Project of ARIADNE network

1. MOLDOVA First findings of the research “Victim rehabilitation and re-integration” Mapping of the situation in Albania, B&H, FYROM and Greece Project of ARIADNE network “Developing effective re-integration models for trafficked persons in the Western Balkans” Athens, June 2014

2. MOLDOVA METHODOLOGYGeneral data • Duration: February-September 2014 • Geography:Albania, B&H, FYROM and Greece (4participating countries) • Methods: a) Questioning of NGO experts; b) Interviews with participants of the Roundtable in Athens; c) Desk research.

3. MOLDOVA METHODOLOGYAims The overall aim of the research is to collect info with respect to currently existing situation in regarding rehabilitation and (re)integration of: • Victims of trafficking in human beings (VTHB); • Violence (domestic violence and other kind of violence) victims (VV) - mostly women and children. The collected info should lay the foundation for elaboration of: a Manual on Models of Victim Rehabilitation& Re/integration in the Western Balkan Region.

4. MOLDOVA METHODOLOGYTasks • Legal and regulatory aspects of national policy and level of standardization of the (re)integration procedure; • Institutional framework/stakeholders responsible for victims‘ rehabilitation & (re)integration); • Typical profiles of victims and statistics; • Monitoring and evaluation of (re)integration processes; • Other organizational aspects of (re)integration (budgeting, coordination, capacity building of professionals); • Respect of human rights of victims; • Existing problems/gaps, good practices and success stories.

5. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSCountries obligations • CoE Convention on action against THB (art.16 p.5 – obligations to favour victims reintegration into society, incl. into education system and labour market) • Signed and ratified by all participating countries • 2. CoE Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (art.20 p.1 - obligations to ensure the access to services facilitating the recovery of VV from violence, incl. legal and psychological counselling, financial assistance, housing, education, training and assistance in finding employment) • Signed and ratified by Albania and B&H; • Signed by FYROM and Greece

6. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSLegal and regulatory framework • Terminology issues: lack of clear concept of victim re-integration and definitions of “re-integration”, “rehabilitation”, “social rehabilitation”, etc. (with the exception of FYROM) • High level of abstraction of legal provisions concerning the rights of VTHB & VV for assistance in reintegration/recovery • Lack of standard operating procedures of rendering assistance for VTHB & VV and their connection with budgeting process

7. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSInstitutional framework and NGOs role • State stakeholders • NGOs – service providers for VTHB & VV • International organizations (IOM, Terre des Hommes, etc.) Current problems: • State does not consider NGOs as an equal partners and does not allocate financial support/does not purchases services from NGOs (with the exception of Greece) • Lack of NGOs providing the assistance in re-integration of VTHB and VV at local level

8. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSTypical profile of victims • Mostly women / women with families/children • VTHB - 20-40 years old; VV- 1-60 years old • Rural and urban area • Low educational level • No professional education • No permanent job • Low economic/income level • Low social level/living in a problematic (poor and dysfunctional) family environment/social welfare beneficiaries • Health problem

9. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSIndividual re-integration plan • All questioned NGOs: • use individual re-integration plan, elaborated together with victim • cooperate with another service providers • Factors affecting success of re-integration: • Supporting environment (family, friends) • Social environment • Level of financial independence of victim and individual circumstances • Duration of assistance • Problems in re-integration process: • Access to long term support and some essential services • Time-consuming and high-cost services • Employment

10. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSMonitoring and evaluation • Internal monitoring and evaluation (M&E) • External M&E (state and donors) • Different approaches of questioned NGOs to use of indicators for M&E: • No needs in indicators • Scientific approach (indicators elaborated by NEXUS institute for re-integration of VTHB) • Internal indicators : • number of beneficiaries • information and services provided • number of beneficiaries who managed to get employment

11. MOLDOVA FIRST FINDINGSOthers aspects of re-integration • Budgeting • Lack of resources at local level • No adequate funding for NGOs • Coordination • Bureaucratic barriers • Capacity building • more specialized trainings (identification, re-integration, etc.)

12. MOLDOVA Contents of Manual/Guidelines on models of victim rehabilitation and re-integration (draft) • Importance of re-integration of VTHB and VV and s for human rights protection • Definition of re-integration • Scope of re-integration and approaches • Re-integration process • Guiding approaches and principles • Factors affecting success of re-integration • Individual plan of re-integration •  NGOs role in rendering assistance in re-integration of VTHB and VV

13. MOLDOVA Questions for discussion: Differences in model of rehabilitation and re-integration of VTHB and VV: • Terminology (reintegration and recovery) • Profile of victims • Needs and services • Factors affecting success of re-integration

14. MOLDOVA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Ms. Tatiana Fomina Analytical & Juridical Department ManagerInternational Center “La Strada”, Moldova tfomina@lastrada.md