Prevention and Education

In the field ofprevention and education, since September 2002, PVPT has conducted awareness rising training on trafficking with human beings in different regions of Kosovo. PVPT’s prevention activity goal is to increase awareness about trafficking among youngsters of ages 12 -18, empower those at risk of becoming trafficked and make informed decisions on protecting their own rights as well as promoting cooperation between target groups and law enforcement agencies

Besides children as targets in the prevention activities, PVPT has organized trainings and workshops also with students of three faculties of the University of Prishtina, teachers, journalists, social workers, police officer and other governmental and non-governmental representatives. In addition, in 2009, PVPT has also targeted women of rural areas, mothers of girls dropping off school and potential victims of trafficking of different ethnicities: Albanians, Bosnians, RAE community.

Until today, PVPT center has succeeded in organizing training sessions for more than 15000 participants, in the municipalities of Prishtina, Prizren, Gjilan, Ferizaj, Kastriot, Peja and Mitrovica.

In the prevention activities, PVPT Center has designed and distributed very informative and awareness raising material in different forms, such as: fliers, badges, notebooks, pencils, t-shirts, bags, aprons, illustrative fliers, key rings and posters which were additional part of campaigns specially organized for this purpose. The entire material contained messages related to fight against trafficking in human beings .

Rehabilitation & Reintegration

As of 2005, PVPT signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW), and in close cooperation with this Ministry, implemented a project on “Supporting Long-Term reintegration of Children victims of trafficking and children withdrawn from Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL)”, contributing to the rehabilitation and long term reintegration of 135 children victims of trafficking and other WFCL in three municipalities of Kosovo by pilot testing a model of economic and social support services for future replication.

As replication of first project, during 2007-2008, the project extended implementation activities on 6 municipalities supporting 245 children, victims of WFCL in streets and agriculture and 410 children in danger to get involved in WFCL in streets and agriculture, with the psycho-social reintegration program

In July 2008, the PVPT Center has established the Rehabilitation Centre, the first daily open Center for Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims and potential Victims of Trafficking in Kosova. The purpose of Rehabilitation Center is to provide long-term rehabilitation and reintegration of VoTs (local and foreign, minor and adults) by providing temporary safe accommodation, education, basic vocational skills, awareness ra ising, human rights and empowering sessions as well as increase knowledge of victims about legal proceedings in Kosovo and ways to cooperate with law enforcements through provision of legal aid and counselling.

In the prevention activities, PVPT Center has designed and distributed very informative and awareness raising material in different forms, such as: fliers, badges, notebooks, pencils, t-shirts, bags, aprons, illustrative fliers, key rings and posters which were additional part of campaigns specially organized for this purpose. The entire material contained messages related to fight against trafficking in human beings .

Since September 2008 till now, in the PVPT Rehabilitation Center were assisted 321 victims and potential victims of trafficking.

Projects

Current PVPT Projects are:

• • ‘Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Trafficking of low risk and Potential Victims of Trafficking' supported Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for the period of March 20, 2019 - December 31, 2019;
• • 'Promoting and improving the health of victims and potencial victims of trafficking', supported Ministry of Health for the period of May 27, 2019 - November 27, 2019;
• • ‘Improving provision of services and awareness to combat Trafficking in Persons in the Balkans - Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo ‘supported by Terre des Hommes in Kosovo (PVPT awarded as sub-receipt) for the period of July 01, 2018 – July 31, 2020;
• • "Support for an Effective Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings" in partnership with KMOP and EPLO, and supported by the European Commission for the period of January 2017 - January 2020.

Already Implemented PVPT Projects are:

Until now, the PVPT Center in its two fields of activity has implemented and managed the following projects:

• • Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Victims and Potential Victims of Trafficking' supported by Save the Children in Kosovo for the period of June 01, 2018 – August 31, 2019;
• • 'Improving the health of victims and potencial victims of trafficking and raising their health education', supported Ministry of Health for the period of August 2018 - February, 2019;
• • 'Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Trafficking of low risk and Potential Victims of Trafficking' supported by Swiss Embassy in Kosovo for the period of January 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018;
• • 'Capacity building for teachers of elementary schools in Kosovo' supported by US Embassy in Kosovo for the period of September 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017;
• • 'Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Trafficking of low risk and Potential Victims of Trafficking' supported by Norwegian Embassy in Kosovo and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for the period of September 1, 2012 - December 31, 2016;
• • 'Education and Professional Trainings in the Rehabilitation Center" supported by Netherlands Embassy in Kosovo for the period of September 2015 - June 2016;
• • 'Capacity building for teachers of elementary schools in Kosovo' supported by US Embassy in Kosovo for the period of September 1, 2015 – April 30, 2016;
• • 'Awareness raising of youth in Kosovo' supported by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology for the period of April 2014-December 2015;
• • 'Capacity building for teachers of elementary schools in Kosovo' supported by US Embassy in Kosovo for the period of September 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015;
• • Long term Reintegration for Victims and Potential Victims of Trafficking’ supported by King Baudouin Foundation and GIZ for the period of January 2012 - December 2014;
• • Fostering Western Balkans CSOs common practices to enhance participation of rural women in local governance and development' - a common regional project implemented in partnership with NGOs Tjeter Vision - Albania, ALKA - Macedonia and CIES - Italy, supported by European Commission for the period of December 01, 2011 - June 30, 2013;
• • Education and Professional Training in PVPT Rehabilitation Center' supported by US Embassy for the period of July 1, 2012 – February 28, 2013;
• • ‘Preventing trafficking in human beings through youth’ awareness rising in Gjakova, Prizren, Gjilan and Ferizaj community', supported by European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo for the period January 2011 - January 2013;
• • ‘Rehabilitation and Reintegration for Victims of Trafficking" supported by Organization for Migration (IOM) for the period of June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012;
• • ‘Long term Reintegration for Victims and Potential Victims of Trafficking’ supported by King Baudouin Foundation for the period of January 2009 - December 2011;
• • ‘Preventing trafficking in human beings through youth’ awareness rising in Mitrovica, Peja and Kastriot community’, supported by European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo for the period March 2009 – March 2011;
• • ‘Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Trafficking of low risk and Potential Victims of Trafficking’ supported by Finnish Embassy in Kosovo and Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare for the period of June 2008 – December 2010;
• • ‘Raising capacities for addressing trafficking in children, from human rights perspective in South-East Asia, South-East Europe and Latin America’, supported by European Commission for the period of March 2007 – February 2010;
• • ‘Prevention/Withdrawal of Children at Risk and those Involved in Worst Forms of Child Labourin street and agriculture’, supported by International Labour Organization ILO – IPEC for the period of May 2008 – June 2009;
• • ‘PATH-Partnership Against Trafficking in Human Beings’, supported by USAID – Prishtina for the period of July 2006 – June 2008;
• • ‘Preventing trafficking in human beings through youth’ awareness rising in Mitrovicacommunity’, supported by US Embassy in Prishtina for the period of April – September 2008;
• • ‘Long-term reintegration of children, victims of trafficking and victims of Worst Forms of Child Labour’, supported by International Labour Organization ILO – IPEC for the period of April 15, 2005 – April 15, 2007;
• • ‘Emergency Shelter for Trafficked Persons and Prevention among Targeted Youth’, supported by British Office in Prishtina for the period of October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2006;
• • ‘Counter Trafficking Training for Trainers for civil education teachers’, supported by International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) for the period of March 1, 2004 – March 31, 2005;
• • ‘Dignified Return Packages for Victims of Trafficking’, supported by International Organisationfor Migration (IOM) for the period of July 2004 – December 2005;
• • ‘Crisis Shelter for Trafficked Persons’, supported by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) for the period of October 1, 2004 – September 30, 2005;
• • ‘Prevention of trafficking for Kosovo youth’, supported by United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for the period of November 1, 2004 – March 31, 2005;
• • ‘Capacity Building Project’, supported by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for the period of January 1, 2005 – April 30, 2005;
• • ‘Prevention of trafficking for vulnerable Kosovo Youth and Women’, supported by UNMIK – Kosovo Department of Justice for the period of January 1, 2005 – June 30, 2005;
• • ‘Long-term reintegration of children, victims of trafficking and victims of Worst Forms of Child Labour’ (Manual Printing), supported by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the period of December 2005;
• • ‘Crisis Shelter for Trafficked Persons’, supported by International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for the period of August 1, 2004 – September 30, 2004;
• • ‘Crisis Shelter for Trafficked Persons’, supported by United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for the period of October 1, 2003 – July 31, 2004

Publications

PVPT’s published reports:

• • Summary of PVPT five year report, January 2000 – December 2005 (click to download) PVPT’s launching campaigns:

Within PVPT’s campaigns, were designed, prepared and distributed materials consisting of:

• • promotional brochures informative brochures
• • awareness raising brochures
• • promotional fliers,
• • poster
• • leaflets
• • strip
• • T-shirts
• • notebooks and pens
• • hanging keys
• • calendars
• • cups
• • clocks
• • sent e-mails and SMS

Beneficiaries Creative Work