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On 11 March
2010, IOM organized a seminar on counter-trafficking
in Azerbaijan which was held at Mingechevir Media
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On 11 March 2010, IOM organized a
seminar on counter-trafficking in
Azerbaijan which was held at Mingechevir
Media Center in cooperation with the
“Mingechevir Ishiglari” weekly
newspaper.
The event was organized within the
framework of the “Enhancing Measures and
Cooperation to Effectively Combat
Trafficking in Persons through Capacity
Building and Technical Assistance”
Project funded by the US Department of
State.
The seminar was attended by 38
participants representing NGOs and
Government agencies and the mass media.
The main goal of the seminar was to
inform the participants about the
information dissemination and outreach
activities of IOM’s Migration
Information Centres which are operating
within the framework of the project that
seek to sensitize the population and in
particular vulnerable groups such as the
refugee and the IDP communities about
the risks of irregular migration and
dangers of trafficking.
IOM currently undertakes a mass
information campaign whereby producing
and disseminating printed materials and
organizing seminars and focus group
discussions across 12 cities/regions in
the country which are Absheron, Aghdash,
Baku, Ganja, Garadagh, Goranboy, Goychay,
Mingachevir, Sheki, Sumgayit, Yevlakh
and Zagatala.
Migration Information Centres’
counselors, in cooperation with the NGO
experts, are conducting a total of 120
seminars with the population in
coordination with the Cabinet of
Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
At the end of the project, IOM will have
reached to more than 4,000 individuals
directly and another 8,000 persons
indirectly on the assumption that every
person who participated in the
seminars/focus group discussions will
have shared the information they
received with two of their
acquaintances.
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EXPERIENCE
SHARING WORKSHOP, March 5, 2010
Protection, Maintenance and Exploitation of Kahrizes |
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Seminar was organized jointly with IOM and
Kahriz Resource Center in Nakhchivan city.
Seminar assembled members and leaders of
different communities, excoms,
municipalities, interested persons as well
as the government officials for sharing
maintenance experience and analyse
exploitation process after renovation of
kahriz systems. The main goal of seminar was
applying of various community practices,
maintenance of NAR kahrizes and elimination
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National Workshop on the
Role of NGOs in Countering Trafficking in Azerbaijan
and in Providing Return and Reintegration Assistance
to Victims of Trafficking
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On 5 March 2010, IOM
Azerbaijan organized in Baku the National
Workshop on the ‘Role of NGOs in Countering
Trafficking in Azerbaijan and in Providing
Return and Reintegration Assistance to
Victims of Trafficking’. The one-day event
was organized within the framework of the
‘Enhancing Measures and Cooperation to
Effectively Combat Trafficking in Persons
through Capacity Building and Technical
Assistance’ Project funded by the US
Department of State.
The Workshop was well attended by 34
participants representing NGOs, specialized
in the field of countering trafficking,
Counter-trafficking Department of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and the IOM.
The Workshop was aimed at facilitating the
acquaintance of the NGOs with the
developments between July 2009 and March
2010 in the operation and performances of:
Additionally, in line
with the Project’s objectives, the event
sought to contribute to the efforts of the
International Working Group on Trafficking
in Persons in Azerbaijan, in promoting an
open and constructive dialogue among the
NGOs in Azerbaijan toward combating
trafficking in persons problem in the
country.
An ample time was allocated for
presentations by the representatives of the
‘Network against Human Trafficking in
Azerbaijan’ and the ‘Coalition against
Trafficking in Persons in Azerbaijan’ as
well as representatives of individual NGOs,
in particular those from regions other than
Baku.
The Workshop enabled an exchange of views
and useful information to take place.
Furthermore, it made possible for the
attendees to gain a better understanding of
their respective capacities and develop
recommendations for further joint efforts to
better combat trafficking in persons problem
in Azerbaijan whereby putting the specific
needs of victims of trafficking in the
centre.
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| Beware of fraudulent offers of migration
assistance in the internet or email marketing.
Individuals considering migrating for whatever
purpose or destination should take extreme
caution in dealing with internet offers or email
marketing. If you see any offers using IOM's
name or referring to IOM, please inform your
nearest IOM office. | |
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