OSCE offices co-organize study tour for Armenian groups on fighting human trafficking

ArmRadio.am
17.07.2006 16:54

Representatives of the Armenian non-governmental organizations Hope
and Help and Democracy Today together with the Ministry of Labor
and Social Issues and the Police participated in a study tour to
Odessa, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the OSCE Project
Coordinator in Ukraine.

The purpose of the trip was to exchange experience with NGOs providing
assistance to the victims of trafficking and state units dealing with
combating trafficking in Ukraine.

"In recent years, Ukrainian anti-trafficking actors have acquired a
lot of experience which can be useful for the Armenian side," said
Blanka Hancilova, Democratization Programme Manager at the OSCE Office
in Yerevan.

"This study tour was a unique opportunity for the representatives of
the two Armenian NGOs and government representatives to learn about
the work of their Ukrainian colleagues. We hope that this knowledge
will help further improve the conceptual and practical approaches of
Armenian anti-trafficking unit," Blanka Hancilova noted.