In order to close the ReACT project, a final conference was held in Berlin on 22 September.
49 field professionals from 10 countries (Belgium, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Turkey, Albania, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria) met to exchange experiences and best practices to prevent and fight trafficking.
The end of a project but the beginning of sustainable initiatives to train guardians and lawyers.
How to do awareness-raising on child trafficking with various publics? Which new and innovative methodologies can be used with this sensitive topic?
In partnership with Now.be, ECPAT Belgium has organized a training which gathered field professionals experts on the fight against human trafficking. Objective: be more familiar with ludo-educational activities, which are useful tools for the trainers to diversify methodologies, work on collective intelligence and anchor the content in a durable way with participants.
Exactly what was needed to train guardians and lawyers in the framework of the ReACT project! All participants were extremely satisfied. A new era of interactive trainings on child trafficking in on the way.
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On May 18, ECPAT Belgium organised a training for the Brussels Bar Association, in the framework of the ReACT project. This training was specifically aimed at lawyers working with unaccompanied foreign minors. It was given in collaboration with two shelters for victims of trafficking (Espéranto and PAG-ASA).
Many fruitful exchanges occurred on how to better identify and protect child victims of trafficking. Given the satisfaction of the participants and the innovative nature of the training, this initiative will surely be duplicated in the future!
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In the framework of the ReACT project, ECPAT Belgium produced a video and a folder to inform unaccompanied foreign minors on their rights in Belgium (access to a guardian, to a doctor, residence permit, etc). These tools provide necessary information in a language that is simple, clear and concise. They were translated into 13 languages: French, English, Dutch, German, Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese, Albanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Pashto, Farsi, and Pidgin-English.
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On the 1st of March, ECPAT Belgium was invited to the Council of Europe to present its ReACT European report “Better support, better protection” to the 47 States Parties. This report includes numerous recommendations to help lawyers and guardians to better identify and take care of child victims of trafficking.
This session was also an opportunity to present the ReACT video and folder created for children in order to inform them about their rights.These tools were received very positively and were incorporated as a good practice in the recent report of the Council of Europe “Protecting children affected by the refugee crisis from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse“.
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In the framework of the ReACT project, ECPAT Belgium attended a training of trainers in Leiden (Netherlands) on child trafficking. This event gathered various professionals (guardians, lawyers, police officers, representatives of NGO’s, etc) from five countries (Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom). The purpose of such initiative was to reinforce the capacity of participants to better identify and protect children victims of trafficking, as well as exchange good practices and experiences.
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