Antitrafficking policies in Romania Evaluation Report
Foreword
The
sociological research whose findings are presented in the following pages was
conducted at the request of
the Interministerial Working Group for the coordination and assessment of the activities to prevent and combat trafficking of human
beings, with technical and financial support from
UNICEF Romania, and was prepared by IMAS, the Institute of Marketing and Surveys.
The research and publishing of the
report was made possible with the funds offered with generosity by UNICEF
National Committees from United Kingdom and France.
Aiming to highlight the
inter-institutional relations set in place by the implementation of the
policies on the prevention and combating of trafficking of human beings and on
the assistance provided to the victims of
this crime, this research addresses at the same time the identification of methods to enhance the
effectiveness of these policies in the future. Therefore, the
sociological survey tried to show how anti-trafficking policies are viewed by
the major social actors involved in combating this crime. The undertaking of
the research would not have been possible without their competent support.
We give our
thanks to the Interministerial Working Group, whose members most kindly supported
the research, in the course of all its stages.
Also, we are
particularly thankful to all the representatives of public institutions who
answered IMAS' s request to participate in the
research. Our gratitude goes towards central authorities, such as the Ministry of Administration and
Internal Affaires, the Ministry of Justice, the Public Ministry, the Ministry of Education and Research,
the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labor, Social Solidarity and Family, the National Authority for the Protection
of the Rights of the Child, the
National Employment Agency. Not least, we give thanks to the representatives of
local authorities in Bucharest city and in the Counties of Timiü, Iaüi
and Suceava, who cooperated with IMAS's team of researchers.
We are equally
thankful to the representatives of international organizations who participated
in the research and supported it by
offering useful advice and remarks: UNICEF Romania, the International
Organization for Migration - Mission to Romania, UNDP Romania, the
Representation of the International Labor Organization ILO-IPEC, the Center for
South-East European Cooperation Initiative, and USAID Romania.
We are grateful
to all the managers of non-governmental organizations who accepted to participate
in the survey. Without their support, and their close collaborators' support,
this research would not have been possible. Thus, the following organizations
deserve to be acknowledged: ADPARE,
Alternative Sociale [Social Alternatives], Conexiuni Foundation, Generatie Tânără [Young Generation], Reaching Out,
Salvati Copiii [Save the Children], and SCOP.
We thank those managers of shelters for victims of
trafficking of human beings who allowed visits of the institution or who
answered IMAS questionnaires.
We are greatly thankful to all the
social workers, all the psychologists, the magistrates and the police officers who had the kindness and
professional dedication to accept the participation in this research. We
believe that the opinions of these professionals represent an important working
tool for the central or local authorities in their effort to combat and prevent
trafficking of human beings or to provide the most effective assistance to the
victims of this crime.
Last but not least, we express our
particular gratitude to the UNICEF team, especially to Ms Lorita Constantinescu
and Ms VoichiĦa Pop, whose continuous support in the course of the research
made the drafting of this report possible.
Pierre
Poupard - Representative
Gabriel
Sotirescu - Coordinator
UNICEF
Romania
Interministerial
Working Group for coordination and assessment of activities to
prevent and combat trafficking of human beings
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