All Together Against Child Trafficking Coalition

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All Together Against Child Trafficking Coalition
Albanian non-governmental organization registered
in Tirana Court with decision No.544, dated on
19.02.2003. Members Legal Clinic for Minors,
NPF, ISS, Tdh, Save the Children, ICMC,
NHPA/Kinderhaus, VIS, CIES, CCF, Another Vision,
FBSH, VMA. Members of the Advisory Board
UNICEF, IOM, USAID, Ministry of Labor and Equal
Opportunities, Minister of State, Ministry of
Interior, ILO-IPEC, OSCE

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BKTF areas of intervention

• Prevention
• Protection
• Assisted Voluntary Return
• Re-integration

Advocacy
Operational
Members provide services in one or more areas
with a geographic coverage of 75.
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Structure of BKTF
General Assembly
Coordination Team
Reporting
Executive Decisions
Coordinator
Consultancy
Executive Board
Advisory Board
Information specialist Financial specialist
Consultancy
Reporting
Technical Assistance
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BKTF cooperation and coordination forms
At operational level      1. Share
information      2. Refer cases for
complementary services or geographic
coverage 3. Exchange experience and
expertise.   At advocacy level 1.
Share information 2. Establish technical
working groups 3. Common approach in
policy-making processes
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 Successful coordination experiences of BKTF

• I. National Strategy Against Trafficking in
  Children (2003-2004)
• Lobbying with government during the drafting
  process of the Strategy to highlight issues
  related to protections of at-risk or trafficked
  children and provision of services
• International organizations (members of BKTF and
  of the Advisory Board) lobby with main
  international partners, such as Stability Pact
• Government recognized BKTF comments and called
  for concrete contribution
• BKTF establishes technical working group and
  drafts relevant amendments
• All amendments were accepted
• Concurrently government requests contributions on
  the Action Plan of the Strategy
• BKTF establishes a new technical working group
  and drafts relevant comments
• Result Most comments were accepted. Unaccepted
  comments still constitute main problems of the
  Action Plan, such as timelines and financial
  resources.
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II. Bilateral agreement for the protection of
trafficked children between Albania and
Greece(2003- 2005)

• The problem was identified and presented by
  member organizations TDH and NPF
• Internal lobbying with Minister of State and
  Ministry of Public Order
• Lobbying in Greece at several international
  conferences cooperating with partner NGOs
  (ARSI) and the Greek Ombudsman and with
  international monitoring organizations, such as
  the Stability Pact
• Albanian government establishes a technical
  working group with the participation of BKTF to
  draft the agreement BKTF was requested to
  produce the first draft of the agreement
• BKTF draft was accepted and sent for comments to
  the Greek side
• The Greek side accepts 90 of the draft and
  sends it back to the Albanian side
• Albanian side requests again comments from BKTF
  
• BKTF establishes a working group composed of
  member organizations and government
  representatives (first meeting held after two
  days).

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Future challenges

• Continuation of partnership/monitoring of the
  new government in relation to the implementation
  of the National Strategy Against Child
  Trafficking
• Signing and implementation of the agreement with
  Greece
• Establishment of a Child Protection System and
  of a permanent referral system for victims of
  trafficking and at-risk children
• Turning best practices into institutional
  operational models.