INTERNATIONAL
SEMINAR
CHRISTIAN WORK against TRAFFICKING
New Challenges, New Partnerships
26-29 March, 2006
Bucharest, Romania
organised and financed by
AIDRom, CCME, ARCA, CARITAS, EFECW
Partner organizations:
The Romanian National Agency for Prevention
of THB and Monitoring of the Assisted Victims
and
Partners for Change
Background information
AIDRom (Ecumenical Association
of Churches in Romania) have developed since
2002 an extensive programme of training and
counselling for young women, girls and boys
at risk of trafficking - SENSE
The activities were developed
in cooperation with the Institute of Research
and Prevention of Criminality (IGP/PRPC) and
ADPARE, an association that provides shelter
and consultancy for victims of trafficking.
Foreign partners were also contributing to
the project with expertise and information
materials.
The network created in the
region started to co-operate and share their
experience and plans for the future in International
Seminars, organised in Bucharest in 2003,
2004 and 2005.
Trafficking in persons, especially in women
and children from Eastern European countries
has increased dramatically, in spite of the
official declaration of the State Institutions.
An increase of different hidden forms of exploitation
and trafficking is expected, targeting young
people from Romania and Bulgaria, countries
in accession to EU.
Goals
The Seminar aims to value
the work accomplished so far by the members
of the regional network and to establish concrete
common actions in the region, based on national
activities. New CAT members are expected to
join the network. The focal information point,
based in Bucharest, at the AIDRom Conference
Centre is expected to be alive, gathering
information from all partners in the region,
processing information and send information
to all partners. A special link is expected
to become active, easy accessible, receiving
questions from the actors in the region and
finding answers, after consulting the network.
The seminar will gather 50 participants: 25
from the East European region, CAT representatives
and resource persons from Romania and EU.
Experts from Western countries of European
Union are invited as resource persons.
Media coverage is expected.
This seminar represents a
starting point for several major events in
combating trafficking in human being, on 2006:
1. “National Agency for Prevention and Monitoring
Trafficking in Human Being” will be officially
launched, as an integrant part of much wider
project SENS. This will create opportunities
for better cooperation between NGOs and state
authority.
2. Pan-European Project “CAT III” (Christian
Action Together against Trafficking in Human
Being) will be started with its new challenges
and partnerships.
3. The campaign “STOP THE SCLAVE MARKET IN
EUROPE” will be launched in order to raise
awareness in the origin countries as well
as in the destination countries about the
danger of trafficking in women and children
during the Football World Cup from 2006.
The seminar will help in reformulating practical
and communication strategies against trafficking
and linking them to the ongoing work of the
participating organisations.
The Ecumenical Forum of Christian Women in
Europe sustains the anti-trafficking programs
in the region, contributing with human resources
as well as with financial help.
Seminar’s
main themes:
- New challenges, new programmes: looking
at support to anti-trafficking initiatives.
- Trafficking: refocusing on slavery &exploitation
- Involving new partners: e.g. judiciary
- Residence permits: using the legal framework
- Investigation: towards a "victim"
less approach?
- Raising suspicion: how to detect more subtle
forms of exploitation
- Communication: how to address experts and
broad public
- Integrated approaches: further developing
referral frameworks.
Outcome
A wider cross-sectoral network.active in:
- continuing information activities, fostering
and enlarging the network,
- trafficking prevention activities,
- assisting victims activities (safe return
and reintegration)
- strengthening Churches’ Cooperation on fighting
against trafficking and victims’ assistance
Programme
(provisional draft)
Sunday, 26 March:
Arrival of participants at the Workshop venue
in Bucharest / AIDRom Conference Centre, 12
Halmeu street, sector 2, 72412 Bucharest,
phone/fax: 00 40 21 212 48 68, e-mail: et@aidrom.eunet.ro,
www.geocities.com/aidrom
15:30 - Informal get-together
18:30 - Supper
19:30 - Welcome to Romania!
Monday,
27 March
Introductions, definitions & national/
regional activities/ strategies
The morning session - the Conference Hall
of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate, Aleea
Dealul Mitropoliei 25, sector 4, Bucharest
09,
30-10, 00 Registration of participants
10, 00-10, 45 Welcome and Opening
H.E. Dr. Nifon Mihaita – President of AIDRom
His Beatitude Teoctist, the Patriarch of the
Romanian Orthodox Church
His Eminence Ioan Robu, Metopolitan of the
Romano Catholic Church in Bucharest
10,45 – 11,00 Mr.Vasile Blaga, Minister of
Administration and Interior Affairs Launching
of the National Agency for Preventing and
monitoring the victims of THB
11,
00 – 11, 15 Coffee break
11,
15 – 11, 30 Mrs. Monica Macovei, Minister
of Justice
Justice in the fight against criminal acts
11,30
– 12,30 International bodies in the fight
against trafficking in human beings:
Mr. Torsten Moritz, CCME (Churches Commission
for Migration in Europe) Launching of the
project CAT III (Christian Action and Networking
Against Trafficking in Human Beings)
Mr. Marius Wanders, CARITAS Europa, General
Secretary
The
program continues at the AIDRom Conference
Centre, Halmeu street, Bucharest
13,
00 -14, 00 Lunch
14, 00 -14, 30 Introductions: introduction
of participants,
Ms. Elena Timofticiuc, programe manager, AIDRom,
SENS programme
14, 30 – 15,00 Mr. Silviu Erusencu, The Referral
mechanism of the National Agency for prevention
THB and monitoring the assisted victims
Questions on the new settled National Agengy
15,00 – 15, 30 Coffee / tea break
15,30
– 16,30 Panel: new challenges in the police
work
Representatives of the German police, the
Lithuanian police, the Romanian police (dep.
for combating the organise crime)
(study case, dvd movie)
16,30 – 16, 45 Coffee / tea break
16,
45 –17, 45 Panel: new challenges in the NGOs
work (prevention work and reintegration of
the victims of trafficking)
NGOs from Belgium
La Strada, Moldova, Bulgaria
ARCA-FRRM, Romania
ADPARE, shelter for victims of THB
17, 45 - 18, 45 Christian Networking with
other bodies:
The Dutch Foundation of Religious against
Trafficking in Women,
AIDRom, Romania
The Ecumenical Forum of European Christian
Women
19, 00 Dinner
Thursday,
28 March
09,
00 - 12, 00 Field visit:
Sheltered home for trafficked victims – ADPARE
Prevention work: new trainer’s generation,
coming from the high schools of Bucharest.
Visit to the High Schools ST. Joseph
12, 15-13, 30 New responses: Working in groups
13, 30-15, 00 Lunch
15, 00-16, 30 Working in groups, continued
16, 30 -17, 00 Coffee break
17, 00 -19, 00 Conclusions of the working
groups
19, 00 Social event and dinner in town
Wednesday,
29 March
09,
00 - 11, 15 Summarising and Evaluation
11, 15 -11, 45 Coffee break
11, 45-13, 30 Future plans
Departure
of the participants
women@sens.org.ro 
