GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND NGOs TO COOPERATE CLOSELY IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS

The Advocacy Training and Resource Center (ATRC) and Partnership Against Trafficking in Human (PATH) implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and partners organized six regional roundtable discussions in six main Kosovo towns to address the trafficking in human beings.
The roundtables entitled “The Importance of Civil Society in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings,” were organized specifically for Kosovar civil society organizations in the regions of Prishtina, Peja, Mitrovica, Prizren, Ferizaj and Gjilan.

The initiative brought together local NGOs and experts from the public sphere and civil society to learn further about and comment upon the implementation of the Kosovo Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.
Representatives of Municipal presidency, local shelters for victims of trafficking, municipal employees of Centers for Social Work and Victims Advocate Unit, Kosovo NGOs in the region, Kosovo Law Centre (KLC) participated in the discussions.

KLC presented a civil society monitoring report of the Kosovo Action Plan which covered a period of 18 months.