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ERADICATING

ERADICATING – Enhancing pRevention AnD multI-agenCy cooperAtion against TraffickING

A European project designed to increase the capacity of LEAs and service providers to enhance prevention and early identification mechanisms against trafficking.

Project Number: 101038752

Funded by: ISFP       Duration: 01/12/2021 – 30/11/2023


Challenge

Prevalence of trafficking in human beings (THB) is difficult to be measured despite the significant efforts of international organisations such as ILO and UNODC. Although the EU’s statistical data do not capture the full extent, the EU is primarily a destination region for victims across the world. Multi-stakeholder engagement between various actors (e.g., NGOS, LEAs, Public Authorities, Private Sector) remains an important challenge to be addressed by the Member States, as well as the cross-border and transnational collaboration of LEAs which needs to be strengthened.

Building on the 2012–2016 EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and the Directive 2011/36/EU, the EC published in December 2017 a Report, where a set of targeted priorities to step up the EU’s efforts to prevent THB have been proposed. Among these priorities is the intensification of a coordinated and consolidated response, both within and outside the EU, especially under the prism of the current socio-political context (e.g., the impact of the financial crisis, the migration crisis and organised crime groups, the fact that trafficking within EU MS is increasingly common, as well as of COVID-19, which severely shaped national/EU priorities).

Innovation

ERADICATING aims to enhance the prevention and identification mechanisms through capacity building of the Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) and increased multi-agency collaboration, with the ultimate goal to untangle the trafficking chain, through a holistic approach starting from prevention and (early) identification. 

Action

ERADICATING will develop a Toolkit named “Footprint” and will pilot, evaluate, and improve the tools included in “Footprint” in the field living labs of Greece, Germany and Bulgaria to combat THB/CSE more efficiently. The “Footprint” will include 4 agile innovative and mutually strengthening tools:

A. A Practical guide on the relevant procedures for the protection of victims, support structures for victims, with emphasis on the entry points as well as roles and responsibilities and communication flows among relevant stakeholders.

B. Training Manuals/Modules for the Simulation Exercises, the Train the Trainers Seminars, and the Transferability Workshops in the 3 countries, including methodological guides, scenarios, and reports.

C. Reports on the applicable legislative framework regarding THB and CSE, resulted from the Living Labs organised inside the 3 Consortium countries.

D. A digital child manual in the form of storytelling, tailored for children, to raise their awareness on possible forms of exploitation.

Towards the end of the project, specific transferability workshops will be organised for the transfer of the acquired knowledge. The workshops are planned to be conducted in specific cities of Greece, Bulgaria, and Germany with the aim to transfer the knowledge on the protection of the victims of trafficking, the exchange of best practices, and the promotion of regional networking and cross-border work issues.

European Commission’s support for the production of this content does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Project Partners

KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre
KENTRO MELETON ASFALEIAS (Greece)
HELLENIC POLICE (Greece)
GEMEINSAM GEGEN MENSCHENHANDEL EV (Germany)
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRACY (Bulgaria)
HOCHSCHULE FUR DEN OFFENTLICHEN DIENST IN BAYERN (Germany)
GLAVNA DIREKTSIA BORBA S ORGANIZIRANATA PRESTUPNOST (Bulgaria)

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