Prevention of trafficking in human beings, monitoring and support to the implementation of the National Action Plan on counter trafficking (2006/122530)
EIDHR (European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights)
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
This micro-grant is supporting the fight against trafficking in human beings in Georgia through prevention and development of institutional mechanisms for prosecution of trafficking and protection of trafficking victims as well as through the monitoring and support to the implementation of the Plan of Action against Trafficking.
Project Name
Contribute to the transformation of the Georgian Border Guards into a civilian agency under the Ministry of Interior. (2006/)
Location
Georgia
Implementation period
January 2006 – July 2007
Implementing Partner
Finnish Border Guards
Budget/EC contribution
€ 1.000.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC Delegation Tblisi
Description
The project aims to establish and equip a Border Police faculty in the Georgian Police Academy. An additional €1 million available under TACIS NAP 2004 and should be used to continue with assistance to the Georgian Border Guard Faculty for one more year, contract to be signed before July 2007.
“House for Asylum seekers and Refugees in Saint Petersburg” (2003/HLWG/076) and “Complex action for improvement of refugees reception system in St. Petersburg – Russia”(2006/120-135)
Location
Russian Federation
Implementation period
March 2005 – October 2008
Implementing Partner
St. Petersburg Centre for International Cooperation of the Red Cross
Budget/EC contribution
€ 897.500 / € 698.740,00 (2003/HLWG/076)
€ 664.856,20 / €502.764,26 (2006/120-135)
Funding Programme
HLWG B7-667 and AENEAS 2005
Responsible DG
JLS and EuropeAid
Description
The project aims to increase the capacities of St Petersburg in the reception, registration, documentation and integration of refugees and asylum seekers and the protection of their rights by means of supplying them with legal, psychological, medical and social assistance and temporary settlement in a special building.
Project Name
Migration Rights: Network of Legal Assistance to Refugees and Forced Migrants in Russian Regions (2003/HLWG/082 and 2006/120-166)
The projects foresee at providing legal counselling and representing forced migrants in the courts, the development of the asylum system in the Russian Federation, establishing a system of effective international protection for forced migrants in Russia and promoting respect for international standards and rights for refugees, stateless persons, IDPs and forced and labour migrants.
Project Name
Assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation in Establishing a Legal and Administrative Framework for the Development and Implementation of Readmission Agreements (2006/120-282)
Location
Russian Federation
Implementation period
February 2007 – January 2009
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 1.756.092,84 / € 1.404.874,27
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2005
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
With this project, the EC provides assistance to the Russian Federal Migration Service in its preparation towards the implementation of the readmission agreement with the EC. The project aims more specifically to upgrade the treatment of readmitted illegal migrants that are nationals of third countries, through promoting the creation of a model centre in Pskov and disseminating information on best practices in this field (including on assisted voluntary returns).
Project Name
Prevention of Human Trafficking (2005/115237)
Location
Russian Federation
Implementation period
March 2006 – August 2008
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 4.444.444 / € 4.000.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EC DEL Moscow
Description
The main objective of the project is to combat trafficking in human beings in the Russian Federation as a country of origin, transit and destination – by: (i) improving the legislative framework and the State policies regarding human trafficking, including the national capacity to assess and measure this phenomenon in Russia; (ii) strengthening the capacity of the relevant law enforcement agencies to combat human trafficking; raising awareness amongst the risk group, general public and relevant Russian authorities, NGOs and diplomatic missions of foreign states; and (iii) building the capacity of the national authorities and local NGO networks to protect and reintegrate victims of trafficking.
2. Other regions
2.1 Eastern Mediterranean ENP partner countries (Syria, Lebanon and Jordan) and Middle Eastern countries (Iran and Iraq)
Regional
Project Name
International migration from Middle East and North Africa (2005/103579)
Location
Middle East and North Africa
Implementation period
January 2006 – December 2008
Implementing Partner
World Bank
Budget/EC contribution
€ 916.963 / € 733.570
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2004
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
Identify and support the implementation of projects, policies, regional arrangements, and institutional reforms that will maximise the benefits of international migration flows and reduce their costs.
Project Name
Management of asylum and migration in North Africa and improving protection of for asylum-seekers and refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, with focus on Iraqis’ (2006/126-820)
Location
Middle East and North Africa
Implementation period
January 2007 – December 2008
Implementing Partner
UNHCR
Budget/EC contribution
€ 5.000.000 / € 4.000.000
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2005
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
€1 m of the total budget is reserved to strengthen the protection mechanisms in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, with particular focus on Iraqi refugees and asylum-seekers.
Project Name
Enhancing civil society participation in human rights management of migration (2005/103558)
Location
Middle East and North Africa
Implementation period
December 2005 – March 2008
Implementing Partner
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network -EMHRN
Budget/EC contribution
€ 669.499 / € 535.598
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2004
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
This project supports the work of NGOs dealing with migrants and asylum seekers in all the Maghreb and Mashrek countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Lebanon
Project Name
Legal protection to migrant workers and asylum seekers in Lebanon (2001/50530)
Location
Lebanon
Implementation period
April 2003 – March 2007
Implementing Partner
Caritas
Budget/EC contribution
€ 761.300 / € 761.300
Funding Programme
MEDA
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
The overall objective of this project is the protection of the human and legal rights of migrant workers and asylum-seekers in Lebanon.
By the end of its implementation period:
1. The existing legal protections for migrants’ rights will be enforced in the courts of Lebanon and migrants will have access to the legal and social counselling necessary to take advantage of these protections;
2. Migrants and asylum-seekers will be more capable of protecting themselves from abuse, exploitation and detention by understanding and using the legal process and their social networks;
3. The Lebanese public will be informed of the legal and human rights of the migrants working and living among them and of the nature and extent of the abuse and exploitation they experience;
4. The official administrative instructions and general practices regulating the status and treatment of migrant workers, especially female household workers, will provide greater protection for their human and legal rights.
The overall objectives of the programme are 1) to enhance security in Central Asia; 2) to reduce the flow of illicit traffic through the countries of the region; 3) to contribute to an increased flow of persons and legal goods across Central Asian borders. The specific objective of BOMCA is to strengthen the five countries' capacities in managing their borders in accordance with European best practices. The programme addresses all the issues related to border management, including improvement of relevant legislation, training, study tours, funding of infrastructures, supplying of equipment for upgrading of security at border crossing points, on certain parts of the green border of the countries and in selected airports. It supports as well training centres, facilitated networking and regional coordination.
Project Name
Central Asian Labour Migration Programme (2006/131406)
Location
Central Asia
Implementation period
November 2006 – October 2008
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 1.900.000 / € 1.700.000
Funding Programme
TACIS
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
The project supports in Kazakhstan the improvement of labour migration data and statistics, the development of a national labour migration strategy, capacity building for migration authorities, protection of migrants’ rights via NGOs, while in sending countries like Tajikistan, Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan it is aimed at better regulating and inspecting employment agencies, increasing information for would be migrants, enhancing capacities of national authorities to protect nationals working abroad. At regional level the project promotes raising awareness among decision makers and promotes coordination and dialogue.
Tajikistan
Project Name
Enhancing Development Impact of Remittances and Promoting legal migration in Rural Communities. (2006/120-262)
Location
Tajikistan
Implementation period
January 2007 – December 2008
Implementing Partner
IOM
Budget/EC contribution
€ 669.655 / 535.724
Funding Programme
AENEAS 2005
Responsible DG
EuropeAid
Description
To enhance the development impact of labour migration and remittances in migrant sending areas through remittance-linked education and investment initiatives as well as promoting legal migration through information dissemination and training of community based entities on reality of labour migration.
