Majstorovic, Project Officer in the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade met with Aleksandra Ljubojevic, Director of the Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection and Marijana Savic, Director of NGO Atina and discussed the current situation in the area of human trafficking in Serbia, as well as opportunities for further co-operation.

The action "Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Serbia" is implemented within the joint European Union-Council of Europe programme “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2019-2022”, with the aim of improving responses to human trafficking and measures to protect its victims, mainly through capacity building for and awareness raising of key anti-trafficking actors in Serbia.

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Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Serbia


What is the goal?


► To support the implementation of recommendations resulting from the monitoring of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Serbia. This includes in particular recommendations to improve the identification, protection of and assistance to victims of human trafficking and persons in at risks’ situations.


Who benefits from the Action?


► Ministry of Interior - National Anti-trafficking coordination office, Ministry of Employment, Labour, Veteran and Social Affairs - Labour Inspectorate and Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Health, Judicial Academy
► Civil society organisations
► Private sector’s representatives, including businesses and trade unions
► Victims of trafficking and persons in vulnerable or at risks’ situations, in particular children and women.


How will the Action work?


► Research and policy support
► Multi-disciplinary trainings
► Seminars
► Awareness raising events.


What do we expect to achieve?


► Improved detection and identification of, and assistance to victims of human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation
► Improved detection and identification of, and assistance to child victims of human trafficking
► Labour inspectors and other key anti-trafficking stakeholders are involved in the identification of victims of trafficking and their referral to assistance and protection
► Greater awareness of all actors, including general public and private sector’s representatives, about specific vulnerabilities to trafficking situations and the rights of trafficked persons.


How much will it cost?


► The total budget of the Action is 750.000 EUR
► The budget allocated to the overall Horizontal Facility programme amounts to ca. 41 Million EUR (85% funded by the European Union, 15% by the Council of Europe).

 

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How to get more information?


► Council of Europe Office in Belgrade website: https://www.coe.int/en/web/belgrade
Action on Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings in Serbia
Mirjana Majstorovic, Project Officer, [email protected]
► Horizontal Facility website: https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/horizontal-facility/home
► Marija Simić, Horizontal Facility Communication Officer, [email protected], +381 63 601 337
Besnik Baka, Horizontal Facility Communication Officer, [email protected], +355 69 217 8430

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