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STRATEGY FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
STRATEGJIA E LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME NJERËZ DHE MIGRIMIT ILEGAL NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
PLANI AKSIONAL NACIONAL I LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME NJERËZ DHE MIGRIMIT ILEGAL NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
PLANI AKSIONAL NACIONAL I LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME FËMIJË NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
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GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
STRATEGY FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
This publication was printed with the support of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
The content of this publication does not necessarily represent the view or the position of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
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Edition: 1000 copies
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Criminality as a phenomenon with a socially negative connotation, as a detrimental phenomenon for the society and as a
dangerous phenomenon for the successful functioning of the legal, economic, social and other systems, finds itself a suitable ground for expansion and development especially in those countries which face political, economic, social and legal crisis or general transition. The transitional processes today are developing with great dynamism and have the tendency to encompass all segments of the social structure, and all strata of society. This is precisely why, as a rule, they produce conditions which E. Dirkem defines as states of “anomia,” manifesting as social disorganisation at all functional levels of the state and society. Such countries tend to experience a constant recurrence of criminal influence in all areas of social life. This influence produces states that contribute to the penetration of criminality into all spheres of life, and to the emergence of its phenomenological characteristics into new, more dangerous forms and shapes. It is because of these states that such countries must build their criminal policies based upon scientific grounds for the successful prevention, hinderance and finally elimination of criminal activities. Such a crime policy represents a separate strategy for combatting criminality, because the criminogenous factors conditioning its emergence in the various spheres of life occur with differing levels of intensity. To overcome and eliminate them invariably requires a specific approach depending on those relations.
The most serious criminal activities today involve the rapid and widespread expansion of organized crime marked by a large number of participants operating internationally, regardless of national borders. Such serious crime involves especially: illegal drug production and trafficking; trafficking in arms and nuclear materials; pirated merchandise, often with false trademarks and poor quality; and of course trafficking in human beings and illegal migration. The principal feature
of the last is sexual exploitation, forced labour and the like.
The irreparable damage that countries suffer owing to the negative manifestations of such transnational crime today adversely affects the essential functioning of society. This has prompted the governments of the countries affected to undertake energetic measures to respond effectively to criminal activity in the attempt to suppress it. This strategy, prepared by a team of experts, assisted by a wider circle of people of diverse provenance connected specifically to the battle against this evil, passed and adopted by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia only points to the fact that our country has a consistent policy and an intention to make an energetic contribution in response to the criminal organisations in the battle against such organised crime.
I hope that our activities will not stop with the enactment of this strategy, and its multidimensionality provides the carrying out of activities in the particular areas, which will lead to a decrease in trafficking in human beings, smuggling migrants and all those forms that only facilitate the existence of this criminal phenomenon, whereby it will make the objective itself attainable.
Therefore, it is a great pleasure to see that this document will contribute to a more successful combat against trafficking in human beings and illegal migration, as an international social evil.
Goce Džukleski, Ph.D. State Secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs
and National Coordinator
FOREWORD
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Skopje, March 2006
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
STRATEGY FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL
MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction .....................................................................................................................7
2. Background – Analysis of the State of Trafficking in Human Beings ...........................9
3. Institutional Framework ................................................................................................104. Leading Principles..........................................................................................................11
4.1. Legislation ........................................................................................................................................ 11 4.2. International co-operation ......................................................................................................... 12 4.3. Education .......................................................................................................................................... 14
5. Startegic and Specific Objectives .................................................................................16
• Supporting Framework ..................................................................................................................... 16 • Prevention .............................................................................................................................................. 16 • Support and Protection of Victims and Witnesses .................................................................. 16 • Investigation and Criminal Prosecution of Victims .................................................................. 17
6. Implementation ............................................................................................................18
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The purpose of the National Commission, with this strategy for combatting trafficking in human beings and illegal migration
in the Republic of Macedonia, is to set out the guidelines and priorities for dealing with this criminal phenomenon.
Starting from the constitutional provi-sions whereby the corpus of fundamental human and ctizens’ freedoms and rights and respect for the commonly accepted norms of international law have been established as fundamental principles of constitutional organisation, and bearing in mind the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the United Nations’ Convention against Transnational Organised Crime with its Protocols, the Republic of Macedonia in 2002 enacted a National Programme for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration with the single intention of being actively involved in the international community’s efforts regarding the prevention and combatting of trafficking in human beings, one of the most serious forms of organised crime. A striking example in confirmation of this stance is the existing legislation which, regardless of the extent of its compliance, is of limited value if it lacks the support of the ruling structure and the political will for its immediate and unconditional application. The activities that have been undertaken also go in this direction, above all owing to the care that the country takes for the security and personal integrity of its citizens, with the purpose of their protection against the activities of criminal organisations which deal with the trafficking of human beings. This is one segment, among others, for the preparation of the national programme for combatting this 21st century evil. The programme addresses the activities aimed at discovering the causal relations which have a certain influence on trafficking in human beings on a national and a regional level, the
disclosure of the bearers of these criminal activities, the methodology of work applied, the measures which are being undertaken from a preventive point of view, as well as the activities that are being undertaken for the criminal prosecution and for the protection of the victims of trafficking in human beings. Owing to the complexity of the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, which implies a correlation with the rest of the forms of organised crime because of the globalisation and the non-existence of borders among the member states of the European Union, which enables its transnationality, the necessity for the national strategy to be based in the future on a multidisciplinary methodological approach arises as a necessity when utilising the practical experiences and the empirical data from the other countries in the region and beyond, in order to fight a more successful battle against this most serious form of sophisticated slavery. The Republic of Macedonia, since the establishment of the National Commission, has gone through several stages and has made significant steps towards the harmonisation of its legislative framework with European Union standards in the sphere of combatting trafficking in human beings.
It is of exceptional significance to work on undertaking activities which will deepen activities which have so far been operationalised on a preventive level with the single intention of preventing this kind of organised crime. To that end, also in future, these activities will address the allocation and reduction of the economic and social factors which affect the percental representation of the victims of trafficking in human beings:
• identification of the extent of domestic violence;
• stimulation of the co-operation between
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the governmental institutions and the non-govrenmental sector through participation in research projects related to the issue of trafficking in human beings
• promotion of projects which will implement programmes of economic reintegration for the risk groups.
Other integral parts of this strategy include: the prevention, identification, aid, support and protection, as well as the return and reintegration of victims, adequate criminal prosecution; international cooperation; educati-on of the institutional capacities; the coordina-tion and establishment of a single information system; as well as an informative campaign designed to influence public opinion.
The entire national nomenclature involved in the battle against trafficking in human beings expresses its willingness for the institutionalisation and upgrading of such progressive gains.
BACKGROUND - ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
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Trafficking in human beings, particularly in women and children, is a global issue which is also reflected in the Republic of
Macedonia. It appears in different shapes and has as its objective the exploitation of its victim for the greatest financial profit possible. According to the analyses carried out by the professional agencies within the Ministry of Interior, the victims of trafficking in human beings in the Republic of Macedonia were most often girls and women originating from the countries belonging to the former Soviet Union as well as from those countries that belonged to the former Socialist bloc1, who had illegally entered or had been brought in through already established networks for illegal transit of migrants into the Republic of Macedonia. Some of them had also legally entered the territory of our country. According to the information, some of the women - victims of trafficking, who have illegally crossed the state border of the Republic of Macedonia, are transferred into neighbouring countries through organised channels, where they are sold for the financial benefit of organised criminal groups from these countries, whereas a lesser number of them are transferred to Italy and other Western European states. In the field of illegal migration and according to the Interior Ministry’s experience to date, the territory of the Republic of Macedonia has been used as a transit country, with the most frequently used illegal passages at this time running via the west-east and north-south corridors.
A smaller portion of female persons who have illegally entered the territory of the Republic of Macedonia most frequently remain in the western part of the country, where, by means of various false promises of employment in catering companies, they are sold, often multiple times in a chain of traffickers into prostitution. In addition
to trafficked foreign nationals, there have recently also been registered several Macedonian female citizens, most frequently juveniles, who are being introduced into prostitution, increasing the likelihood of their becoming trapped in the chain of trafficking in human beings. On the basis of analytical data, the majority of unrealised cases involves the forced prostitution of foreign female nationals in rented or private flats, houses and summer-houses. Having control over such structures is particularly necessary, taking into consideration the fact that these are not only the sites of forced prostitution, but also the places where the victims of trafficking in human beings are sheltered until their sale or resale.
BACKGROUND - ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
1. (Moldova, Romania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria)
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The Government of the Republic of Macedonia, responding decisively to the problem of trafficking in human beings and illegal migration, and wishing to attain a higher level of efficiency and joint action in the battle against these phenomena within the country, has passed a Decision on Establishing a National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration in the Republic of Macedonia2. On the basis of this Decision, the Government has passed a Decision on the Nomination of a National Co-ordinator and Members of the National Commission3.
In accordance with the Decision, the National Commission has the task of monitoring
and analysing the situation with trafficking in human beings and illegal migration, and to coordinate the activities of the competent institutions, as well as the international and non-governmental organisations which are involved in problem-solving in this area.
The Secretariat is a body which operates within the National Commission, and the Secre-tary enforces the decisions of the Commission and represents this body, in which also participate representatives from the international4 non-governmental organisations and experts from the government agencies. Within the National Commission, there has been established a sub-group for combatting trafficking in children.
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
2. The Decision was published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia”, no. 18/20013. The Decision was pulished in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia”, no. 19/2001, 26/2002)4. OSCE, IOM, UNDP, ICMPD, USAID, UNICEF, the US Embassy Programmes – ICITAP and OPDAT
STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION
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1. Legislation
In spite of the evident progress in the transposition of the standardised legislative decisions of the EU, the internal legal system of this field of action will have to be particularly supplemented in the direction of the preparation of by-laws, whereby the legal decisions which have been enacted or are in the phase of being enacted will be operationalised, thereby accepting the fundamental values that relate to the protection of human rights and the approach to the orientation of the victims of trafficking in human beings.
In support of the commitments and activities of the international community for an efficient and co-ordinated response to the growing forms of trafficking in human beings, in the segment of legislative activities, there has been made an amendment to the Criminal Code with two new incriminations pursuant to the Protocol for Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially in Women and Children, whereby the United Nations’ Convention against Transnational Organised Crime has been supplemented, which was signed by the Republic of Macedonia in December 2000.
After the signing and ratification of the Agreement on Stabilisation and Association with the European Union in 2004, the Republic of Macedonia in the segment of the Agreement that refers to the chapter of justice and internal affairs, was obligated to harmonise the legislation towards a more efficient cooperation in the battle against the most serious forms of organised crime, and in that context also in trafficking in human beings. The strategic objective of the Government in the course of 2004 was the fight against organised crime, even more so if one takes into consideration that the Palermo Convention, and its Protocols emphasise the need to establish a unique and efficient legal framework, as an
essential prerequisite for offering a stronger and a more consistent response in the battle against this kind of sophisticated slavery of the 21st century. In this direction, as priority activities of the Commission which have been operationalised in the previous period were activities for reform in the criminal legislation in order to finish the completion of the construction of the legal framework for more efficient prevention and suppression of acts related to trafficking in human beings. In addition to these amendments and modifications to the legislation in 2002, the process of harmonisation of the criminal legislation continued in 2004, when the amendments and modifications to the Criminal Code were adopted in the provision of Article 418-а by embedding new actions of execution in paragraph 1 and the introduction of two paragraphs 6 and 7, which refer to punishing legal entities and confiscation of the items and means used for committing the criminal act, as well as the modifications to the Law on Criminal Procedure. To this end, two new acts have been introduced, 418-b smuggling of migrants, and Article 418-c organising and inciting to perpetration of the criminal acts of trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants. With the introduction of the incrimination of trafficking in human beings into the criminal legislation of the Republic of Macedonia, our courts and prosecutions have successfully processed a large number of reported cases of criminal acts of trafficking in human beings. In the function of the implementation of the right to protection of the identity and privacy of victims of trafficking in human beings in the amendments and modifications to the Law on Criminal Procedure adopted in October 2004, a new Chapter XIX-а: Protection of witnesses, collaborators of justice and victims has been
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introduced. Pursuant to these provisions, process and non-process measures for protection of witnesses, collaborators of justice and victims are established. In addition to the amendments and modifications of the criminal legal code, in the segment of the legislation the Law on Witness Protection has been enacted, whereas the Law on the Conditions and Procedure of Monitoring Communications is in the process of being enacted.
In the course of its work, the National Commission reviewed the activities undertaken in the legislative field aimed at modernising the measures for monitoring and efficient combatting of trafficking in human beings, the improvement of the existing criminal-processing regulation for international legal assistance and education, as well as the acceleration of the reform process in the criminal legislation in the fight against trafficking in human beings.
The establishment of the legal framework for protection of witnesses and victims of criminal activities is essential, even more so that last year, in Sarajevo, a declaration on combatting organised crime was signed by the Ministers of Interior and state representatives from South-east Europe, particularly in relation to the protection and processing of data, as well as the protection of witnesses. Furthermore, in Ohrid, the Adriatic Charter was signed by Macedonia, Croatia and Albania, also with the priority joining in by Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina, with which the signatory countries committed themselves to intensified cooperation in the suppression of organised crime, illegal trafficking in arms, drugs and human beings.
With regards to the aid and protection for the victims of trafficking in human beings, the Republic of Macedonia has undertaken activities for providing a legal and administrative system which will contain measures for providing the victims with information about the appropriate judicial and administrative procedures in front of the competent bodies, as well as assistance in providing their standpoints to be expressed and reviewed in the respective stages of the criminal proceedings against the perpetrators, in such a manner that it will not affect the rights of
the defence. Moreover, measures for providing adequate accommodation, counselling and information regarding their legal rights, then, providing medical, psychological and material aid and securing physical safety of the victims until their repatriation are undertaken.
Boosting efficiency in the battle against criminality necessarily requires utilisation of all the available means and methods from the classical (conventional) to the most up-to-date (modern). Namely, the prosecutory bodies presentation of information very frequently jeopardises the source of that information (the witness), his/her life, health and property, as well as the members of his/her familiy. The necessity of utilising such a source of information imposes on the state the obligation to also envisage an adequate protective mechanism, which will secure the safety of the witness and his/her closest ones.
Even though it dates from quite some time ago, as of late the issue of the Programme for Witness Protection has been increasingly made a topic of discussion among the general public as well as among criminal experts and the police, and with regard to this, especially the prospects of its legal regulation in our country.
2. International, regional and police co-operation
The National Programme for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration in the Republic of Macedonia, passed by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, in section five, which refers to the international cooperation and coordination in the execution of laws, sets out the principal strategic objectives and specific activities, as well as the bearers of the activities for creating conditions for international cooperation and coordination in the prosecution of the perpetrators of criminal acts that relate to trafficking in human beings.
Bearing in mind the transnational character of trafficking in human beings, it is necessary to have a multi-agency and international approach in regards to the exchange of information, data
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and knowledge about the perpetrators of this type of criminal activity, as well as in regards to the preventive measures and actions, the identification and protection of victims, and also the manner of coordination and realisation of the criminal prosecution.
With the reforms in the Ministry of Interior, within the Department for Organised Crime, a separate Sector for International Police Cooperation has been established, within which, besides the National Central Bureau of INTERPOL, there also operates the National Office of the SECI Centre. The appointment of liaison officers with EUROPOL after the neccesary prerequisites will have been created is also envisaged.
The cooperation of this sector in the segment of trafficking in human beings is being developed in several directions with the purpose of identification of the reasons for the emergence of trafficking in human beings, the analysis of the emergence and establishment of mechanisms for its suppression on a regional level, as well as on an international one.
The exchange of information, knowledge and data among the countries which is being made seeks to identify, find, suppress, arrest and prosecute i.e., indict persons or organisations involved in trafficking in human beings and illegal migration; to disclose and close the paths i.e., channels and routes of trade, smuggling people and illegal migration; to identify the victims of this kind of criminal activities and to repatriate them to their home countries; to take appropriate care in the return and reintegration of the victims, particularly the high-risk groups, like women and children; to find and provide witnesses who have already been repatriated into their home countries and who are needed in order to testify in front of the competent courts in the Republic of Macedonia; to realise the possibility of a telephone or video conference hearing; as well as to perceive the modus operandi of perpetration of the criminal acts in this area.
At the same time, the Republic of Macedonia has also taken part in the regional operational actions in this area, co-ordinated by the SECI Centre.
It is worth mentioning the practice of undertaking actions for tracking down female foreign nationals, victims of trafficking in human beings who have been repatriated into their home countries, but who are needed in order to testify in initiated criminal proceedings in front of the competent courts against those persons accused of criminal acts in the area of trafficking in human beings, which is realised through the SECI Centre.5 In the segment of finding witnesses, cooperation has been achieved through the SECI Centre with the MoIs of Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, as well as other countries whose witnesses are needed for testimony.
What is of particular importance for the Republic of Macedonia is the cooperation achieved through the SECI Centre with Moldova in the realisation of a video conference hearing of a witness from Moldova in front of the Primary Court in Tetovo. This is the only case in the region of conducting a hearing of a witness from another country in this manner.
Regional cooperation in this field is a process to which particular attention is paid. In accordance with the conclusions, adopted at the meeting of the National Co-ordinators for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings in Zagreb, a general consensus has been made that the existing regional cooperation in the area of the suppression of trafficking in human beings, ought to be continually strengthened, especially after the termination of the mandate of the Working Group for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings of the Stability Pact. As a result of the continuation with the strong support of the professional development of the police, the public prosecution and the judiciary in the Republic of Macedonia, in the area of coping with the issue of trafficking in human
5. In the course of 2004 alone, there have been submitted to the Sector for International Police Cooperation within the Department for Organised Crime at the MoI, 20 demands for tracking down 48 witnesses – victims of trafficking in human beings or forced prostitution, who have been repatri-ated to their home countries, out of which, as a result of the undertaken measures and activities through the SECI Centre in Bucharest,a total of 15 of the requested witnesses have been found, out of which 11 female foreign nationals have been made available for testimony, who consented to make their statement at the scheduled hearings in front of the competent courts.
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beings the Secretariat in cooperation with its members and experts in this area works on the implementation of several projects of the CARDS Programme which relate to this field.
Within the Project “Improvement of the Implementation of the National Action Plans for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings of the Countries in the Process of Stabilisation and Association”, financially supported by the Regional CARDS Programme “Support for the Civic Society for Reduction of the Cross-Border Crime, through Regional Actions for Assistance in Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and the Anti-corruption Initiatives”, the National Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings is in the phase of preparation, by the Working Group established for this purpose.
With the activities covered in the second module »Providing Comparative Training for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings, Smuggling and Illegal Migration« from the Regional CARDS Project on organised crime »Development of Safe and Functional Systems of Policies as well as Improvement of the Battle against the Major Criminal Activities and Police Cooperation«, there will be developed a curricu-lum and training courses, which will provide coherent, all-encompassing, updated, uniform and quality information in the area of trafficking in human beings, smuggling and illegal migration.
�. Education
Within the cooperative framework, the educational process and utilization of foreign experience concerning the fight against trafficking in human beings and illegal migration, Commission members have participated in workshops and seminars and to that end it is of particular importance to highlight the realisation of the Project on Training and Education of Members of the Police and the Judiciary about »Gender Awareness and Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings«, which envisaged training of instructors for combatting trafficking in human beings, which was operationalised on the basis of the signed Memorandum of Understanding
among the IOM, OSCE and MoI.In the forthcoming period stress shall be
placed on the institutionalisation of education and training in the sphere of trafficking in human beings, more precisely, the inclusion of the appropriate contents related to this phenomenon in the regular curriculum of schools and higher-educational institutions.
Education and training must be systematic, to match concrete needs (which also requires an appropriate survey to be conducted), to be well devised and to represent a continuous process, because that is the only way in which they can lead to the desired results. It is necessary that the curricula be developed following a multidisciplinary approach, whereby the starting postulates will be grounded on human rights, gender equality and non-discrimination. The curricula ought to be adopted after they have passed through the appropriate procedure and by the competent bodies.
One of the achievements of the mentioned institutionalisation in this very important sphere of social activity is providing co-ordinated activity in this respect, avoiding unnecessary duplication or repetition of the sa-me contents, even with the same target groups, at the expense of some relevant entities which are not at all or not sufficiently encompassed.
In addition, in this area prevails the understanding that the success of countering trafficking in human beings and illegal migration is connected with the specialised education of the target groups who are directly involved in this process. Thereby, as target groups should particularly be included police employees, public prosecutors, judges, lawyers, prison personnel, social workers, health care workers, teachers, diplomatic and consular personnel, members of the armed forces involved in military missions, NGO members, media representatives, expert persons who take care of and give assistance to the victims of trafficking in human beings and so on.
The participation of the NGOs in this area in future ought to be dimensioned in accordance with the capabilities that they possess, that is their professionalism, competency and training, in order to realise or to be part of the already
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established institutionalised forms of education and training as a significant partner in this area. With that regard and as a part of the process for their licencing for work in the area of trafficking in human beings, their capacity for education and training should also be verified. The emphasis of their work in the area of education, will, first and foremost, be put on the raising of the awareness about the seriousness of the emergence and the detrimental consequences that can result from it, as well as the manner in which it can be prevented.
At the same time, one of the priorities will also be the initiation and realisation of research projects connected to the study of this/these phenomenon/phenomena. It is an area that has so far been unjustifiably neglected, and which is very significant, especially from the aspect of its phenomenology and etiology, and above all the study of the factors that determine this really complex social phenomenon, that is, form of criminality. For that purpose there will have to be set aside a lot more funds and there will have to be necessary cooperation among the institutions in the higher-educational and scientific-research area not only on a national, but also on a wider, above all regional level.
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In the course of its work, the Commission in the next two-year period will also focus on the operationalisation of the strategic objectives
that have not been realised in the past period, as well as on the implementation of objectives that have been identified with the evaluation of the existing situation in the sphere of trafficking in human beings in the Republic of Macedonia.
The National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration in the Republic of Macedonia in the next period will work on providing an adequate response to this kind of criminal activities through implementation of the strategy towards determining the following principles and guidelines for action in the fields of:
1. The supporting framework
1.1. Coordinating structures
• Strengtening the coordinating role of the National Commission
• Secretariat of the NC • Sub-group for Combatting Trafficking in
Children
1.2. Legal and regulatory framework
• Higher degree of compliance of the domestic legislation with the international standards
• Implementation of the priority activities of the APEP which cover this phenomenon
• Change in the national legislation
1.3. Capacity building
• Enlargement of the capacities of state and non-state entities for combatting
trafficking in human beings through an approach based on human rights
1.4. Mobilisation of resources and the budget
• Providing human and material resources for the implementation of the strategy and the National Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration
2. Prevention
2.1. Raising awareness and education
• Building of a consistent and permanent system of education and raising awareness with regard to the trafficking in human beings and illegal migration
�. Support and protection of victims and witnesses
3.1. Identification of the victim
• Standardised approach and provision of an early identification of the victims of trafficking in human beings
3.2. Social support and protection of victims
• Psycho-social support and protection of victims
3.3. Access to legal procedures, prote-ction of witnesses and judicial treatment of victims of trafficking in human beings
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• Full access to the judicial and administrative bodies and providing adequate professional free of charge assistance
3.4. Reintegration, social inclusion, return
• Prevention of repeated victimisation
4. Investigation and criminal prosecurtion of trafficking in human beings
4.1. Proactive and retroactive investiga-tion
4.2. International cooperation among the bodies responsible for application of the laws and judicial cooperation
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Under contemporary circumstances the jeopardising of the essential functions of social living by this particularly serious
and dangerous criminality is on a very high level and there is no country which does not suffer huge and irreparable damage as a result of the expansion of some of its emerging forms. The non-existence of borders among the member countries of the European Union, the sophistica-ted means of communication, the explicit mobility and flexibility, the linking between the legal and the illegal activities, the finding of new methods of action, as well as the transnational character of organised crime are factors which enable the criminal structures, particularly from the higher levels, which deal in trafficking in human beings to be inaccessible to the prosecutory bodies.
From everything that has been mention-ed in this document, as well as due to the fact that the system of commiting criminal activities which cover this form of organised crime is changing, finding out new forms of increasing the profits, demands an appropriate response from the Government and all the entities in the prevention of this criminal phenomenon or its decrease and consistency in the policy of minimisation of such emerging form of organised crime.
The success of the implementation will above all depend on:
• The institutional capacities and their ability for management and coordination
• The analysis of the situation • The successfulness in monitoring of
the operationalisation of the strategic objectives
• Larger involvement of the public administartion by the bodies of the state administration responsible for combatting this form of organised crime
• Proactive approach by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia particularly in the allocation of financial means from the budget for realisation of activities for which funds from the international donors will not be obtained
• Improvement and more consistent co-operation among the governmental institutions and the international and non-governmental organisations
The major engagement for successful operationalisation of the strategic objectives of this document is expected from the bodies of the state authorities and administration which are responsible for the prevention of this form of organised crime. Thus, the direct cooperation and support by the international and non-governmental organisations will also be essential to its implementation.
From the financial aspect, the implementation of the strategy will condition implications that will additionally be determined, and these will correspond to the activities in the precisely determined stages of realisation.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN
HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
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1.1
. C
oo
rd
ina
tin
g s
tru
ctu
re
s
1. C
oord
inat
ing
the
activ
ities
of a
ll th
e en
titie
s in
volv
ed in
the
battl
e ag
ains
t tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
bei
ngs
1. th
e N
C C
o-or
dina
tor
1. C
ontin
uous
ly
1. In
crea
sed
effic
ienc
y in
the
coop
erat
ion
amon
g th
e en
titie
s in
volv
ed in
the
supp
ress
ion
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s.
2. H
oldi
ng q
uarte
rly m
eetin
gs fo
r an
alys
ing
the
resu
lts a
chie
ved
and
prov
idin
g gu
idel
ines
for f
urth
er
activ
ities
2. th
e N
C C
o-or
dina
tor
2. Q
uarte
rly
2. N
umbe
r of m
eetin
gs h
eld
and
conc
lusi
ons
from
them
3. P
repa
ring
and
subm
ittin
g an
an
nual
repo
rt to
the
Gov
ernm
ent o
f th
e R
epub
lic o
f Mac
edon
ia
3. th
e N
C
3. A
nnua
lly
3. A
ccep
ting
the
repo
rt by
th
e G
over
nmen
t
4. R
evie
win
g pr
opos
als
from
the
NC
Se
cret
aria
t and
the
Sub-
grou
p fo
r C
omba
tting
Tra
ffick
ing
in C
hild
ren
4. th
e N
C
4. C
ontin
uous
ly
4. N
umbe
r of p
ropo
sals
ac
cept
ed a
nd ta
sks
acco
mpl
ishe
d
Stre
ngth
enin
g of
the
coor
dina
tive
role
of
the
Nat
iona
l C
omm
issi
on
1. C
oope
ratio
n am
ong
al th
e en
titie
s in
volv
ed in
the
battl
e ag
ains
t tra
ffick
ing
in
hum
an b
eing
s in
the
Cou
ntry
: go
vern
men
tal
inst
itutio
ns,
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns a
nd
NG
Os,
coo
rdin
atio
n,
mon
itorin
g an
d ev
alua
tion
5. A
chie
ving
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n
5. th
e C
o-or
dina
tor a
nd N
C
mem
bers
5.
Con
tinuo
usly
5.
Act
iviti
es re
alis
ed o
n an
in
tern
atio
nal l
evel
1. a
) Pr
epar
ing
a lis
t of m
embe
rs o
f th
e Se
cret
aria
t 1.
) t
he
Secr
etar
y
1.
) In
the
cour
se
of 2
006
1.
) Exi
sten
ce o
f a li
st
Secr
etar
iat o
f the
N
C
1. P
rovi
ding
in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he
activ
ities
of t
he
NG
Os
and
the
gove
rnm
enta
l and
in
tern
atio
nal
1. b
) Hol
ding
mee
tings
1.
b) t
he
Secr
etar
y 1.
b) c
ontin
uous
ly
1. b
) Num
ber o
f mee
tings
he
ld a
nd a
dire
ctor
y pr
epar
ed
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ilit
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me
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rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
ta ht sn oi t asin ag ro
are
invo
lved
in th
e ba
ttle
agai
nst
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs in
the
coun
try.
1. c
) Pre
parin
g an
d re
gula
r upd
atin
g of
a d
irect
ory
(info
rmat
ion
book
let)
of
gove
rnm
enta
l, no
n-go
vern
men
tal
and
inte
rnat
iona
l org
anis
atio
ns
1. c
) the
Se
cret
ary
1.
c) C
ontin
uous
ly
1. c
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ber o
f mee
tings
he
ld a
nd a
dire
ctor
y pr
epar
ed
2.
) Reg
ular
not
ificat
ion
of th
e N
C
abou
t the
act
iviti
es u
nder
take
n by
th
e m
embe
rs o
f the
Sec
reat
riat
2.) t
he
Secr
etar
y 2.
) Con
tinuo
usly
2.
) F
low
of i
nfor
mat
ion
2.
Rev
iew
of t
he
entir
e ac
tiviti
es
impl
emen
ted
by th
e Se
cret
aria
t 2.
b) N
etw
orki
ng o
f the
mem
bers
of
the
Secr
etar
iat w
ith th
e pu
rpos
e of
ex
chan
ge o
f inf
orm
atio
n 2.
b) t
he
Secr
etar
y 2.
b) 2
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2.
b) E
xist
ence
of a
n el
ectro
nic
syst
em fo
r the
flow
an
d ex
chan
ge o
f inf
orm
atio
n N
C S
ecre
taria
t
3. C
riter
ia fo
r new
m
embe
rs o
f the
Se
cret
aria
t 3.
Pre
parin
g pr
opos
al c
riter
ia
3.
) the
Se
cret
ary
3.
) 200
6
3.
) Exi
sten
ce o
f a ru
lebo
ok
Sub-
grou
p fo
r C
omba
tting
Tr
affic
king
in
Chi
ldre
n
1. A
dopt
ing
a dr
aft
plan
for c
omba
tting
tra
ffick
ing
in c
hild
ren
1. Im
plem
entin
g th
e Ac
tion
Plan
for
Com
batti
ng T
raffi
ckin
g in
Chi
ldre
n
1. th
e C
hairm
an
of th
e Su
b-gr
oup
1. 2
006
1.
Ana
lysi
s an
d pr
epar
atio
n of
a re
port
abou
t the
deg
ree
of s
ucce
ss o
f the
im
plem
enta
tion
of a
ctiv
ities
1.2
. L
eg
al
an
d r
eg
ula
tory
fra
me
wo
rk
1.) R
egul
ar u
pdat
ing
and
prop
osin
g pl
ans
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
sig
ned
and
ratif
ied
acts
1.
) the
G
over
nmen
t of
the
Rep
ublic
of
Mac
edon
ia
1.) 2
006
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1.
) Num
ber o
f rat
ified
and
si
gned
agr
eem
ents
1. A
hig
her d
egre
e of
co
mpl
ianc
e of
the
dom
estic
legi
slat
ion
with
the
inte
rnat
iona
l st
anda
rds
1. b
) Con
clud
ing
bila
tera
l ag
reem
ents
in: t
he In
tern
atio
nal
lega
l ass
ista
nce;
Reg
iona
l co
oper
atio
n an
d Ex
tradi
tion
1. b
) the
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over
nmen
t of
the
Rep
ublic
of
Mac
edon
ia /
the
MoI
1. b
) 200
6 an
d co
ntin
uous
ly
1. b
) Num
ber o
f rat
ified
and
si
gned
agr
eem
ents
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ilit
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ime
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eria
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on
ito
rin
g a
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ev
alu
ati
on
1.
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nact
men
t, si
gnin
g an
d ra
tific
atio
n of
the
Con
vent
ion
on
Polic
e C
oope
ratio
n
1. c
) the
MoI
of
the
Rep
ublic
of
Mac
edon
ia
1. c
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d co
ntin
uous
ly
1. c
) Ext
ent o
f app
licat
ion
2. Im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
AP o
f the
EP
2.
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ctm
ent o
f a L
aw o
n M
onito
ring
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mun
icat
ions
2.
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ber o
f cas
es
com
mitt
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e an
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ter
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cti
vit
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Su
b-a
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re
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sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3.
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nge
in
the
natio
nal l
egis
latio
n
3.
) Har
mon
isat
ion
of th
e cr
imin
al
legi
slat
ion
in th
e fu
nctio
n of
an
effic
ient
bat
tle a
gain
st th
e O
rgan
ised
cr
ime;
3.
b) C
hang
e in
the
lega
l pro
visi
ons
for r
egul
atin
g th
e st
atus
of
tem
pora
ry re
side
nts
in th
e La
w o
n M
ovem
ent a
nd R
esid
ence
of
fore
igne
rs;
3.
c) A
men
dmen
ts a
nd m
odifi
catio
ns
to th
e La
w o
n C
rimin
al P
roce
dure
in
the
segm
ent o
f the
ass
esse
d m
easu
res
for p
rote
ctio
n of
w
itnes
ses;
3.
d) D
efin
ing
the
com
pete
ncie
s of
th
e fo
llow
ing
sect
ors
with
in th
e M
oI
for c
omba
tting
traf
ficki
ng in
hum
an
bein
gs: B
orde
r pol
ice,
,
Dep
artm
ent f
or fo
reig
ners
and
the
loca
l pol
ice;
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) To
appo
int a
n a
s a
lead
ing
body
in th
e co
mba
t aga
inst
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
bei
ngs;
3. f)
To
esta
blis
h a
man
agem
ent u
nit
in th
e Tr
ansi
t Cen
tre a
nd to
pre
pare
by
-law
s w
ith re
fere
nce
to it
; 3.
g) T
o pr
epar
e by
-law
s w
ith th
e ob
ject
ive
of re
gula
ting
all t
he
rele
vant
asp
ects
in th
e tre
atm
ent o
f vi
ctim
s.
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) Im
prov
emen
t of t
he
wor
k co
nnec
ted
to
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s am
ong
all t
he s
ecto
rs
invo
lved
;
3. e
) Num
ber o
f cas
es
real
ised
;
- a b
ette
r dai
ly m
anag
emen
t an
d im
prov
ed c
oord
inat
ion
amon
g al
l the
rele
vant
se
ctor
s w
ithin
the
Min
istry
of
Inte
rior i
nvol
ved
in th
e co
mba
t aga
inst
traf
ficki
ng in
hu
man
bei
ngs;
- num
ber o
f pro
activ
e in
vest
igat
ions
; - b
ette
r dis
tribu
tion
of w
ork
amon
g th
e au
thor
ised
pe
rson
s fro
m th
e di
ffere
nt
rele
vant
sec
tors
with
in th
e M
inis
try o
f Int
erio
r;
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deg
ree
of e
ffici
ency
of t
he
MoI
in th
e re
spec
tive
field
of
actio
n;
- b
ette
r man
agem
ent o
f the
Tr
ansi
t Cen
tre.
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b-a
cti
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ies
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re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
1.3
. C
ap
ac
ity
bu
ild
ing
1.
) Inc
ludi
ng a
regu
lar p
rogr
amm
e of
edu
catio
n of
par
ticip
ants
in th
e Po
lice
Acad
emy
and
othe
r hig
her-
educ
atio
nal i
nstit
utio
ns w
ith re
spec
t to
the
issu
e of
traf
ficki
ng in
hum
an
bein
gs
1.
) the
Min
istry
of
Edu
catio
n an
d th
e M
oI, t
he
Polic
e Ac
adem
y
1.
) 200
6
1.
) Inc
reas
e in
the
num
ber
of p
erso
ns in
volv
ed
1. b
) Gen
eral
and
spe
cial
ised
tra
inin
g fo
r the
mem
bers
of t
he la
w
enfo
rcem
ent a
genc
ies
as w
ell a
s fo
r jo
urna
lists
, NG
Os,
dip
lom
atic
pe
rson
nel
1. b
) tra
ined
tra
iner
s 1.
b) 2
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b) N
umbe
r of p
erso
ns
train
ed
1. C
reat
ing
a po
licy
of d
evis
ing
and
impl
emen
tatio
n of
ed
ucat
iona
l tra
inin
gs
1. c
) Def
inin
g of
targ
et g
roup
s fo
r or
gani
sing
and
car
ryin
g ou
t tra
inin
gs
1. c
) the
MoI
, the
Po
lice
Acad
emy
and
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns
and
NG
Os
1. c
) 200
6
Enla
rgem
ent o
f the
ca
paci
ties
of th
e st
ate
and
non-
stat
e en
titie
s fo
r co
mba
tting
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
thro
ugh
an
appr
oach
bas
ed o
n hu
man
righ
ts
2. S
uppo
rt fo
r the
ca
paci
ty o
f the
ex
istin
g SO
S lin
e fo
r ai
ding
the
vict
ims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs a
nd
prev
entio
n of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
2. C
ontin
uous
edu
catio
n of
op
erat
ors
and
prov
idin
g a
cont
inuo
us fu
nctio
ning
of t
he li
ne
2. th
e G
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nmen
t of
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of
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ia, t
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NG
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inte
rnat
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satio
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alis
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cam
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paci
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uman
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ontin
uous
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3. th
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over
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nt o
f th
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lic o
f M
aced
onia
and
th
e be
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of t
he
proj
ect,
the
Min
istry
of
Labo
ur a
nd
Soci
al P
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d N
GO
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inuo
usly
3. In
crea
sed
activ
ity o
f suc
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elte
rs a
nd re
sear
ch
cond
ucte
d in
rela
tion
to
dom
estic
em
igra
tion
1.4
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an
ag
em
en
t o
f in
form
ati
on
an
d r
es
ea
rc
h
1. C
ontin
uous
re
sear
ch o
n th
e ph
enom
enon
1.
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duct
ing
rese
arch
and
an
alys
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the
dom
ain
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s
1.
) the
Offi
ce o
f th
e N
C, N
GO
s,
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns,
the
PA a
nd
adeq
uate
in
stitu
tions
1.
) 200
6 an
d co
ntin
uous
ly
1.
) Num
ber o
f res
earc
hes
and
anal
yses
mad
e
2.
) Exc
hang
e of
dat
a on
a
natio
nal,
regi
onal
and
inte
rnat
iona
l le
vel
2.
) the
NC
, N
GO
s,
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns
2.
) 200
6 an
d fu
rther
in
cont
inui
ty
2. b
) Pre
para
tion
of re
ports
for t
he
publ
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2. b
) the
NC
2.
b) A
nnua
lly
2. b
) Num
ber o
f ana
lyse
s an
d re
ports
mad
e
2. c
) Cre
atin
g a
web
site
of t
he N
C
2. c
) the
Se
cret
aria
t 2.
c) 2
006
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c) C
onst
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atin
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to th
e da
ta
with
refe
renc
e to
the
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs a
nd th
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exch
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tiona
l rep
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r 2.
d) t
he N
C
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) Pre
pare
d an
alys
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jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3.
Cre
atin
g a
SOFT
WAR
E fo
r dat
a fro
m th
e do
mai
n of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
3.
) Ent
ry a
nd p
roce
ssin
g of
dat
a 3.
) t
he M
oI a
nd
NG
Os
3.) C
ontin
uous
ly
3.
) Suc
cess
ful o
pera
tion
of
the
data
bas
e an
d pr
ovis
ion
of s
tatis
tical
dat
a
3. b
) Dat
a fro
m/a
bout
the
activ
ities
of
the
NG
Os
and
inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns a
nd a
bout
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
pro
ject
s
3. b
) NG
Os,
the
NC
and
in
tern
atio
nal
orga
nisa
tions
3.
b) C
ontin
uous
ly
1.5
Mo
bil
isa
tio
n o
f re
so
urc
es
an
d t
he
bu
dg
et
1.
) Rev
iew
of a
ll th
e m
ater
ial,
tech
nica
l and
fina
ncia
l nee
ds
1.
) the
NC
1.
) 2
006
1.
) A
ppro
pria
te b
udge
t lin
es e
stab
lishe
d fo
r the
su
ppor
t of t
he h
uman
and
m
ater
ial r
esou
rces
1. b
) Pre
para
tion
and
appr
oval
of a
se
para
te b
udge
t for
the
need
s of
the
Com
mis
sion
1. b
) the
NC
and
th
e G
over
nmen
t of
the
Rep
ublic
of
Mac
edon
ia
1. b
) 200
6
1. b
) App
ropr
iate
bud
get
lines
est
ablis
hed
for t
he
supp
ort o
f the
hum
an a
nd
mat
eria
l res
ourc
es
Prov
idin
g hu
man
an
d m
ater
ial
reso
urce
s fo
r the
im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
NAP
and
the
STR
1. P
rovi
ding
in
stitu
tiona
l po
stul
ates
for t
he
Com
mis
sion
’s
oper
atio
n
1. c
) Pro
cure
men
t of f
inan
cial
mea
ns
1. c
) the
NC
1.
c) c
ontin
uous
ly
1. c
) App
ropr
iate
bud
get
lines
est
ablis
hed
for t
he
supp
ort o
f the
hum
an a
nd
mat
eria
l res
ourc
es
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
1. d
) Em
ploy
men
t of p
rofe
ssio
nal
staf
f 1.
d) t
he
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd
the
NC
1.
d) 2
006
1. d
) Pro
fess
iona
l sta
ff in
the
serv
ice
of th
e m
entio
ned
activ
ities
with
a p
reci
sely
de
term
ined
des
crip
tion
of th
e w
ork
assi
gnm
ent s
1. e
) Est
ablis
hmen
t of t
he O
ffice
of
the
Nat
iona
l Com
mis
sion
(S
ecre
taria
t and
Sub
-gro
up)
1. e
) the
G
over
nmen
t of
the
Rep
ublic
of
Mac
edon
ia
1. e
) 200
6
1. f)
Pre
para
tion
of a
nat
iona
l re
sour
ce p
lan
1. f)
the
NC
1.
f) 2
006
1.
f) In
crea
sed
effic
ienc
y an
d co
ordi
natio
n of
the
NC
1. g
) Pro
vidi
ng d
onor
s
1. g
) the
NC
1.
g) 2
006
1.6
. R
es
ea
rc
h,
mo
nit
orin
g a
nd
as
se
ss
me
nt
Con
tinuo
us
impr
ovem
ent o
f the
na
tiona
l res
pons
e to
th
e tra
ffick
ing
in
hum
an b
eing
s
1. P
repa
ratio
n of
an
all-
enco
mpa
sing
pla
n fo
r res
earc
h,
mon
itorin
g an
d as
sess
men
t 1.
the
NC
1. T
he e
nd o
f 20
06
1. A
n al
l-enc
ompa
ssin
g an
d up
date
d in
sigh
t int
o th
e si
tuat
ion
(at a
ll tim
es)
28
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2.
PR
EV
EN
TIO
N
2.1
. R
ais
ing
aw
are
ne
ss
an
d e
du
ca
tio
n
1.) T
rain
ing/
supp
lem
enta
ry tr
aini
ng
of th
e N
GO
s in
the
new
tren
ds
1. In
crea
sed
capa
city
of t
he N
GO
se
ctor
invo
lved
in
com
batti
ng a
gain
st
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs a
nd il
lega
l m
igra
tion
1. b
) Inc
lusi
on o
f the
NG
Os
in th
e ra
isin
g aw
aren
ess
cam
paig
ns
1.) b
) G
over
nmen
tal
inst
itutio
ns,
inte
rnat
iona
l, go
vern
men
tal
and
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l or
gani
satio
ns,
spec
ialis
ed
NG
Os,
hig
her-
educ
atio
nal
inst
itutio
ns
1)
),b) a
s of
20
06
1.) b
) Inc
reas
ed n
umbe
r of
train
ed N
GO
s 1.
) b
) C
ompl
ete
terri
toria
l co
vera
ge
2.) R
ecog
nisi
ng o
f the
“ris
k gr
oups
”
Con
stru
ctio
n of
a
cons
iste
nt a
nd
perm
anen
t sys
tem
of
edu
catio
n an
d ra
isin
g aw
aren
ess
with
rega
rd to
the
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs a
nd th
e ille
gal m
igra
tion
2. R
aisi
ng th
e aw
aren
ess
of th
e “ri
sk g
roup
s” a
s re
gard
s th
e da
nger
s co
nnec
ted
to
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs
2. b
) Org
anis
ing
cam
paig
ns in
ac
cord
ance
with
the
need
s of
the
sepa
rate
risk
gro
ups
2.
) b),
the
MoI
, th
e M
inis
try o
f La
bour
and
So
cial
Pol
icy,
the
Min
istry
of
Educ
atio
n an
d hi
gher
-ed
ucat
iona
l in
stitu
tions
and
no
n-go
vern
men
tal
orga
nisa
tions
2.
) b)
Con
tinuo
usly
2. N
ewly
iden
tifie
d ris
k gr
oups
- R
aise
d aw
aren
ess
of th
e se
para
te ri
sk g
roup
s an
d
- Red
uced
num
ber o
f vic
tims
who
em
erge
from
the
dive
rse
risk
grou
ps
29
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3. R
aisi
ng th
e aw
aren
ess
of th
e us
ers
and
the
pote
ntia
l use
rs o
f se
xual
ser
vice
s by
th
e vi
ctim
s of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
3.
) Rai
sing
aw
aren
ess
cam
paig
ns
and
dist
ribut
ion
of a
ppro
pria
te
adve
rtisi
ng m
ater
ial t
o th
e us
ers
and
the
pote
ntia
l use
rs
3.) L
aw
enfo
rcem
ent
agen
cies
, NG
Os
3.
) Con
tinuo
usly
3.
) Inc
reas
ed in
clus
ion
of
user
s an
d po
tent
ial u
sers
in
the
cam
paig
ns
- Ade
quat
e ad
verti
sing
m
ater
ials
pre
pare
d
4. R
aisi
ng th
e aw
aren
ess
of th
e re
spon
sibl
e st
ate
bodi
es a
s re
gard
s tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
and
ille
gal
mig
ratio
ns
4.
) Des
igni
ng a
n ap
prop
riate
tra
inin
g fo
r diff
eren
t com
pete
nt
bodi
es in
the
fight
aga
inst
traf
ficki
ng
in h
uman
bei
ngs
and
illega
l m
igra
tion
4.) R
espo
nsib
le
min
istri
es in
co
ordi
natio
n w
ith
the
NC
and
the
resp
ectiv
e ed
ucat
iona
l in
stitu
tions
4.
) 200
6
4.) I
ncre
ased
num
ber o
f di
sclo
sed
and
proc
esse
d cr
imin
al a
cts
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s
4. b
) Em
ploy
men
t of t
he re
sults
from
di
vers
e re
gion
al p
roje
cts
whi
ch d
eal
with
this
are
a th
roug
h al
l-en
com
pass
ing
train
ings
add
ition
ally
ad
just
ed to
diff
eren
t stru
ctur
es
4. b
) the
Se
cret
aria
t whi
ch
has
insi
ght i
n an
d co
ordi
nate
s su
ch
proj
ects
, th
e M
inis
try o
f Ed
ucat
ion
and
resp
ectiv
e in
stitu
tions
4. b
) Exi
sten
ce o
f res
pect
ive
educ
atio
nal m
ater
ials
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2.2
. R
ed
uc
tio
n o
f v
uln
era
bil
ity
1.) P
rom
otio
n of
gen
der e
qual
ity
cam
paig
ns
1.
) the
Min
istry
of
Lab
our a
nd
Soci
al P
olic
y an
d N
GO
s 1.
) 2
006
1.
) c) I
ncre
ased
num
ber o
f em
ploy
ed w
omen
1. b
) Cam
paig
ns fo
r era
dica
tion
of
all t
he fo
rms
of d
iscr
imin
atio
n
1. b
) the
Min
istry
of
Lab
our a
nd
Soci
al P
olic
y an
d N
GO
s 1.
b) 2
006
1.
b) I
mpr
oved
iden
tific
atio
n of
the
form
s an
d ca
ses
of
disc
rimin
atio
n
1. P
reve
ntio
n of
all
the
form
s of
di
crim
inat
ion
parti
cula
rly in
the
risk
grou
ps
1. c
) Fac
ilitat
ion
of a
cces
s to
the
labo
ur m
arke
t (em
ploy
men
t, re
train
ing,
sup
plem
ente
d qu
alifi
catio
ns)
1. c
) the
Min
istry
of
Lab
our a
nd
Soci
al P
olic
y an
d N
GO
s
1. c
) con
tinuo
usly
as
of 2
006
3.
) Ins
titut
iona
lisat
ion
of th
e fu
nctio
ns o
f the
Mig
ratio
n In
form
atio
n C
entre
(MIC
)
3.
) the
MFA
, th
e M
oI, t
he IO
M,
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l or
gani
satio
ns
3.
) Red
uctio
n of
the
illega
l m
igra
tion
and
the
cons
eque
nces
of i
t
3. In
crea
sing
the
poss
ibilit
ies
of le
gal
mig
ratio
n; p
sych
o-so
cial
, inf
orm
ativ
e
assi
stan
ce fo
r m
igra
nts
by
prof
essi
onal
in
tern
atio
nal
orga
nisa
tions
3. b
) Stre
ngth
enin
g of
the
capa
citie
s of
the
resp
ectiv
e de
partm
ent o
f the
M
inis
try o
f For
eign
Affa
irs a
s re
gard
s th
e in
form
atio
n ab
out l
egal
m
igra
tion
3. b
) the
MFA
, th
e M
oI, t
he IO
M,
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l or
gani
satio
ns
3. b
) Red
uctio
n of
the
illega
l m
igra
tion
and
the
cons
eque
nces
of i
t
�1
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3. c
) Ava
ilabi
lity
of th
e in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he le
gal m
igra
tion
for t
he
wid
er p
ublic
(inf
orm
atio
n lin
e of
the
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l org
anis
atio
ns)
3. c
) the
MFA
, th
e M
oI, t
he IO
M,
non-
gove
rnm
enta
l or
gani
satio
ns
3. c
) Red
uctio
n of
the
illega
l m
igra
tion
and
the
cons
eque
nces
of i
t
2.3
. A
dm
inis
tra
tiv
e c
on
tro
ls
1.) S
tand
ardi
satio
n of
the
form
s of
co
ntro
l and
regu
latio
n of
the
licen
ce
proc
esse
s
1.
) Exi
sten
ce o
f a p
rope
r le
gal r
egul
atio
n
Upd
ated
sys
tem
of
the
stat
e an
d in
spec
tion
cont
rol
1. R
egul
atio
n an
d m
onito
ring
of th
e se
ctor
s in
the
soci
ety
whi
ch c
an b
e co
ncer
ned
with
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
1. b
) Int
ensi
ficat
ion
of th
e co
oper
atio
n an
d co
ordi
natio
n am
ong
the
bodi
es o
f gov
ernm
ent
adm
inis
tratio
n
The
Min
istry
of
Labo
ur a
nd
Soci
al P
olic
y, th
e M
inis
try o
f In
terio
r and
the
loca
l sel
f-go
vern
men
t
1. b
) Exi
sten
ce o
f sys
tem
s fo
r lic
enci
ng a
genc
ies
for
mar
riage
, em
ploy
men
t, to
uris
m a
nd e
scor
t
1. c
) Ena
ctm
ent o
f pro
toco
ls fo
r co
oper
atio
n on
the
basi
s of
the
sign
ed M
emor
andu
m o
f Coo
pera
tion
amon
g th
e in
stitu
tions
in c
harg
e
1.
c) n
umbe
r of e
nact
ed
prot
ocol
s
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2.
) Est
ablis
hing
a d
ata
base
of
forg
ed d
ocum
e nts
and
mis
uses
of
entra
nce/
exi t
2.
) the
MFA
(D
KP),
the
MoI
an
d th
e C
usto
ms
Adm
inis
tratio
n
2.
) The
num
ber o
f di
sclo
sed
forg
ed d
ocum
ents
–
the
num
ber o
f rej
ecte
d vi
sas
due
to s
uspi
cion
co
ncer
ning
traf
ficki
ng in
hu
ma n
bei
ngs
2. S
treng
then
ing
the
coor
dina
tion
of th
e ad
min
istra
tive
cont
rol o
n a
cons
ular
le
vel a
nd
stre
ngth
enin
g st
ate
cont
rol
2. b
) Mon
itorin
g of
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
oth
er re
leva
nt
curre
nt a
nd p
lann
ed a
ctio
n pl
ans,
ad
opte
d re
gion
al re
com
men
datio
ns
(CAR
DS)
2. b
) the
MFA
(D
KP),
the
MoI
an
d th
e C
usto
ms
Adm
inis
tratio
n
2. b
) num
ber o
f per
sons
tra
ined
who
wor
k in
the
bord
er p
olic
e
3.
) Tra
inin
g of
the
bord
e r p
olic
e an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e ex
istin
g m
anua
ls fo
r com
batin
g tra
ffick
ing
in
hum
an b
eing
s an
d ille
gal m
igra
tion
and
its u
pdat
ing
3.
) the
NC
, the
Po
lice
Acad
emy,
N
GO
s an
d in
tern
atio
nal
orga
nisa
tions
3.
) Con
tinuo
usly
3.
) b) n
umbe
r of t
rain
ings
he
ld. A
cces
sibi
lity
of th
e m
anua
ls to
the
parti
cipa
nts
and
thei
r adj
ustm
ent t
o th
e ta
rget
gro
ups
3. M
ore
effic
ient
id
entif
icat
ion
of
vict
ims
and
perp
etra
tors
of
crim
inal
act
s of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
at t
he b
orde
rs
3. b
) C
ontin
uatio
n of
the
prac
tice
of
fillin
g in
que
stio
nnai
res
in o
rder
to
iden
tify
the
pote
ntia
l vic
tims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s at
all
the
bord
er c
ross
ings
.
3. b
) the
MoI
3.
b) C
ontin
uous
ly
3.
) b) I
ncre
ased
num
ber o
f pr
even
ted
illega
l ent
ranc
es
and
case
s pr
oces
sed
��
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ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3. c
) In
tens
ifica
tion
of th
e bi
late
ral
coop
erat
ion
and
exch
ange
of
info
rmat
ion
with
the
resp
ectiv
e ag
enci
es fr
om th
e co
untri
es o
f the
Eu
rope
an U
nion
3.
c) C
ontin
uous
ly
3.
) b) c
) num
ber o
f per
sons
–
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s, id
entif
ied
at
the
bord
ers
3.
) b) c
) num
ber o
f tra
ffick
ers
in h
uman
bei
ngs
arre
sted
at t
he b
orde
rs
3.
) b
) c) n
umbe
r of v
ictim
s di
sclo
sed
by p
roac
tive
inve
stig
ativ
e m
easu
res
- Inc
reas
ed n
umbe
r of
bila
tera
l agr
eem
ents
and
co
oper
atio
n in
this
fiel
d
2.4
Id
en
tifi
ca
tio
n o
f th
e c
au
se
s a
nd
co
ns
eq
ue
nc
es
of
tra
ffic
kin
g i
n h
um
an
be
ing
s a
nd
in
ve
sti
ga
tio
n o
f th
e p
he
no
me
no
n i
n g
en
era
l in
th
e R
ep
ub
lic
of
Ma
ce
do
nia
1. In
crea
se in
the
inve
stig
ativ
e ac
tiviti
es in
the
aspe
cts
of th
e ar
ea
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s
1.
) Ana
lysi
s of
situ
atio
ns, d
ata
and
repo
rts o
n tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
.
1.
) the
NC
, the
M
inis
try o
f Ed
ucat
ion,
NG
Os
and
resp
onsi
ble
inst
itutio
ns
1.
) b)
Con
tinuo
usly
1.
) N
umbe
r of r
ealis
ed
inve
stig
atio
ns
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
1. b
) Rea
lisat
ion
of c
oope
ratio
n w
ith
the
resp
ectiv
e re
sear
ch c
entre
s in
th
e re
gion
1. b
) the
NC
, the
M
inis
try o
f Ed
ucat
ion,
NG
Os
and
resp
onsi
ble
inst
itutio
ns
1.
) b)
Con
tinuo
usly
1.
b) N
umbe
r of r
ealis
ed
inve
stig
atio
ns
3.
SU
PP
OR
T A
ND
PR
OT
EC
TIO
N O
F V
ICT
IMS
AN
D W
ITN
ES
SE
S
3.1
. Id
en
tifi
ca
tio
n o
f th
e v
icti
m
1. D
efin
ition
of t
he
notio
n of
vic
tim
1.
) t
he M
inis
try
of J
ustic
e 1.
) 200
6
2. Im
plem
enta
tion
of
a na
tiona
l m
echa
nism
for
refe
rral o
f the
di
sclo
sed
vict
ims
2. R
efer
ral,
prot
ectio
n of
and
as
sist
ance
for t
he v
ictim
s in
ac
cord
ance
with
the
valid
sta
ndar
ds
2. th
e M
inis
try o
f La
bour
and
So
cial
Pol
icy,
N
GO
s, th
e IO
M,
the
MoI
, the
NC
2.) 2
006
Stan
dard
ised
ap
proa
ch a
nd e
arly
id
entif
icat
ion
of th
e vi
ctim
s of
traf
ficki
ng
in h
uman
bei
ngs
2.
) Dev
elop
men
t of
mut
ual c
oope
ratio
n am
ong
the
inst
itutio
ns
resp
onsi
ble
for
disc
losu
re,
proc
essi
ng a
nd
pena
lisat
ion
of
perp
etra
tors
of
crim
inal
act
s in
the
area
of t
raffi
ckin
g in
hu
man
bei
ngs
2.
) Fos
terin
g of
the
coop
erat
ion
betw
een
the
MoI
and
the
Dep
artm
ent f
or P
rose
cutio
n of
Pe
rpet
rato
rs o
f Crim
inal
Act
s in
the
Area
of O
rgan
ised
Crim
e, w
ithin
the
Basi
c Pu
blic
Pro
secu
tion
��
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
3. In
stitu
tiona
lisat
ion
and
lega
l re
gula
tion
of th
e al
read
y ex
istin
g po
sitiv
e pr
actic
e at
the
Tran
sit
Cen
tre o
f the
MoI
/IOM
of t
he
Stan
dard
Ope
ratio
n Pr
oced
ures
3. E
xist
ence
of a
larg
er
num
ber o
f exp
ert N
GO
s fo
r pr
ovid
ing
aid
and
assi
stan
ce
to th
e vi
ctim
s
3. S
tand
ardi
sed
prac
tice
of e
xcha
nge
of in
form
atio
n am
ong
the
rele
vant
act
ors
in
the
proc
ess
of
iden
tific
atio
n of
the
vict
ims
3.
) Sta
ndar
dise
d qu
estio
nnai
re fo
r id
entif
icat
ion
3.) t
he C
entre
fo
r Soc
ial W
ork,
N
GO
s, th
e N
C
3.) 2
006
4. R
egul
ar
com
mun
icat
ion
with
al
l the
inst
itutio
ns,
emba
ssie
s an
d co
nsul
ar
repr
esen
tativ
e of
fices
, int
erna
tiona
l or
gani
satio
ns a
nd
NG
Os.
- M
onito
ring
of c
ases
an
d fin
al s
ente
nce
for t
raffi
ckin
g in
hu
man
bei
ngs
4.
) t
he N
C, t
he S
ecre
taria
t, in
tern
atio
nal o
rgan
isat
ions
4.) 2
006
4.
) Est
ablis
hing
cr
iteria
for i
nclu
ding
th
e N
GO
sec
tor i
n th
e w
ork
with
vic
tims
and
offe
ring
assi
stan
ce to
them
4.
b) P
repa
ring
a lis
t of N
GO
s w
hich
m
eet t
he a
bove
men
tione
d cr
iteria
4.
b) t
he
Secr
etar
iat a
nd
NG
Os
4. b
) 200
6
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
4.
c) c
ontin
ual u
pgra
ding
of t
he
hum
an re
sour
ces
in th
e N
GO
sec
tor
who
wor
k in
the
field
of o
fferin
g as
sist
ance
to th
e vi
ctim
s
4. c
) NG
Os
and
Inte
rnat
iona
l or
gani
satio
ns
4. c
) 200
6
3.2
. P
erio
d o
f re
fle
cti
on
/ s
tab
ilis
ati
on
an
d t
he
sta
tus
of
re
sid
en
ce
1. E
nact
men
t of l
egal
pr
ovis
ions
co
ncer
ning
the
tem
pora
ry re
side
nce
for a
ll th
e (p
resu
med
) per
sons
vi
ctim
s of
traf
ficki
ng
in h
uman
bei
ngs
in
the
coun
try,
notw
ithst
andi
ng th
eir
willi
ngne
ss to
co-
oper
ate
with
the
bodi
es in
the
crim
inal
pr
ocee
ding
s
1. P
repa
ratio
n of
lega
l tex
ts th
at w
ill ap
prop
riate
ly re
flect
the
inte
rnat
iona
l st
anda
rds,
by
resp
ectiv
e m
ixed
te
ams
1. R
espe
ctiv
e w
orki
ng g
roup
s es
tabl
ishe
d by
th
e N
atio
nal
Com
mis
sion
and
th
e Se
cret
aria
t
1. 2
006
1. In
crea
sed
num
ber o
f pe
rson
s w
ho h
ave
been
gi
ven
a pe
riod
of ti
me
for
refle
ctio
n w
ith re
gard
to th
e nu
mbe
r of a
ssis
ted
pers
ons
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s
- Inc
reas
ed n
umbe
r of
pers
ons
who
hav
e be
en
give
n a
perm
it of
tem
pora
ry
resi
denc
e in
rela
tion
to th
e nu
mbe
r of a
ssis
ted
pers
ons
- vi
ctim
s of
traf
ficki
ng in
hu
man
bei
ngs
- D
isse
min
atio
n of
bro
chur
es
inte
nded
for t
hose
per
sons
w
ho h
ave
been
gra
nted
a
tem
pora
ry re
side
nce
for t
he
purp
ose
of fa
milia
risin
g th
em
with
thei
r sta
tus,
righ
ts a
nd
oblig
atio
ns
- Num
ber o
f (pr
esum
ed)
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s, w
ho h
ave
been
pro
perly
take
n ca
re o
f
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2. O
fferin
g ne
cess
ary
assi
stan
ce a
nd
psyc
ho-s
ocia
l aid
in
the
shel
ters
for
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s by
th
e go
vern
men
tal
agen
cies
and
NG
Os
y ls uou ni tnoC . 2
3. D
efin
ing
the
stat
us
and
role
of t
he
Tran
sit C
entre
, fro
m
the
aspe
ct o
f the
pe
riod
of s
tabi
lisat
ion
and
resi
denc
e of
the
vict
ims
4. th
e M
oI, t
he
Min
istry
of
Labo
ur a
nd
Soci
al P
olic
y an
d th
e M
FA
3. 2
006
3
.3.
So
cia
l s
up
po
rt
an
d p
ro
tec
tio
n o
f v
icti
ms
Psyc
ho-s
ocia
l su
ppor
t and
pr
otec
tion
of th
e vi
ctim
s
1. P
rovi
ding
bu
dget
ary
pres
uppo
sitio
ns a
nd
a pr
oper
lega
l fra
mew
ork,
fo
unda
tion
on th
e ob
ligat
ions
of t
he
stat
e to
war
ds th
e ne
cess
ary
soci
al,
psyc
holo
gica
l and
le
gal a
ssis
tanc
e fo
r th
e vi
ctim
s
1. A
men
dmen
ts a
nd m
odifi
catio
ns o
f le
gal t
exts
rega
ding
the
cate
gory
of
user
s of
suc
h as
sista
nce
and
care
fo
r the
vic
tims
of tr
affic
king
in h
uman
be
ings
1. th
e N
C, t
he
Secr
etar
iat a
nd
wor
king
gro
ups
conc
erni
ng
certa
in la
ws,
N
GO
s w
hich
al
read
y w
ork
at
the
Tran
sit
Cen
tre
1. 2
006-
2007
- Num
ber o
f vic
tims
who
ha
ve b
een
prov
ided
with
as
sist
ance
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e in
tern
atio
nally
es
tabl
ishe
d st
anda
rds,
thei
r pa
rtici
patio
n in
pro
ceed
ings
, pr
oper
pro
tect
ion
and
effic
ient
soc
ialis
atio
n
�8
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2. P
rovi
ding
phy
sica
l se
curit
y fo
r all
the
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s an
d th
eir a
ccom
mod
atio
n in
an
appr
opria
te
inst
itutio
n
2. th
e Tr
ansi
t Cen
tre a
s a
best
inst
itutio
nalis
ed p
ract
ice
in th
e le
gal t
exts
;
- Inc
reas
ed s
afet
y of
the
vict
ims
3.
Sta
ndar
dise
d ap
proa
ch in
the
prov
isio
n of
pro
per
info
rmat
ion
of th
e vi
ctiim
s co
ncer
ning
th
eir r
ight
s,
oblig
atio
ns, o
ptio
ns
and
poss
ibilit
ies
3. E
nact
men
t of s
tand
ard
oper
atin
g pr
oced
ures
as
rega
rds
assi
stan
ce
for t
he v
ictim
s at
the
leve
l of a
lega
l pr
ovis
ion
3.
200
6
3. N
GO
s tra
ined
in o
fferin
g as
sist
ance
in a
ccor
danc
e w
ith th
e in
tern
atio
nally
es
tabl
ishe
d st
anda
rds;
- T
he n
umbe
r of q
ualit
y m
ater
ials
con
cern
ing
the
right
s of
the
vict
ims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s re
cogn
ised
sta
ndar
ds.
3.4
. A
cc
es
s t
o le
ga
l p
ro
ce
du
re
s, p
ro
tec
tio
n o
f w
itn
es
se
ss
an
d t
he
ju
dic
ial tr
ea
tme
nt
of
the
pe
rs
on
s -
vic
tim
s o
f tr
aff
ick
ing
in
hu
ma
n b
ein
gs
Full
acce
ss to
the
juris
dict
iona
l and
ad
min
istra
tive
bodi
es a
nd o
fferin
g ad
equa
te
prof
essi
onal
as
sist
ance
free
of
char
ge
1. P
rovi
ding
, im
plem
enta
tion
of a
sp
ecia
l sys
tem
for
prot
ectio
n of
w
itnes
ses
for v
ictim
s of
traf
ficki
ng in
hu
man
bei
ngs
1. E
stab
lishm
ent o
f the
sys
tem
of
lega
l ass
ista
nce
at th
e tra
nsit
cent
re
and
form
alis
atio
n of
acc
ess
for
fem
ale
law
yers
to th
e vi
ctim
s sh
elte
red
in th
e tra
nsit
cent
re
1. th
e M
oI, N
GO
s an
d fe
mal
e la
wye
rs
1. E
xist
ence
of a
spe
cial
sy
stem
of p
rote
ctio
n of
w
itnes
ses
for v
ictim
s of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
bei
ngs;
- num
ber o
f vic
tims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s,
who
are
cov
ered
by
the
syst
em fo
r pro
tect
ion
of
witn
esse
s;
- num
ber o
f per
sons
in
clud
ed in
the
syst
em fo
r pr
otec
tion
of v
ictim
s -
witn
esse
s co
vere
d by
ap
prop
riate
trai
ning
;
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Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
2. C
ompe
nsat
ion
of
vict
ims
of tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s in
th
e pr
ocee
ding
s ag
ains
t Org
anis
ed
crim
e
2. A
dequ
ate
train
ing
for t
he
agen
cies
for w
itnes
s pr
otec
tion
Adeq
uate
trai
ning
of N
GO
s, w
omen
la
wye
rs a
nd ju
risdi
ctio
nal b
odie
s w
ith re
spec
t to
the
com
pens
atio
n (A
rticl
e 10
1 of
the
LCP)
2. th
e M
oI, t
he
Min
istry
of
Just
ice
and
the
Polic
e Ac
adem
y
2. E
xist
ence
of i
nfor
mat
ion
mat
eria
l for
the
vict
ims
- w
itnes
ses
(abo
ut w
hat r
isks
th
ey ru
n sh
ould
they
dec
ide
to te
stify
, who
will
be
prot
ectin
g th
em, w
hat a
re
thei
r rig
hts,
etc
.)
3.5
. R
ein
teg
ra
tio
n,
so
cia
l in
clu
sio
n, re
turn
1. S
yste
mat
isat
ion
of
proc
edur
es fo
r vo
lunt
ary
repa
triat
ion
of th
e vi
ctim
s of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
1. P
repa
ratio
n of
inst
ruct
ions
for
proc
eedi
ng
1. th
e M
inis
try o
f La
bour
and
So
cial
Pol
icy,
the
Min
istry
of
Educ
atio
n an
d N
GO
s
1.
Exi
sten
ce o
f ind
ivid
ual r
isk
asse
ssm
ent f
or e
very
per
son
- vic
tim o
f tra
ffick
ing
in
hum
an b
eing
s
Prev
entio
n ag
ains
t re
peat
ed
vict
imis
atio
n 2.
Rei
nteg
ratio
n an
d so
cial
incl
usio
n of
th
e vi
ctim
s of
tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
be
ings
2. P
repa
ratio
n of
pro
gram
mes
for
rein
tegr
atio
n of
the
vict
ims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s, c
itize
ns
of th
e R
epub
lic o
f Mac
edon
ia
- Prio
ritis
ing
of e
mpl
oyin
g th
e vi
ctim
s of
traf
ficki
ng in
hum
an b
eing
s,
thro
ugh
rein
tegr
ativ
e pr
ogra
mm
es
2. T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
in
divi
dual
vic
tims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
an b
eing
s w
ho h
ave
foun
d
empl
oym
ent w
ithin
one
yea
r af
ter t
heir
rein
tegr
atio
n
-T
he p
erce
ntag
e of
in
divi
dual
vic
tims
of
traffi
ckin
g in
hum
a n b
eing
s w
ho h
ave
an o
pera
tiona
l so
cial
net
wor
k on
e ye
ar a
fter
thei
r rei
nteg
ratio
n
40
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
4.
INV
ES
TIG
AT
ION
AN
D C
RIM
INA
L P
RO
SE
CU
TIO
N O
F T
RA
FF
ICK
ING
IN
HU
MA
N B
EIN
GS
4.1
Pro
ac
tiv
e a
nd
re
tro
ac
tiv
e i
nv
es
tig
ati
on
1.) T
rain
ing
for a
pplic
atio
n of
the
spec
ific
inve
stig
ativ
e m
easu
res
1.
) th
e M
oI, t
he
Publ
ic
Pros
ecut
ion,
re
spec
tive
educ
atio
nal
inst
itutio
ns a
nd
the
Min
istry
of
Educ
atio
n
1.
) Num
ber o
f rea
lised
tra
inin
gs
- N
umbe
r of o
ffici
als
from
the
resp
onsi
ble
bodi
es c
over
ed
with
the
train
ings
1. b
) Est
ablis
hmen
t of a
n op
erat
iona
l da
ta b
ase
for t
raffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs a
nd il
lega
l mig
ratio
n
1. b
) the
NC
, the
M
oI
1.
b) A
mou
nt o
f inf
orm
atio
n ob
tain
ed w
ith re
gard
to th
e tra
ffick
ing
in h
uman
bei
ngs
and
illega
l mig
ratio
n
1.
Giv
ing
prio
rity
to
the
appl
icat
ion
of
proa
ctiv
e in
vest
igat
ions
1. c
) Int
rodu
ctio
n of
ope
ratio
nal
softw
are
for m
anag
ing
inve
stig
atio
ns
in tr
affic
king
in h
uman
bei
ngs
and
illega
l mig
ratio
n
1.
c) I
ncre
ased
num
ber o
f po
lice
inve
stig
atio
ns c
arrie
d ou
t
4.2
. In
tern
ati
on
al
co
op
era
tio
n a
mo
ng
th
e l
aw
en
forc
em
en
t a
ge
nc
ies
(i.e
. in
tern
ati
on
al
crim
ina
l c
oo
pe
ra
tio
n)
an
d j
ud
icia
l c
oo
pe
rati
on
1. S
treng
then
ing
of
the
exis
ting
inst
itutio
nal a
nd
othe
r cap
aciti
es fo
r in
tern
atio
nal p
olic
e an
d ju
dici
al
coop
erat
ion
and
build
ing
of n
ew o
nes
1.) D
evel
opm
ent a
nd m
ajor
co-
oper
ativ
enes
s am
ong
the
Nat
iona
l C
entra
l Bur
eaux
of I
NTE
RPO
L
1. th
e M
oI, t
he
MFA
and
the
Min
istry
of
Just
ice
1.
) Inc
reas
ed e
ffici
ency
in
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
41
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
1. b
) Im
prov
emen
t of t
he
coop
erat
ion
with
the
SEC
I Cen
tre fo
r C
omba
tting
Inte
r-bor
der C
rime
and
its d
evel
opm
ent i
n ac
cord
ance
with
th
e ne
w s
trate
gy a
dopt
ed a
t the
20t
h m
eetin
g of
the
Join
t Coo
pera
tion
Com
mitt
ee
1. b
) Inc
reas
ed e
ffici
ency
in
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion
- E
stab
lishi
ng c
oord
inat
ed
coop
erat
ion
of th
e re
spon
sibl
e in
stitu
tions
in th
e R
epub
lic o
f Mac
edon
ia w
ith
regi
onal
and
inte
rnat
iona
l in
stitu
tions
, org
anis
atio
ns
and
initi
ativ
es
1. c
) Sig
ning
a s
trate
gic,
as
wel
l as
an o
pera
tiona
l agr
eem
ent w
ith th
e EU
RO
POL
1.
c) A
sig
ned
agre
emen
t w
ith th
e EU
RO
POL
1. d
) Dev
elop
men
t, im
prov
emen
t of
the
coop
erat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
betw
een
the
judi
cial
bod
ies
and
the
publ
ic p
rose
cutio
n of
fices
1. c
) Inc
reas
ed e
ffici
ency
in
the
inte
rnat
iona
l coo
pera
tion;
- E
stab
lishi
ng a
co-
ordi
nate
d co
oper
atio
n of
the
resp
onsi
ble
inst
itutio
ns in
the
Rep
ublic
of M
aced
onia
with
re
gion
al a
nd in
tern
atio
nal
inst
itutio
ns, o
rgan
isat
ions
an
d in
itiat
ives
42
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
1. e
) Int
ensi
ficat
ion
of th
e ac
tiviti
es
of th
e ap
poin
ted
natio
nal f
ocal
poi
nts
and
the
liais
on o
ffice
rs w
ithin
sev
eral
in
tern
atio
nal o
rgan
isat
ions
, tha
t is
nom
inat
ion
of p
erso
ns fo
r the
se
posi
tions
with
in th
e or
gani
satio
ns
whe
re th
is h
as n
ot y
et b
een
done
.
1. e
) App
oint
ing
liais
on
offic
ers
1. f)
Gen
eral
and
spe
cial
i sed
trai
ning
in
the
segm
ent o
f the
inte
rnat
iona
l co
oper
atio
n
2. O
pera
tive
activ
ities
on
a re
gion
al le
vel a
s w
ell
as o
n an
in
tern
atio
nal l
evel
2. th
e M
oI,
Partn
ers;
the
MFA
, the
Min
istry
of
Jus
tice
and
the
NC
2.
Impr
ovem
ent o
f the
ex
chan
ge o
f dat
a w
ith o
ther
co
untri
es
4�
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
- Coo
rdin
atio
n of
and
par
ticip
a tio
n in
re
gion
al o
pera
tive
actio
ns in
this
ar
ea
2. P
repa
ratio
n of
and
pr
ocee
din g
follo
win
g st
anda
rdis
e d re
gion
al
ques
tionn
aire
s fo
r co
nduc
ting
inte
rvie
ws
with
th
e vi
ctim
s of
traf
ficki
ng in
hu
man
bei
ngs
and
anal
ysis
of
the
data
obt
aine
d on
a
natio
nal a
nd re
gion
al le
vel
for t
he p
urpo
se o
f de
velo
pmen
t and
im
plem
enta
tion
of a
n al
l-en
com
pass
ing
natio
nal
resp
onse
to tr
affic
king
in
hum
an b
eing
s;
- Dis
clos
ure
of th
e ch
anne
ls
and
rout
es o
f tra
ffick
ing,
sm
uggl
ing
hum
an b
eing
s an
d ille
gal m
igra
tion;
- I
dent
ifica
tion
of th
e in
tern
atio
nal c
rimin
al g
roup
s an
d in
divi
dual
s an
d th
eir
pros
ecut
ion;
- I
dent
ifica
tion,
pro
per c
are,
re
turn
and
rein
tegr
atio
n of
th
e vi
ctim
s, e
spec
ially
of t
he
risk
grou
ps, l
ike
wom
en a
nd
child
ren.
44
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
(2) -
Fin
ding
and
pro
vidi
ng
witn
esse
s al
read
y re
patri
ated
to th
eir h
ome
coun
tries
and
nee
ded
for
test
imon
y in
fron
t of t
he
com
pete
nt c
ourts
in th
e R
epub
lic o
f Mac
edon
ia;
- R
ealis
atio
n of
the
poss
ibilit
y fo
r a h
earin
g vi
a te
leph
one
and
vide
o co
nfer
ence
;
- Rea
lisat
ion
of th
e m
odus
op
erun
di in
the
perp
etra
tion
of th
e cr
imin
al a
cts
in th
is
area
3. L
egis
lativ
e ac
tiviti
es in
the
segm
ent o
f in
tern
atio
nal
coop
erat
ion
3. S
igni
ng, r
atifi
catio
n an
d im
plem
enta
tion
of th
e ra
tifie
d in
tern
atio
nal c
onve
ntio
ns a
nd
conc
ludi
ng b
ilate
ral a
gree
men
ts;
3. N
umbe
r of j
oint
regi
onal
or
bila
tera
l act
ions
;
- N
umbe
r of j
oint
in
vest
igat
ions
with
the
bodi
es in
cha
rge
of e
nfor
cing
th
e la
ws
of o
ther
cou
ntrie
s;
- T
he e
xist
ence
of j
oint
in
vest
igat
ive
team
s;
- M
oder
nisa
tion
of th
e na
tiona
l leg
isla
tion
with
the
view
to c
reat
ing
a le
gal b
asis
fo
r a m
ore
effic
ient
bat
tle
agai
nst t
raffi
ckin
g in
hum
an
bein
gs in
the
segm
ent o
f the
in
tern
atio
nal c
oope
r atio
n
4�
Str
ate
gic
ob
jec
tiv
es
Sp
ec
ific
ob
jec
tiv
es
an
d t
as
ks
A
cti
vit
y /
Su
b-a
cti
vit
ies
A
ss
ign
ed
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies
T
ime
fra
me
C
rit
eria
fo
r m
on
ito
rin
g a
nd
ev
alu
ati
on
4.3
. P
oli
ce
an
d j
ud
icia
l tr
ea
tme
nt
of
vic
tim
s/w
itn
es
se
s
1. S
igni
ng o
f a
Mem
oran
dum
of
Und
erst
andi
ng fo
r C
oope
ratio
n be
twee
n th
e M
oI a
nd
the
IOM
for
esta
blis
hing
St
anda
rd O
pera
tion
Proc
edur
es a
s re
gard
s th
eir j
oint
ac
tiviti
es c
once
rnin
g th
e pe
rson
s tra
ffick
ed a
nd th
eir
supp
ort a
nd
assi
stan
ce
1. Im
prov
ed c
oope
ratio
n am
ong
the
parti
es in
volv
ed;
- I
mpr
oved
leve
l of
assi
stan
ce a
nd s
uppo
rt fo
r th
e pe
rson
s tra
ffick
ed
2. S
igni
ng o
f a
Mem
oran
dum
of
Coo
pera
tion
betw
een
the
MoI
and
th
e N
GO
s
2.
Impr
oved
coo
pera
tion
amon
g th
e pa
rties
invo
lved
; - I
mpr
oved
invo
lvem
ent o
f th
e N
GO
s
46
47
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND
ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIASub-group for combatting trafficking in children
Skopje, March 2006
ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
48
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................�1
COMMON GOALS ...............................................................................................................�1
PRINCIPAL GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES OF THE ACTION PLAN ...................................�2
DEFINITION OF TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN ....................................................................��
LEGAL REFORMS ................................................................................................................��
1. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia ....................................................................... 532. Law on Criminal Procedure ................................................................................................................ 533. Law on the Family ................................................................................................................................... 534. Law on Protection of Children ............................................................................................................ 535. Law on Community Care ...................................................................................................................... 536. Laws on Primary and Secondary Education .................................................................................. 547. Law on Witness Protection .................................................................................................................. 548. Law on Juvenile Justice ......................................................................................................................... 54
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION .....................................................................................��
1. Research/analyses/studies on the phenomenon of trafficking in children ....................... 552. Identification of the settings, communities, and the risk groups of children
and families who run a high risk of involvement in trafficking in children ........................ 55 PREVENTION
1. Informing and raising awareness regarding the trafficking in children and the risk groups .......................................................................................................... 562. Undertaking measures by the state for the purpose of stimulating education
of the children and creating a better policy with regard to the allocation of the budgetary resources having in mind the best interest of the child ......................... 57
3. Familiarising children with their rights and their education in order to be able to recognise the risk factors and protect themselves from it ............................ 57
4. Identification of the children victims of trafficking ................................................................... 58
49
PROTECTION AND AID FOR THE CHILD - VICTIMS / WITNESSES ....................................�9
1. Providing minimum standards for treatment, aid and protection of the child victims of trafficking ....................................................................................................... 59
2. Prevention of further victimisation of the child victims of trafficking ................................. 60
REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND REPATRIATION ................................................60
1. Rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of the child victims of trafficking ............ 60 2. Support for the families of the child victims of trafficking and support for the foster-families ................................................................................................... 61
COORDINATION OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ..............................................................................61
1. Cooperation and coordination of the respective governmental bodies and institutions, international and non-governmental organsiations with a view to establishing an efficient system of identification, referral, acceptance and providing assistance and protection to the child victims of witnesses and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators ..................................... 61
2. Establishing and intensifying the international cooperation in order to facilitate the process of repatriation of the child victims of witnesses to the country of origin or their accomodation in third countries ....................................... 62
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN .........................62
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INTRODUCTION
With the purpose of protection of the children in the Republic of Macedonia against illegal trafficking and exploitation, and giving priority to the rights and interests of children, the Republic of Macedonia has passed the Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Children.
The Republic of Macedonia, as a member of the UN and a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Children and of the World Plan of Action, is obliged to establish a national strategy for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Children in the legal regulation and in the practice.
The Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Children is grounded on the Convention on the Rights of Children and on the Statement on Obligation signed at the Fourth Ministerial Forum within the Stability Pact for South-east Europe, held on 10.02.2002 in Sofia, the provisions of the National Programme for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migra-tion in the Republic of Macedonia adopted by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia on 05.02.2002 and the international documents for human rights, in particular the optional Protocol on Selling Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography of the Convention on the Rights of Children, the UN Convention against Transna-tional Organised Crime and the Protocol on the the Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially in Wo-men and Children.
The Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Children is grounded on four basic principles including the basic principles of the Convention on the Rights of Children, these being the following:
• Protection of rights - including protection from discrimination against all forms of abuses, neglect and exploitation;
• Right to survival and development inclu-ding the right to residence in shelters, by providing access to the health care institutions, educational institutions, pro-tection of the rights against economic exploitation and protection of the physical, psychological and mental development of children;
• Participation of children in making decisions regarding their rights and interests and their influence in all the matters relating to their rights and interests - including also the right to forming and presenting their views and opinions and the right to obtain information accessible to and comprehensible for them, which contribute to their well-being, as well as their protection against the detrimental influence of various information, materials and content;
• The best interest for the children to be an absolute priority in the creation of the governmental policy and in making decisions by each individual, institution or the legislative body.
COMMON GOALS
The Action Plan has the objective of providing the Republic of Macedonia with the means and mechanisms for the implementation of the commitments to the fight against trafficking in children and for the improvement of the coordination between the governmental institutions and the inter-governmental and non-governmental sectors in the battle against trafficking in children.
The Action Plan ought to provide mechanisms and good practices for overcoming the problems with the trafficking in children, including the protection of child victims of trafficking, the prevention of trafficking and exploitation of children and criminal prosecution of those who deal in trafficking or exploitation of children or assist in committing these acts.
ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
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The Action Plan for Prevention of Trafficking in Children has the objective to:
• improve the policy of the Republic of Macedonia concerning the fight against trafficking in children and exploitation of children with respect to the protection of child victims of trafficking during a period of 3 years;
• set up minimum standards which will provi-de protection of the risk groups of children, the labour-exploited and neglected children who are potential victims of trafficking;
• the best interest for the children to have a primary importance in the protection of the rights of the child victims;
• not to exclude a single child from the proper protection against involvement in trafficking or as a victim of trafficking;
• undertake preventive measures for reducing the reasons and risks that lead to the emergence of and increase in the trafficking and exploitation of children;
• provide special protection for the children with special needs who are victims of trafficking;
• involve children with their own opinions and decisions in the undertaking of measures for protection against trafficking;
• undertake activities for identification, rehabilitation and reintegration of the child victims of trafficking.
The Action Plan for Combatting Traffi-cking in Children unites all the tasks and objectives that the Republic of Macedonia ought to undertake in order to prevent the trafficking in children and to protect the children who are victims of trafficking, on the grounds of the principles of equality, accessibility, quality and efficiency.
The working text of the NAP follows the guidelines of the UNICEF “Guide” for special measures for protection of the rights of the child victims of trafficking in the South-east Europe, as of 2003.
PRINCIPAL GUIDELINES AND PRIORITIES OF THE ACTION PLAN
For the purpose of realising the objectives of the Action Plan, the following guidelines and priorities have been determined: • complete implementation of the Convention
on the Rights of Children, the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Selling of Children, Prostitution and Pornography of Children and other international documents which define the mechanisms and obliga-tions for protection of children against trafficking in human beings and other kind of violence and abuse;
• establishment of adequate mechanisms and manners of coordination of the entites involved in the carrying out of the legal regulation and the programme tasks;
• providing possible sources of funding for preventing trafficking in children and protection of child victims of trafficking;
• education of children in order to be able to recognise their rights and obligations and acquiring skills of self-protection and education of the appropriate entities that are to provide protection to the children as well as raising the public awareness about the existence of the trafficking in children and about the necessity for uncompromis-ing battle of everyone against the trafficking in children;
• enactment of adequate legal decisons and change in the practice of protection of children;
• improvement in the cooperation between the governmental institutions and the inter-governmental and non-governmental sectors with respect to the providing of aid and protection of the children.
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DEFINITION OF TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
Adjustment of the definition of the notion of the child in the national legislation to the international standards (the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, the UN Protocol on Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially in Women and Children).
The Action Plan accepts the definition of trafficking in human beings contained in the Palermo Protocol and accordingly implemented in the incrimination contained in Article 418-а “Trafficking in human beings”, of the CC, but defined as a separate criminal act committed against children until the age of 18 and by adding that cases when the child has voluntarily consented to trafficking, i.e. to sexual or other kind of exploitation will also be treated as trafficking in children.
LEGAL REFORMS
There is a need for amendments and modifications of the existing laws and other normative acts which deal with the issue of children, whereby it is necessary to amend and modify the following:
1. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Macedonia
- by standardising a new article on the trafficking in children, that is the trafficking in children to be envisaged as a separate particular criminal offence;
- to provide punishment for both the attempt and the perpetration of this criminal offence;
- to provide for a qualified form of the criminal act of trafficking in children, if the act is commited by the parents.
2. Law on Criminal Procedure - to provide compulsory provision of free
legal assistance in the criminal proce-edings in which the victims of trafficking are children;
- the hearing of the children who are victims of trafficking to be held in a separate adeqautely equipped room and in the presence of persons specially trained for dealing with this category of children: a judge, a social worker, a psychologist and a lawyer;
3 Law on Family- to provide carrying out compulsory
supervision over the parental right by the centres for social work, over families where there are indicators and dangers of involvement of children in trafficking, or in any other type of forced labour;
- preparation of the child victims of trafficking to return to their normal lives in their own families, who will take proper care of the further development of the children, but with a constant supervision by an expert team from the centre for social work, composed of a social worker, a psychologist and a health care worker;
- if there are no conditions for the return of the child to his/her family, the priority solution is to provide accommodation in another family, which is specially trained in taking care of such children and to which the state has provided special material and professional support for the carrying out of the above mentioned work;
- a guardian shall be necessarily assigned to children who are victims of trafficking or who have no parents or parental care, or who are children coming from another country;
4. Law on Protection of Children - envisaging special measures for involving
child victims of trafficking or other kind of forced labour in the educational institutions and for their rehabilitation and resocialisation.
5. Law on Community Care - envisaging measures for reducing poverty,
that is guaranteeing and providing minimum means for survival for the families that have juvenile children, and who cannot be provided with ensuring means of survival by means of employment
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or in another way, particularly undertaking social measures for the families in which have been identified child victims of trafficking, or of another kind of forced labour, owing to the difficult social position.
- providing an appropriate system for identification and registration of the children in the streets, or the children whose labour is exploited and undertaking appropriate measures for their protection by accommodating them in the daily centres and by aiding and educating the children and their parents, as well as by linking the daily centres with the educational institutions for the purpose of involving these children in regular schooling;
- the measures that will be undertaken for the benefit of this category of children outside the daily centres (in the family, school, and in front of other institutions) ought to be carried out under the constant supervision of a social worker and a psychologist from the centre for social work;
- creating a legal obligation for establishing shelters for the child victims of trafficking in which there ought to be engaged a social worker, a psychologist and a heath care worker;
- in the shelters there ought to be engaged strictly confidential and specially trained persons and the whereabouts of the shelters ought to be known only to a certa-in circle of people, who have the obliga-tion of undertaking respective measures for the protection of the children.
6. Laws on Primary and Secondary Education
- introduction of human rights as a compulsory subject in the curricula and syllabi in all the grades of the primary and secondary education;
- involvement of the children in the schools in making decisions which involve their rights and interests;
- providing equipment for schools on the basis of established standards, with the
purpose of providing adequate conditions for education, that is, that the schools ought to become friends of the children;
- training of the teaching staff for the purpose of providing children with knowledge and skills for self-protection against all kinds of harm and abuse;
7. Law on Witness Protection A person, an escort, ought to be obligatorily
assigned to the child victims of trafficking who are willing to and able to testify in the proceedings against the persons involved in the chain of trafficking in children, which person will help them and escort them in all the proceedings and in front of all the bodies and institutions..
8. Law on Juvenile Justice The Republic of Macedonia, as a member
of the UN, the Council of Europe and a signatory of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, and especially taking into consideration the fact that the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia on 24.09.2004 enacted the Law on Ratification of the Palermo Convention with its Protocols, undertakes activities for implementation of all the international norms and standards that regulate the area of prevention of juvenile delinquency and the system of juvenile justice, for which purpose a separate law on juvenile justice ought to be enacted. This Law needs to provide measures for preventive activity of suppressing juvenile delinquency, measures for protection of children in conflict with the law by providing more alternatives, that is extrajudicial measures and measures for resocialisation and rehabilitation of the children in conflict with the law. At the same time, this law also ought to provide measures for protection of the child victims.
SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVE
• Ratification of international conventions and protocols (the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, the UN
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Protocol on the Prevention, Suppression and Punishment of Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially in Women and Children) and the Hague Convention No. 33 on the Protection of Children and Cooperation Regarding Interstate Adoptions.
• The signing and the ratification of the Hague Convention has been assessed as a SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVE. With regard to the ratification of the Hague Convention, UNICEF was lobbying during the past year at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy as regards this issue. Lobbying in this rega-rd will also continue in the following period. The OSCE will support the legal reforms with expert commentaries.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Providing a legal framework, successful enforcement of the proposed amendments and modifications to the CCBEARER: Ministry of JusticePARTNERS: Line ministries, domestic non-governmental and international organisations (UNICEF, OSCE and IOM)BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Justice with the possible assistance of donations from international organisations)DEADLINE: Until the end of 2006
ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION
1. Research/analyses/studies on the pheno-menon of trafficking in children
ACTIVITIESa) Determining and defining the risk factors
of trafficking in children and decreasing the socio-economic causes that lead to the emergence of trafficking in children (poverty, economic instability, unemployment, discrimination, status of women and children, dysfunctionality of families and the like);
b) preparing and publishing reports and relevant statistical information about
trafficking in children on a national and international level;
c) monitoring and continuous evaluation of the implementation of the Draft Action Plan;
d) an all-encompassing assessment and setting up of the network of agencies and services available to the children who are victims of trafficking.
EXPECTED RESULTS: possessing relevant data and their disseminationBEARER OF THE ACTIVITY: the MoIPARTNERS: the Ministries of Labour and Social Policy, Education and Justice and international and non-govermnetal organisationsDEADLINE: Until the end of 2008
2. Identification of the settings, communities, and the risk groups of children and families who run a high risk of involvement in trafficking in children;
ACTIVITIESа) Development of instruments, methodo-
logies and indicators in accordance with the international standards, with the purpose of monitoring the phenomenon of trafficking in children;
b) Establishment of a system of identification, registration and monitoring of the children in the streets (i.e. the children outside of the educational process), the misuses of child labour and other forms of exploitation and discrimination;
The activity shall be directed towards the adequate treatment and protection of children through various forms of aid, in order to prevent trafficking (their accommodation in homes, families, daily centres and the like);
c) Collection of data and establishment of a data base of children victims, perpetrators and users services, as well as of the identified child victims of trafficking (national and foreign citizens), the children who run the risk of trafficking owing to the presence of diverse risk factors, as well as of the perpetrators of such kinds of acts.
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EXPECTED RESULTS: Adequate protection of potential victims of child trafficking and more appropriate preventive measures BEARER: the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: the MoI, the centres for social work, the local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (with possible support from non-governmental and international organisations - donations)DEADLINE: The end of 2008
PREVENTION1. Informing and raising the awareness about
the trafficking in children and the risk groups
ACTIVITIESа) Holding preventive lessons in primary
and seondary schools, as well as other educational and instructional institutions, with the purpose of informing the pupils and the school staff about the issue of tra-fficking in children, distribution of brochu-res and information leaflets to the teachers and children through the curricula and syllabi on civic education in the schools.
EXPECTED RESULTS: A larger number of children involved in the educational process, particu-larly with the risk groups trained and educated in trafficking in children.BEARER: the Ministry of Education and the local self-government PARTNERS: the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental organisations, local self-government BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Education and the local self-government (with the possible support of non-governmen-tal and international organisations through donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008 а) Organisation of media campaigns directed
at informing and raising public awareness about the issue of trafficking in children,
the causes of its emergence and the consequences of it and establishment of funds in the local self-government for that purpose, which will be provided through donations;
b) A wider media information campaign aimed at parents (families) and other citizens with a view to recognition of trafficking in children and protection from it.
EXPECTED RESULTS: A sensitisation of the entire public, the parents in particular, about the existence of trafficking in children.BEARER: the Ministry of EducationPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental orga-nisationsBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Education and the local self-government (with possible support from non-governmen-tal and international organisations through donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
d) Organisation of informative and educational seminars for employees of state institutions on a local and national level, by animating the local self-government with regard to identifying the problems, in order to raise the awareness and their preventive activities in the performance of the professional duties, including the Government of the Republic of Macedonia as a policy creator in the field of children’s protection.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Trained personnel in the state institutions and identification of the problem BEARER: the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS. the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental or-ganisations, the units of the local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (with the possible
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support of non-governmental and internatio-nal organisations through donations)DEADLINE: In continuity up until 2008
e) Information and education of parents and families who are socially endangered about the risks of trafficking in children;
f ) Reintegration in society by means of allocating small grants for self-employment or other forms of assistance.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Educated socially endangered families and decrease in the unemploymentBEARER: the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental organi-sations, the units of local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (with a possible support from non-governmental and international organisations - donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
g) Training of non-governmental organisati-ons in the Republic of Macedonia for undertaking preventive activities concer-ning the issue of trafficking in children;
h) Training of media representatives in order for them to become acquainted with the issue of trafficking in children and a more appropriate presentation of cases via the mass media.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Involvement of the trained staff in the non-governmental sector in the relisation of the envisaged preventive measures of the state. An objective and adequate presentation of the phenomenon of trafficking in children in the mass media.BEARER: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in childrenPARTNERS: the relevant ministries, internatio-nal and non-governmental organisations, the units of the local self-government
BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: Non-governmental organisations with the financial support of international organisationsDEADLINE: until the end of 2006
2) Undertaking measures by the state for the purpose of stimulating education of the children and creating a better policy with regard to the allocation of the budgetary resources having in mind the best interest of the child
ACTIVITYа) Involvement of all the children - inclusion
in the educational process which involves material and other support by the state for the children’s attending classes in the educational institutions
EXPECTED RESULTS: A decreased number of children outside the educational process, particularly in the primary education.BEARER: the Ministry of EducationPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the MoI, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmen-tal organisations, the units of the local self-government BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of EducationDEADLINE: In continuity up until 2008
3) Familiarising children with their rights and their education in order to be able to recognise the risk factors and protect themselves from them
а) Introduction of human rights, as a compulsory subject in the formal education and motivation of the children to practice them;
b) A more active participation of children in undertaking measures for their protection and resocialisation.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Adequate involvement of the children in the decisions which pertain to their rights.
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BEARER: all the relevant ministriesPARTNERS:the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, international and non-governmental organisations, the units of the local self-government, the Agency for Youth and SportBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of EducationDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
4) Identification of child victims of trafficking
ACTIVITYа) Undertaking measures for establishing
efficient procedures for rapid identification of the child victims of trafficking by means of establishing a co-ordinated exchange of information and data among the police, the border police, the centres for social work, the schools, the health care institutions, the non-governmental organisations and the Omsbudsman.
EXPECTED RESULTS: A coordinated perfor-mance by the state and reduction of the number of cases of this type of crime.BEARER: All the relevant ministriesPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, international and non-governmental organisations, the units of the local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Mini-stry of Labour and Social Policy (with a possible support from non-governmental and international organisations’ donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
b) Intensifying control over the borders and the illegal crossings by the Border Police, as well as increasing surveillance by the responsible agencies for foreigners, particularly when children are travelling without parental escort.
EXPECTED RESULTS: A decrease in the number of illegal crossings of children. BEARER: the MoI
PARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental or-ganisations, the units of the local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the MoIDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
c) Promotion and support of the existing SOS line which operates within the NGO for the purpose of children and young victims of trafficking, by involving media representatives as partners and extension of the line at a local level with a committment on the part of the Government for finding a permanent solution.
d) Improvement and support of the existing info councelling service and telephone lines in the non-governmental sector in cooperation with the local network of NGOs for the prevention of trafficking in human beings on a local and national level, which offer services for informing and advising about the risks connected to youth travel abroad for the purpose of work or studies; legal councelling; assistance in establishing contacts with the governmental agencies; psycho-social assistance; emotional support and crisis intervention; aid for returning to the home country and referral to other agencies.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Promotion and support of the existing SOS lines. A decrease in the number of potential victims of trafficking. BEARER: NGOsPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries and international organisationsBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: non-governmental organisations with financial support by the business sector and international organisationsDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008
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PROTECTION AND AID FOR VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF CHILD TRAFFICKING
1. Providing minimum standards for treatment, aid and protection of the child victims of trafficking
ACTIVITYа) Establishment of mobile multidisciplinary
teams at the centres for social work, with representatives from the responsible institutions, expert persons (the Centre for Social Work, the Ministry of Interior and the NGOs), who will be available 24 hours per day, so as to enforce the standard proce-dures in the process of finding a child victim of trafficking (a preliminary acceptance and a conversation - an interview - with the child and his/her temporary accommodation in an appropriate institution)
EXPECTED RESULTS: A team approach and a more efficient protection of child victims of trafficking.BEARER: the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: the line ministries, international organisations and NGOsBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (with a possible support from non-governmental and international organisations through donations)DEADLINE: until the end of 2006
b) Finding appropriate spatial facilities for accommodating the child victims or witnesses of trafficking (separate accommodation of children, according to foreign and home citizens);
c) Providing the essential existential necessities, a psychological, social, medical, educational and legal assistance for the child victims or witnesses of trafficking, accommodated in the shelter centres.
DEADLINE: until the end of 2006
d) adaptation of premises in the existing Transit Centre for Foreigners, for the foreign children and adaptation of premises in the existing institutions for protecting children for the preliminary acceptance of child victims from the Republic of Macedonia.
DEADLINE: until the end of 2006
e) finding a permanent solution, that is, a structure of permanent character for collective accommodation of the child victims, domestic and foreign citizens;
f ) organisation of shelter centres in the environments where the phenomenon of trafficking in children is more present.
DEADLINE: until the end of 2008
EXPECTED RESULTS: Organised accomodation and support of children victimsBEARER: the MoI and the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: other line ministries and non-governmental and international organisations (UNICEF, IOM and OSCE)BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the MoI and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and non-governmental organisations (with financial support from international organisations’ donations)
g) a quick and efficient identification of child victims or witnesses and assignment of an ex-officio guardian, an escort (an NGO representative);
h) organisation of shelter centres in the environments where the phenomenon of trafficking in children is more prevalent;
i) providing free legal assistance and translation into their mother tongue;
j) finding a permanent solution, that is a structure of a permanent character for collective accommodation of the child victims, domestic and foreign citizens alike;
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k) finding foster families for accommodating child victims of trafficking.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Organised accommoda-tion and support of the children victims. Providing appropriate assistance and a decreased victimisation of the children - victimsBEARER: the MoI and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, that is, the centres for social workPARTNERS: Other line ministries, international organisations and NGOsDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the MoI and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and non-governmental organisations (with financial support from international organisations through donations)
2. Prevention of further victimisation of child victims of trafficking
ACTIVITIESа) Training of representatives of all
the responsible institutions in providing assistance and protection of victims in any way, professionally, they are in touch with the issue of trafficking in children (judges, public prosecutors, barristers, lawyers, social workers, psychologists, paedagogues, special education teachers, health care workers, members of the Ministry of Interior and non-governmental organisations), for the carrying out of the special measures for protection of of child victims or witnesses of trafficking in all the stages, starting from identification and protection up until the final rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of the children;
b) Application of special techniques of holding conversations with the child victims or witnesses, by respecting their fundamental rights and respecting their personality and dignity;
c) Providing appropriate assistance for children with special needs who are victims of trafficking, especially in cases of disability, psychological disorders, disease and pregnancy.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Personnel trained for adequate treatment of the victims of trafficking in childrenBEARER: the MoI, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Education PARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries and NGOsBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: Non-governmental organisations, the MoI and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Ministry of Education (with financial support from international organisations and other donors)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND REPATRIATION
1. Rehabilitation, reintegration and repatriation of the child victims of trafficking
ACTIVITIESа) Rehabilitation and preparation for
reintegration in the environment will be carried out in the shelter, through providing psycho-social support and training in social skills for reintegratioon of child victims of trafficking;
b) Implementation of permanent solutions for the child victims or witnesses of trafficking in order to return to their families or to be accommodated in other families
EXPECTED RESULTS: Children trained for a more successful reintegration in the environment BEARER: the NGOs, the Ministry of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international organisations BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: Non-governmental organisations and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (with financial support from international organisations - donations)
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DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
c) Strengthening and promoting NGOs which offer psycho-social support and assistance to the child victims of trafficking
EXPECTED RESULTS: Educated personnel from the NGOs who will work on the issueBEARER: the NGOsPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the relevant ministries, international organisations DEADLINE: Until the end of 2006BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: Non-governmental organisations (with financial support from international organisations’ donations)
d) Repatriation of the child victims of traffick-ing in human beings to their home countries or their accommodation in third countries.
EXPECTED RESULTS: The child victims will be accommodated in safe environments in accordance with their best interestBEARER: The Ministry of Interior PARTNERS: The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Sub-group for combatting traffick-ing in children, the relevant ministries, international organisationsBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Interior and non-governmental organisati-ons (with financial support from international organisations’ donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
2. Support for the families of child victims of trafficking and support for the home-families
ACTIVITIESа) Material and professional support from the
state for the families who will take in child victims of trafficking and their supervision by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy;
b) Information campaigns about the general population in the Republic of Macedonia
in order to prompt more families (home-families) to accept and provide residence to child victims of trafficking and their appropriate training, as well as provision of material and other support and providing benefits
EXPECTED RESULTS: Adequate number of families trained for acceptance and acco-mmodation of the child victims and providing appropriate supportBEARER: the Minisrty of Labour and Social PolicyPARTNERS: the Sub-group for combatting trafficking in children, the MoI, the relevant ministries, international and non-governmen-tal organisations, the units of the local self-governmentBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and non-governmenal organisations (with financial support from international organisations’ donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
COORDINATION OF THE COMPETENT NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
1. Cooperation and coordination of the respective governmental bodies and institutions, international and non-governmental organisations with a view to establishing an efficient system of identification, referral, acceptance and providing assistance and protection to child victims or witnesses and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators
а) Signing of memoranda of understanding and cooperation by all the relevant institutions;
b) Concluding of bilateral and multilateral agreements when needed, for cooperation with the countries by which and in which
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the children are victims or witnesses of trafficking, in order to prevent trafficking and ensure their safe return.
EXPECTED RESULTS: Better cooperation and efficient coordination on a national, regional and international levelBEARER: the Ministry of Foreign AffairsPARTNERS: All the relevant ministriesBEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Foreign AffairsDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
2. Establishing and intensifying the interna-tional cooperation in order to facilitate the process of repatriation of the children victims or witnesses to their country of origin or their accommodation in third countries
EXPECTED RESULTS: Better cooperation and efficient coordination on a national, regional and international level BEARER: the Ministry of Interior and the IOMPARTNERS: all the relevant ministries, non-governmental and international organisations BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: the Ministry of Interior and the IOMDEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
а) Establishing and utilising the already existing regional networks for exchange of information, data and experiences of the sub-groups for prevention of trafficking in children from South-east Europe and wider.
EXPECTED RESULTS: reduction in the number of victims of trafficking in children, monitoring and informing, as well as utilising others’ experiences and expertise and transparency in cooperationBEARER: the National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration and the Sub-group for Combatting Trafficking in ChildrenPARTNERS: all the relevant ministries, international and non-governmental orga-nisations
BEARER OF FINANCIAL EXPENCES: Non-governmental organsations (with financial support from international organisations’ donations)DEADLINE: In continuity until 2008.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
Monitoring of the implementation of the Action Plan for Combatting Trafficking in Children shall be carried out by the National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration in the Republic of Macedonia.
The National Commission for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings will be informed about the activities of the Sub-group every six months, and earlier if necessary, and the Commission shall inform the Government and the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia on the issue. The Sub-group have set the deadlines: • Short-term objective: until the end of 2006 • Midterm objective: 1 year after the adoption
of the NAP (end of 2007) • Long-term objective: 2 years after the
adoption (end of 2008).
STRATEGY FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS AND ILLEGAL MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
ACTION PLAN FOR COMBATTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
STRATEGJIA E LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME NJERËZ DHE MIGRIMIT ILEGAL NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
PLANI AKSIONAL NACIONAL I LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME NJERËZ DHE MIGRIMIT ILEGAL NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
PLANI AKSIONAL NACIONAL I LUFTËS KUNDËR TRAFIKIMIT ME FËMIJË NË REPUBLIKËN E MAQEDONISË
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