On Wednesday, November 10, in the margins of the one-day Closing Conference of the third phase of the regional project Balkans Act Now (BAN III), workshop meeting with the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children and the Head of the Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur was held.
The workshop follows up the online study visit to the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings in the Netherlands held in September 2020. The aim was to facilitate space for direct exchange and dialogue between the Dutch National Rapporteur and Head of the Bureau, and National Coordinators/National Rapporteurs, Ombudspersons, Anti-trafficking offices, other representatives from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, North-Macedonia, and Serbia responsible for coordination, monitoring and reporting on cases of human trafficking.
Points that were touched during the event:
- Creation of the institution of the Dutch National Rapporteur
- Concrete view on the role of a National Rapporteur (monitoring, reporting, and advisory role)
- Functioning of the Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur
- Benefits of having an independent institution for government and CSOs
- Cooperation with state representatives and NGOs
List of participants
- Mr. Herman Bolhaar – National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, the Netherlands
- Mr. Robbert Hoving – Head of the Bureau of the National Rapporteur, the Netherlands
- Mitar Djuraskovic, National Coordinator, Serbia
- Mrs. Jelena Stojanovic, Deputy of Ombudsperson, Serbia
- Mrs. Frosina Kiprovska Lukich, National Rapporteur, North Macedonia
- Mrs. Magdalena Nestorovska, National Coordinator, North Macedonia
- Mrs. Jasminka Dzumhur, Ombudsperson, Bosnia, and Herzegovina
- Jelena Raičević, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare, Independent advisor
- Directorate for the Protection of Children and Youth, Montenegro
- Tijana Šuković, Ministry of the Interior, Head of the anti-trafficking department, Montenegro
- Snežana Mijušković, Ombudsman office, Protector for the rights of children, youth and social protection, Montenegro
- Ms. Ermonela Xhafa, Commissioner, Ombudsman office, Albania
- Silva Banushi, General director, Interior Ministry, Albania