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.
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