Rationale

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Trafficking in people is considered to be one of the largest crimes comparing to trafficking in drugs and guns. The latest USA data of year 2003 indicate that between 800 000- 900 000 persons are trafficked around the world annually. Again in Europe from trafficking in people suffer 120 000 women and children, Europol data shows.
In the context of Lithuanian social problems, trafficking in people is defined as one of the most severe and the least known problems. Long time before it was not discussed and only recently, when the increase was noticed, more attention was paid. About the increasing topicality of this problem shows data of the increased flows of trafficking victims who return from foreign countries, information about criminal cases in Lithuania and other foreign countries, also attention to this problem of foreign funds, governments and state institutions in solving reintegration and prevention questions of Lithuanian victims of trafficking. Very often the problem of trafficking is evaluated as the problem of the victim as she “got what she wanted”. Many people in the society still treat victims of trafficking as offenders and criminals, therefore victims face a lot of difficulties in reintegration processes. Considering everything written above, members of the development partnership will seek to create a model for actions, which will have direct positive influence on successful reintegration of trafficking victims into working society and spread of information would serve as preventive tool. Members of the development partnership have huge experiences in their working fields and represent different sides of parts of the society: - Missing persons’ families support center, Lithuanian AIDS center, Vilnius Caritas archbishopric come from the work demand side and rebuild victims’ social skills and qualification - Gaumina, JSC from the work supply side, as it works more then 6 years and exchanges information with other formers of the labour force market supply

Objective

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The main objective of the DP is (re-)integration of victims of trafficking to the labour force market.
Tasks of the development partnership:
•Creation a structure of associated organisations;
•Sociological research on attitudes of the society towards the mentioned problem; •Preparation of target group to (re-)integration into labour force market; •Consultancy and direct help to victims of trafficking in process of employment; •Analysis of existing foreign models to victims of trafficking employment and foreign countries’ experience adoption in Lithuania;
•Guarantee the success of the project by presenting the problem and reached results to the society.

Innovation

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Innovative would be both the DP and it’s’ activities. Composition of DP is telling: there is with the target group working Missing persons’ families support center, religious community- Vilnius Caritas archbishopric, public authority- Lithuanian AIDS center and enterprise- from the labour supply side Gaumina, PLC. This model of cooperation was not tried yet. Moreover, innovative work principles will be used and complete needed assistance until employment would be provided. In addition to that while solving the problems of project's target group and spreading the project, IT technologies would be used to create:
- internet web portal, where all information that is associated with the project and the target group would be put
- virtual labour exchange in the Internet
- eLearning tool
More innovations would be planned after the conducted sociological research. Referring to research results actions of DP would be more reasonable and effective.
Process oriented innovations:
- created a new and finished model of assistance to the target group
- IT technologies would be used for spread, communication in DP and upraise qualification of target group
Goal-oriented innovations: New virtual learning material would be created in cd format. Distributing it to victims of trafficking, they will be able to use it where they find computer.
Context oriented innovations: The first time for the better integration of target group into labour market and exchange of information, the six-sided network, consisting of Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Portugal, Italy and Germany would be created.

Budget Action 2

250 000 – 500 000 €

Beneficiaries

Empowerment

 With beneficiaries

 Between national partners

N.C.

Transnationality

 Percentage of the budget for transnational activities

• 4.0%

 Transnational Co-operation Partnerships

Background

 Involvment in previous EU programmes

• Nobody involved in A&E

National Partners

Agreement Summary

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Planned activities with foreign partners:

1. Overview on the phenomenon of human traffic at national level
2. Collection of the national legislations against human traffic and related provisions implemented in the partner countries
3. Collection and exchange of good practices aimed at trafficked persons
4. Development of a model to monitor the phenomenon
5. Development of a model to map-out the organisations/services & mapping-out
6. Online transnational database of the available services to trafficked persons
7. Transnational meetings and conferences
8. Publication and dissemination of prepared material
9. Identify human resources for transnational exchanges in training activities in Portugal
10. TCA Secretariat, external and internal evaluation

The Transnational Partnership will provide an added value in terms of objectives, themes and contents, methodology and instruments, and products foreseen since it intends to confront a serious problem of discrimination and social exclusion through the adoption of an integrated approach and thus having a positive influence on policies and interventions for the social and occupational inclusion of the victims of human trafficking.
The Transnational Partnership will implement a co-ordinated strategy that will be innovative in relation to the different partners involved at the national DPs level and to the geographical scope the partners cover (Italy, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania) that include countries of origin, transit and destination of trafficked persons, “old” and “new” Members States of the European Union. The different experiences and expertise of the national DPs will contribute to better define and elaborate the tools for the monitoring of the phenomenon and the services provided and the setting up of the transnational database.

The Transnational Partnership expects to:
 enhance the exchange of information on trafficking at national and transnational level;
 improve the level of knowledge as regards the experiences of social inclusion of trafficked persons achieved by the different partners and the different countries involved in the transnational partnership;
 jointly develop tools and a monitoring mechanism that will be tested in the participating countries thus contributing to the amelioration of the data collection and evaluation system both at national and transnational level;
 through the implementation of a monitoring mechanism of the phenomenon and of mapping out of the services provided it will be possible, on the one hand, to improve the quality of the existing services and, on the other hand, to plan innovative ad hoc interventions capable of specifically addressing the trafficked persons’ needs;
 develop systems of information, exchange and operational link-up of projects and services in the sector at national and transnational level;
 to promptly refer the trafficked persons to the proper service provider (locally, nationally or internationally) and to supply the necessary information on the services existing in a given place to the agencies engaged in the field;
 contribute to challenge the stereotypes on trafficked/migrant persons reiterated through the media world and sometimes also through the awareness raising campaigns.

Missing persons’ families support center

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Missing persons’ families support center established in 1996. It is a public, independent, non-profit, and voluntary organisation uniting people who help missing persons’ families, victims of trafficking in people and families of such victims. Main work trends of the center: urging the search of missing people, integration of trafficked people, educative-preventive activities against trafficking in people, improvement of legislation in order to prevent trafficking in people and urge integration of trafficked people, forming public opinion towards compassion for trafficked people and relatives of missing people and intolerance with regard to traffickers and lobbying activity.

Contact person(s)

Gaumina, JSC

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Gaumina JSC is a company of e-solutions founded in 1998.
Biggest clients in Lithuania: 6 companies form Lithuania TOP 10: Lithuanian Telecom, Lithuanian Energy, Ekranas, Achema, Sanitex, Lithuanian Gas.
Market share in Lithuania in 2003: ~42 %.
Main awards
•“Product of the Year 1999” held by for the project http://mail.centras.lt (for now – http://webmail.delfi.lt).
•“Product of the Year 2002” for the content management system “Building Blox 4 Web”.
•In 2003 in a festival „Adrenalinas“ of advertising agencies, „Kalnapilis movies“ (http://kalnapiliofilmai.takas.lt) project won a golden arrow.
•In 2003 in a festival „Golden Hammer“ (Latvia), „Kalnapilis movies“ (http://kalnapiliofilmai.takas.lt) project was the best project in a category of interactive projects.

ACTIVITIES/ EXPERIENCE
•Web sites
•Experience in e-commerce and portal business
•Content management system „Building Blox 4 Web“
•Producing (creating) advertising campaigns
•Multimedia, animation, CD
•Intranet, Extranet systems

Contact person(s)

Lithuanian AIDS center

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Lithuanian AIDS Centre is a governmental organization. It was established in 1989 by an order of the Health Minister and placed outside pre-existing institutions and health care units. Currently, it has five departments (located in several buildings around Vilnius) and employs a staff of about 60 persons. The AIDS Centre includes the following departments: laboratory, outpatient unit along with anonymous testing site, street clinic “Demetra”, public education unit and drug users social rehabilitation department. The Centre also operates an AIDS Hot Line and a Hot Line for drug use affected people. Working fields of the Centre are: public education, laboratory testing (the laboratory deals as a reference one, the only in Lithuania performing confirmatory tests), anonymous testing and counseling, epidemiology surveillance and data evaluation, social rehabilitation of drug users, launching of National AIDS prevention programmes, services directed at men having sex with men and sex workers.

Contact person(s)

Vilnius Caritas archbishopric

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Vilnius Caritas archbishopric Mother and Child Care Home works eight years. Services for mothers and their children, those who live out crisis: women, suffering from violence, victims of trafficking, long term unemployed women. The Care Home provides of living place, nutrition, takes care of social, psychological, medical and legal help, and organizes work training, delivering lectures, gathering together self – help groups.

Contact person(s)

Integration and re-integration of victims of human trafficking into labour marke