Reference

HOME/2011/ISEC/AG/THB/4000002202

Promoter

European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, Finland

Approximate Budget

309.000 €

Timeframe

2012 – 2014 (24 months)

Partners and Co-beneficiaries

Ministry of the Interior, Lithuania; University of Tartu, Estonia; Council of the Baltic Sea States/SE

Objectives and results

The overall objective of is to develop national and regional partnerships and to further explore mechanisms facilitating exploitation. Nine countries of the Baltic Sea region are targeted - Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

For these purposes, the following activities are planned:

• Establishment of a platform for dialogue among key labour actors at the national level;
• Awareness raising campaigns at the regional level among governmental and private sector representatives in the Baltic Sea region
• Research on recruitment practices and roles of recruitment agencies and employers in preventing the exploitation of migrant labour
• Development of guidelines for the prevention of exploitation, targeted especially at recruitment agencies and employers
• Stimulation of political awareness and dialogue nationally and regionally through engagement with key policy makers.

Further information

Ms Ollus Natalia, natalia.ollus@om.fi