Co-organised by the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the Human Rights Directorate of the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta, the final conference of the project to support Malta in implementing a National Anti-Trafficking Strategy was held on Wednesday 15 January in Saint Julian’s.
This Strategy (2024-2030) reaffirms Malta’s commitment to fulfilling its international obligations relating, in particular, to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and the EU Directive preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.
The joint project (TSI - Technical Support Instrument) linked to this Strategy provides tools including the theory of change, which clarifies the long-term objective and articulates the short- and medium-term results, the monitoring and evaluation framework, the communication strategy, the action plan and the implementation guidelines.
In her speech, Petya Nestorova, Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, referred to challenges such as the use of information and communication technologies to recruit and exploit victims.
Angelos Binis, Head of the ‘Rule of Law, Public Administration and Governance’ sector of DG REFORM at the European Commission, hopes that “the project will not only provide benefits in Malta but also provide a powerful model for others to emulate”.
Link to the national strategy: https://aeur.eu/f/f2n (Original version in French by Véronique Leblanc)