IOM will run 6 shelters for victims, promote information campaigns with focus on schools, carry out training for law enforcement agencies, including judges, and facilitate their cooperation with NGOs.
Belarus
Project Name
Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in the Republic of Belarus (2002/29979)
Through the projects the EC funds a number of study visits and trainings and seminars which are organised with the involvement of EU MSs experts. Two European standard accommodation centres for irregular migrants (in Brest and in Pinsk) and a separate one for asylum seekers in the city of Pinsk have been / will be established, a dog training centre has been upgraded and equipped with modern technology, and various border control and surveillance equipment has been supplied. Furthermore the BOMBEL projects aim at modernising the equipment used by border troops in compliance with the EU standards, through the provision of computer-aided equipment and technology, motor-cars and lorries; engineering, technical, communication, radiation-measuring and other pieces of equipment; communication instrument, with the aim in particular of increasing the mobility of border troops along the green border and their capacity of surveillance on trains and at the border posts.
Project Name
Strengthening Migration Management in Belarus - MIGRABEL (2006/104300)
Location
Belarus
Implementation period
June 2006 – May 2008
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 775.000 / € 700.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
Through this project the EC is contributing to establishing a travel document issuing and control system which will meet latest international standards and comply with biometric requirements. Moreover, a national database will be developed and will be able to store and process biometric data. Beneficiaries are the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Border Guard Committee.
Project Name
Strengthening Protection Capacity in Belarus (2006/120221)
Location
Belarus
Implementation period
December 2006 – December 2008
Implementing Partner
UNHCR
Budget/EC contribution
€ 719.628,50 / € 575.702,80
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2005
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
The overall objective of the action is to facilitate the development of the asylum system in Belarus.
The specific objective is to develop an effective referral system in order to ensure the respect of the principle of non-refoulement.
Additionally, under CBC 2006 Budget, Belarus is supposed to receive an additional €14 million assistance aimed at improving border controls through provision of equipment for border surveillance and the establishment of fibre optic cable networks to central authorities and between selected border crossing points. This latter component will facilitate smooth border and customs clearance thus reducing waiting hours at border crossing points and at the same time ensuring and improving security controls through modern data networks and/or control equipment. Furthermore technical assistance will also be offered, possibly through a twinning.
Moldova
Project Name
Combating trafficking in women (2002/30263)
Location
Moldova
Implementation period
September 2002 – June 2004
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 600.000 / € 600.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
This project aimed at providing law enforcement agencies with technical support and training as well as promoting cross-border cooperation, raising awareness among potential victims about the risks of being trafficked, assisting the actual victims by facilitating repatriation, offering medical and psychological cares and hospitality in a shelter.
Project Name
Capacity building and technical cooperation for Moldovan border officials (TACIS/2003/077575)
Location
Moldova
Implementation period
December 2003 – November 2005
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 1.100.000 / € 900.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
This project aimed at providing training, technical assistance, and supply of equipment to border guards and other border officials in Moldova, with a particular view to enhance capacity of the Ungheni Border Guard Training Centre by providing physical facilities and equipment as well as by assisting in curricula development.
Project Name
IOM Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Trafficking (Chisinau, Moldova): Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reintegration through Comprehensive Care (TACIS/2004/72590)
Location
Moldova
Implementation period
December 2004 – February 2006
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 308.000 / €308.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
The project set up a Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Trafficking (Chisinau, Moldova), focussed on the recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims through comprehensive Care.
Project Name
Enhancing border control management in the republic of Moldova (TACIS/2004/027521)
Location
Moldova
Implementation period
December 2004 – December 2005
Implementing Partner
UNDP
Budget/EC contribution
€ 1.850.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
The project aimed at strengthening border control capacities at selected Moldovan border crossing points through the supply of equipment and training.
Project Name
Strengthening Migration Management in Moldova - MIGRAMOL (2006/104300)
Location
Moldova
Implementation period
June 2006 – May 2008
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 775.000 / € 700.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
The aim of this project is to improve migration management capacity with a particular focus on the treatment of irregular migrants. The core activity under the project is to ensure international standards in the accommodation of irregular migrants with the refurbishment of an accommodation facility, to develop a health care system (including the creation of a health post), in order to provide medical assistance to irregular migrants held, to train staff and develop norms and guidelines for the management of an accommodation facility in accordance with the best international standards and most particularly with the standards set by the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the Committee for Prevention of the Torture.
Project Name
Improvement of Border Controls at the Moldovan-Ukrainian State Border - BOMMOLUK 1 (2006/125442)
Location
Moldova and Ukraine
Implementation period
September 2006 – December 2007
Implementing Partner
UNDP
Budget/EC contribution
€ 3.250.000 / € 3.000.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
The objective of this project is to build up appropriate and institutional capacity in Moldova and Ukraine to ensure effective border and customs controls and border surveillance with particular attention to the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border.
Project Name
EU Border Assistance Mission to Ukraine and Moldova - EUBAM (RRM and TACIS)
Location
Ukraine and Moldova
Implementation period
November 2005 – December 2008
Implementing Partner
UNDP
Budget/EC contribution
RRM: € 4.000.000
TACIS: € 24.200.000 (not all yet contracted)
Funding Programme
RRM and TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Kiev
Description
The objective of this project is to contribute to the enhancement of the overall border and customs management capacities of Moldova and Ukraine border officials and to contribute to a peaceful solution to the Transniestria conflict.The deployment of the EUBAM mission along the Moldovan-Ukrainian border as well as along the Moldovan internal/administrative boundary was initiated with particular attention to the Transnistrian border sector, which the Moldovan authorities can not effectively manage.17 EU Member States provide significant financial contribution to EUBAM's activities through the secondment of border police and customs personnel whose salaries are being paid by the EU Member States' administration.
Project Name
Beyond Poverty Alleviation: Developing a Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Leveraging Migrant Remittances for Entrepreneurial Growth in Moldova (2006/120234)
This project aims at maximising the positive effects of migration on development, by promoting the cheaper transfer and providing advice for the most rentable use of migrants remittances in view of pro-development projects.
Additionally, under CBC 2006 Budget Moldova is supposed to receive an additional €12 million assistance aimed at improving border controls through provision of equipment for border surveillance and the establishment of fibre optic cable networks to central authorities and between selected border crossing points. This latter component will facilitate smooth border and customs clearance thus reducing waiting hours at border crossing points and at the same time ensuring and improving security controls through modern data networks and/or control equipment. Furthermore technical assistance will also be offered, possibly through a twinning.
A TACIS RAP 2005 allocation of €6.6 million will enable to complete the demarcation of the Ukrainian- Moldovan border (the project will concentrate on the Southern border in front of the Black sea and on the Transnestrian sector, as the remaining parts were already ensured by the Ukrainian and Moldovan State Funds) and to set joint border posts.
Ukraine
Project Name
Fight against trafficking in human beings-Ukraine (2003/69572)
2) prosecution and criminalisation of trafficking and building up capacity of Ukrainian law enforcement and judicial authorities;
3) protection and reintegration of victims through assisting victims with legal, medical and psychological help, shelter and micro-grants as an income generating basis.
