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Don’tBeSilent! Prevent Human Trafficking!

A month-long anti-trafficking campaign #Don’tBeSilent! Prevent Human Trafficking! is concluded.

 

Our project, “Enhancing anti-trafficking action” supported the Ministry of Internal Affairs on preparation of the campaign, launched on 18 October, on European Anti-trafficking Day. 

The campaign was launched through a high-level conference organised in Pristina, with the keynote speeches from highest institutional level, the President Mrs. Osmani, Prime Minister Mr. Kurti, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs/National Coordinator against Trafficking in Human Beings  Mr.Gashani, Acting Chief State Prosecutor Mr. Kelmendi, and other high level speakers, among which Mr. Frank Power, Head of Council of Europe Office Pristina addressed the audience, highlighting the Council’s work to support government and other local institutions on meeting the standards of the Council of Europe Convection on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.                     

Along the journey of diverse outreach activities, we supported Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovations and Kosovo Police to raise awareness about the dangers of human trafficking and strengthen the voice of children to end child trafficking.

Around 700 children throughout 6 regions received lectures and educational materials on how to identify, prevent and report human trafficking, as well as provide support to victims of trafficking.

Enhancing anti-trafficking actions” project is built upon Council of Europe’s GRETA recommendations and is committed to strengthen awareness raising efforts and institutional anti-trafficking actions.

 

This project “Enhancing anti-trafficking actions” is implemented by the Council of Europe and co-financed by Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and Norway, and by the Council of Europe.

 

 

Pristina 18 October - 18 November 2022
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Fifty practitioners to enhance skills in provision of occupational therapy

Following the adoption of the Guidelines for Occupational Therapy (OT), as well as the Training of Trainers (ToT) on OT that took place in January 2024, three 2-day cascade training sessions were organised in the course of February and March 2024.  Fifty professionals, mainly from the Prison Health Department, along with representatives from the Correctional Services, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, and the Special Institute for Persons with Mental and Physical Disabilities, were trained on this important form of therapy.

To complement the theoretical aspects and provide the trainees with practical knowledge, some of the sessions were conducted in the Dubrava Prison, in a section which houses prisoners with both mental and somatic problems. This on-site training allowed the participants to observe and understand the application of OT principles in a real-life setting, thus enhancing their learning experience by connecting theory and practice.

These cascade training sessions allowed the participants to further improve their skills in applying the OT Guidelines and tools in prisons and other closed institutions, a concept which was thus far not utilised in a structured manner. Furthermore, training healthcare and correctional professionals together helps them further strengthen the inter-institutional cooperation in the treatment and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable members of the society.

Each of these sessions were facilitated by two trainers who had participated in the ToT in January and were supervised and mentored by a Council of Europe consultant who has been involved in the process since the very beginning, thus further strengthening institutional capacity to provide training.

The activity was conducted under the auspices of the Council of Europe project “Improvement of the treatment of persons deprived of liberty”.

 

 

*All references to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions, or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United National Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

Istog/ Istok 26 March 2024
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