Development, International Organization for Migration, La Strada Moldova, Lefoe, Italian Department of Equal Opportunities, Save the Children and UNODC discussed and revised the content of the document. TNTD/SPMU highlighted the role of law enforcement in the return of trafficked persons to their countries of origin. On 14 February 2014, TNTD/SPMU received a group of trainers from the Tajik Police Academy to discuss the Academy’s efforts on enhancing the role and efficiency of THBrelated training. The Tajik Police Academy developed and delivered the first course on trafficking in human beings in 2009 for students of the 3rd and 4th year of the Academy. Presently, all students of the Police Academy receive this kind of training, but there is a need to enhance the Academy’s training capacity. The Tajik delegation welcomed the publication of the TNTD/SPMU OSCE Resource Police Training Guide: Trafficking in Human Beings, that will assist the Tajik trainers in amending their training curricula. TNTD/SPMU offered the Tajik Police Academy assistance in addressing its THB-related training needs. On 3-4 June, TNTD/SPMU attended the 14th Meeting of the Budapest Process Working Group on the South East European Region and presented the joint OSCE-IOM-UNODC project “Strengthening Understanding of the Link between Irregular Migration and Transnational Crimes Impacting Migrants in Irregular Situation” in Budapest. In line with the Multi-Annual Strategy of the Budapest Process, the purpose of this meeting was to provide a follow-up to the last meeting of this Working Group in 2012, where in particular the establishment of an action plan on mixed migration flows through the region was envisaged. A draft plan was discussed at the meeting, especially with regards to the needs and expectations of stakeholders. Following the establishment of the Silk Routes Partnership for Migration, the main focus of the regional action plan was co-operation between the South-Eastern Europe and Silk Route regions. On 11-12 June 2014, TNTD/SPMU, in co-operation with IOM and UNODC and in co-ordination with OSR/CTHB, organized the Trans-regional Workshop on Enhancing Cooperation in Combating Irregular Migration and Smuggling of Migrants through South Eastern Europe, which was implemented in co-operation with the Government of Greece, Hellenic Presidency of the European Union, in Athens. The workshop was the fourth and final phase of the joint OSCE-IOM-UNODC project “Strengthening Understanding of the Link between Irregular Migration and Transnational Crimes Impacting Migrants in Irregular Situation”. It focused on South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean migration route, based on the previous three phases of the project including the mapping seminar held in Vienna in September 2013. The workshop aimed to facilitate further networking and information sharing among criminal justice and migration experts. National experts, together with representatives from relevant international organizations, shared their knowledge of trends on combating irregular migration and smuggling of migrants and developments in the legal and policy framework, and identified ways to improve co-operation between countries of origin, transit and destination of migrants. On 1 July 2014, TNTD/SPMU participated in the Alliance Expert Co-ordination Team Meeting organized by the OSR/CTHB in Vienna. Experts from international organizations (Council of the Baltic Sea States, Council of Europe, European Commission, ICMPD, ILO, IFRC, IOM, OHCHR, OSCE, UNHCR, UNODC), NGOs (Anti-Slavery International, ECPAT, La Strada International, World Vision) and the Dutch National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Violence against Children discussed current and future work. TNTD/SPMU presented recent TNTD/SPMU activities on THB, such as the Resource Police Training Guide: Human Trafficking and the joint OSCE-IOM-UNODC project “Strengthening Understanding of the Link between Irregular Migration and Transnational Crimes Impacting Migrants in Irregular Situation”. Participants examined how ethical and social standards are addressed in procurement regulations and code of conducts at international organizations. The workshop identified several recommendations and measures for improvement as Key Findings and Outcomes. 34

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