national action plan for the socio-economic re-integration

National Action Planfor the Socio-Economic Re-Integration of Women and Girls Victims of Trafficking in the Republic of Albania

MINISTRIA E PUNËVETË BRENDSHME

R E P U B L I K A E S H Q I P Ë R I S Ë

National Action Plan

for the Socio-Economic Re-Integration of Women and Girls Victims of Trafficking in

the Republic of Albania 2015-2017

MINISTRIA E PUNËVETË BRENDSHME

R E P U B L I K A E S H Q I P Ë R I S Ë

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This publication has been produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the project "EIDHR / 2013 / 335-757: Preventing and addressing violence against women and girls in Albania", implemented by UN Women Albania and supported financially by European Commission. The opinions and views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of the International Organization for Migration or UN Women Albania. Tirana, February 2016 Published by:

This project is financed by the European Union

Edited by: Lisena GjebreaPublished by: Pegi

National Action Plan for the Socio-Economic Re-Integration of Women and Girls Victims of Trafficking in the Republic of Albania

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Contents ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................................. ........ 4

Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. ........... 6

A. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. .. 7

a) Meaning of re-integration ................................................................................................................. 7

b) A brief outline of the socio-economic context in Albania ................................................................ 8

c) Scope of the Action Plan ................................................................................................................... 9

B. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 10

a) Human rights-based approach ......................................................................................................... 11

b) Benchmarks: Strategic Framework, International Law and National Legislation .......................... 12

C. THE ACTION PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 13

a) Components .............................................................................................................................. ...... 13

b) Socio-economic reintegration of women and girls VoT/PVoT: general observations ................... 13

c) Economic Empowerment ................................................................................................................ 14

Enjoyment of property rights .............................................................................................................. 15

Employment .............................................................................................................................. .......... 15

Micro-Enterprise support .................................................................................................................... 17

d) Housing .............................................................................................................................. ............. 19

Social Housing Programs in Albania .................................................................................................. 19

e) Education .............................................................................................................................. .......... 21

f) Social Care services ........................................................................................................................ 22

BIBLIOGHRAPHY .............................................................................................................................. ...... 47

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This publication has been produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the project "EIDHR / 2013 / 335-757: Preventing and addressing violence against women and girls in Albania", implemented by UN Women Albania and supported financially by European Commission. The opinions and views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent the views of the International Organization for Migration or UN Women Albania. Tirana, February 2016 Published by:

This project is financed by the European Union


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DECISION

No: 115, date: 17.2.2016 AS ADDITION TO COUNCIL OF MINISTERS’ DECISION N.663, DATED 17.7.2013 “ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2013-2020 CROSS-CUTTING STRATEGY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME, ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND TERRORISM, AND 2013-2016 ACTION PLAN” Based on Article 100 of the Constitution and the proposal of the Minister of Interior, the Council of Ministers DECIDED: 1. In the Annex entitled “The Strategy of the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Action Plan, 2014-2017”, which is attached to Council of Ministers’ Decision no. 663, dated 17.7.2013, in section 2 “Strategic Goal”, of Part two “Protection”, of the Action Plan of the Strategy on the Fight against Trafficking of Human Beings, after point 2 (c) another point is added – point 2 (ç) – specific objective, “The Action Plan on the socio-economic re-integration of girls and women as victims of trafficking”, in accordance with the text attached to this decision. 2. The Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Urban Development and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Enterprise are tasked with the implementation of this decision. This decision enters into force after its publication in the Official Gazette.

PRIME MINISTER

EDI RAMA

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ABBREVIATIONS

AIDA Albanian Investment Development Agency

AT Anti-trafficking

CM Council of Ministers

CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child

D&E Different and Equals

DCM Decision of Council of Ministers

EC European Commission

EU European Union

IOM International Organization for Migration

MoEDTTE Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Enterprise

MoSWY Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

NBS State Agency for the Promotion of Social Business

NCATS National Coalition of Anti-trafficking Shelters

NES National Employment Service

NGO Non-governmental organisation

NRCVT National Reception Centre for Victims of Trafficking

NRM National Referral Mechanism

ONAC Office of the National Coordinator Against Trafficking in Human Being

PVoT Potential victim of trafficking

RA Responsible Authority

SSS State Social Service

THB Trafficking in Human Beings

UN United Nations

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

VoT Victim of trafficking

YAPS Youth Albania Professional Services


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DECISION

No: 115, date: 17.2.2016 AS ADDITION TO COUNCIL OF MINISTERS’ DECISION N.663, DATED 17.7.2013 “ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 2013-2020 CROSS-CUTTING STRATEGY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME, ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND TERRORISM, AND 2013-2016 ACTION PLAN” Based on Article 100 of the Constitution and the proposal of the Minister of Interior, the Council of Ministers DECIDED: 1. In the Annex entitled “The Strategy of the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Action Plan, 2014-2017”, which is attached to Council of Ministers’ Decision no. 663, dated 17.7.2013, in section 2 “Strategic Goal”, of Part two “Protection”, of the Action Plan of the Strategy on the Fight against Trafficking of Human Beings, after point 2 (c) another point is added – point 2 (ç) – specific objective, “The Action Plan on the socio-economic re-integration of girls and women as victims of trafficking”, in accordance with the text attached to this decision. 2. The Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Urban Development and the Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Enterprise are tasked with the implementation of this decision. This decision enters into force after its publication in the Official Gazette.

PRIME MINISTER

EDI RAMA

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ABBREVIATIONS

AIDA Albanian Investment Development Agency

AT Anti-trafficking

CM Council of Ministers

CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child

D&E Different and Equals

DCM Decision of Council of Ministers

EC European Commission

EU European Union

IOM International Organization for Migration

MoEDTTE Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Enterprise

MoSWY Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth

MoU Memorandum of Understanding

NBS State Agency for the Promotion of Social Business

NCATS National Coalition of Anti-trafficking Shelters

NES National Employment Service

NGO Non-governmental organisation

NRCVT National Reception Centre for Victims of Trafficking

NRM National Referral Mechanism

ONAC Office of the National Coordinator Against Trafficking in Human Being

PVoT Potential victim of trafficking

RA Responsible Authority

SSS State Social Service

THB Trafficking in Human Beings

UN United Nations

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

VoT Victim of trafficking

YAPS Youth Albania Professional Services


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“Enslave the liberty of but ONE human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril”

William Lloyd Garrison

Acknowledgments This document is an integral part of the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings in Albania (2014-2017) and its Action Plan1. It has been prepared on behalf of the Government of Albania by the Office of the National Coordinator Against Trafficking in Human Beings (ONAC), with the participation of anti-trafficking structures, representatives of line ministries, experts in trafficking in human beings, and the contribution of NGOs working with victims of trafficking.

The expertise and technical assistance for the preparation of the draft have been provided by the Project “Preventing and Addressing Violence against Women and Girls in Albania”, as part of the programme “Preventing and addressing violence against women and girls in Albania, Mexico and Timor Leste” funded by the European Union (EU) under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and implemented by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Mrs Dajena Kumbaro, IOM Consultant, worked on the drafting and preparation of the Action Plan in a consultation process with all various stakeholders through participation in three round tables and individual interviews.

Special thanks go specifically to the staff of the Psychosocial Center “VATRA”, Different & Equal (D&E), Tjetër Vision (Another Vision) and the National Reception Centre for victims of trafficking, for providing their valuable inputs and supporting with the identification of the beneficiaries in the reintegration phase to be interviewed. Last but not least, our special thanks go to beneficiaries for their trust and for providing their contributions, sharing with us their suggestions based on their individual experiences, on how to improve re-integration services and better serve to a sustainable re-integration process of survivors, victims of trafficking.

1 Approved by Decision of Council of Ministers (DCM) No. 814, dated 26.11.2014


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A. INTRODUCTION

1. The requirement to develop the Action Plan on the Socio-Economic Re-integration of women and girls Victims of Trafficking (VoT) and Potential Victims of Trafficking (PVoT)2 derives from the National Strategy Against Trafficking in Human Beings 2014-2017 (hereinafter Anti Trafficking Strategy). The Strategy provides that action should be taken to draft an action plan on the re-integration of VoT and PVoT3 and highlights that some of its goals in relation to reintegration assistance to trafficked persons are largely dependent on a range of sector and cross-sector policies, including in the fields of education, employment, social inclusion and social protection, development and integration, gender, domestic violence, child protection and anti-discrimination4.

a) Meaning of re-integration 2. Re-integration as such is not defined in international treaty law. It usually relates to action

taken in the framework of preventive measures against re-trafficking or trafficking, or assistance measures to VoT5. To illustrate, the European Convention on Action Against THB requires State Parties, including Albania, to take measures to assist victims in their physical, psychological and social recovery, taking account of the victim’s safety and protection needs, in cooperation with NGOs and other organisations engaged in assistance to victims. This assistance must be provided on a consensual and informed basis on the part of the VoT, taking account of the special needs of persons in a vulnerable position, as well as children, and it must not be made conditional on the victim’s willingness to act as a witness (Article

2 The terms which will be used in the current Action Plan reflect those used by the Anti-trafficking Strategy. The Standard Operating Procedures for the Identification and Referral of Victims of Trafficking and Potential Victims of Trafficking (SOP), Ministry of Interior, approved by Decision of Council of Ministers (DCM) No. 582, dated 27.7.2011 provide the following definitions for these terms, namely: Victim of trafficking in human beings (VoT): According to letter “e” of article 4 of Law No. 9642, dated 20.11.2006 “On the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention ‘On measures against trafficking in human beings’” is the person target of trafficking in human beings. Potential victim of trafficking in human beings (PVoT): This shall be the person on whom the agencies/institutions responsible for initial identification deem that they may have been trafficked. 3See Anti-trafficking Strategy 2014-2020. Strategic Goal no. 3 is formulated as follows:” Foster the return and re-integration and social inclusion of minor and adult trafficked persons (potential victims of trafficking and victims of trafficking) and reduce the risk of trafficked persons to be re-victimized and re-trafficked, or to turn into traffickers Under this Goal, specific objective no. 3 (b) provides: “To strengthen the provision of long-term assistance programmes aimed at the reintegration and social inclusion of adult and minor potential victims of trafficking and victims of trafficking, in accordance with their individual needs and in line with SOPs. Actions to achieve this objective, foresee inter alia the drafting of a multi sectorial action plan on socio-economic re-integration of VoT and PVoT. 4See Anti- Trafficking Strategy 2014-2020. 5 See for example Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention, Albania is Party to the United Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (both of which it ratified in 2001)


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12). The Convention also establishes that the assistance to victims of THB must include appropriate and secure accommodation.

3. Re-integration is a process. The situation when a woman or a girl who has survived trafficking and has decided to settle in a community, either returns to her family and her former community, is usually referred to as reintegration. Alternatively, the situation in which a woman or a girl decides to live in a new city, or environment, is defined as integration6. One definition of the term re-integration is the following: “re-integration is the process of inclusion and re-building relationships within a community in the country of origin at four levels: physical, socio-economic, socio-political and cultural”7. Re-integration is also defined as “the process of recovery and economic and social inclusion following a trafficking experience. It includes settlement in a stable and safe environment, access to a reasonable standard of living, mental and physical well-being, and opportunities for personal, social and economic development and access to social and emotional support. A central aspect of successful re-integration is that of empowerment, supporting victims to develop skills toward independence and self- sufficiency and to be actively involved in their recovery and re-integration”8.

b) A brief outline of the socio-economic context in Albania 4. The process of socio-economic re-integration of women and girls largely depends on the

general social, economic and political conditions in the country. Following a lengthy period of rapid economic growth, the Albanian economy has recently experienced the effects of the global economic crisis9. Economic growth began to fall from a rate of 3.7% in 2010, to 2.5% in 2011 and 1.6% in 201210. Towards the end of 2013, economic growth turned negative before recovering in early 2014 with a growth of GDP of 1.65% on an annualised basis during the first quarter of 201411. Expectations of future economic growth are lower than in the past. The value of net remittances is estimated to have been about 9% of GDP in 201212. The impact is significant, in a situation when one-fifth of households in Albania are deemed to receive remittance incomes. Remittances have been falling in recent years, not just as a proportion of GDP, but also in absolute value as Albanian migrants living abroad have been

6See Surtees, R. (2006) Re-integration programmes in SE Europe–A background paper for the King Baudouin Foundation. Brussels: KBF, see also Surtees, R., Monitoring anti-trafficking re-integration programmes. A manual, 2010, NEXUS Institute, Washington. 7 International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 13, Oxford University Press, 2001. Reintegration of victims of trafficking should be differentiated from the repatriation process. “Repatriation refers to the process of recovering the protection of the country of origin within the legal and social dimensions that citizenship implies. 8 See Surtees, R. (2006) Re-integration programmes in SE Europe–a background paper for the King Baudouin Foundation. Brussels: KBF, see also Surtees, R., Monitoring anti-trafficking re-integration programmes. A manual, 2010, NEXUS Institute, Washington 9 See for a summary of the economic context the Draft National Social Protection Strategy 2015-2020, prepared by MOSWY. 10National Bank of Albania, Monetary Policy Report, Q2, 2014, p. 62 11National Bank of Albania, Monetary Policy Report, Q2, 2014, p.7 12 European Commission, DG ECFIN, Economic and Financial Assessment, 2013, p. 12


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affected by the global economic crisis, and, as a result, many have lost their jobs and returned home13.

5. Another factor influencing re-integration interventions is related to informal employment as a widespread phenomenon in Albania14. Informal employment is important to the welfare of many households; however, it is also significantly linked to low income, poverty, and vulnerability.15 Furthermore, the re-integration of women and girls returning from a trafficking experience is deeply affected by regional inequalities, with the central region having the highest level of GDP per capita and the north region the lowest16.

6. Generally speaking, women in Albania play an important role in two main sectors of the economy: services and agriculture17. However, figures indicate that during the last three months of 2014, there has been an increase by 1.5 % of women unemployment18.

c) Scope of the Action Plan 7. This Action Plan covers the socio-economic re-integration aspect of women and girls VoT

and PVoT in the fields of: a) economic empowerment, i.e. property rights; employment; and vocational training; b) housing; c) education and d) social care.

8. The reintegration of victims of trafficking is multidimensional. First and foremost, taking action towards achieving re-integration means attempting to breaking up the cycle of trafficking, human exploitation and slavery. It is not simply a process towards the realisation of socio-economic rights. Indeed, it is a process of ensuring and guaranteeing the right to protection of women and girls from being subjected again to multiple breaches of their fundamental human rights, such as the right to be free from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, or the prohibition of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour19. The protection of these fundamental human rights is a State responsibility; they are absolute in nature and allow for no derogation20. Needless to say, when the root causes that led to

13 See the Draft National Social Protection Strategy 2015-2020, prepared by MOSWY. 14 See the Draft National Social Protection Strategy 2015-2020, prepared by MOSWY, according to which using different methods of estimation, it has been calculated that over the period 1996-2012, the informal economy made up between 14 and 38% of GDP: Boka, M. and Torluccio, G. (2013) “Informal economy in Albania”, Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2(8): 212-221. 15 INSTAT, “Labour Market Dynamics, 2001-2011”, Tirana: INSTAT, p. 45 16 INSTAT, “Gross Domestic Product according to Statistical Regions in Albania, 2012”, Press Release, 31/7/2014. In South Region, GDP per capita in 2012 was around 8.5% below the national average. In 2012, the highest level of GDP per capita at prefecture level was in Tirana at 41% above the national average. The second most prosperous prefecture was Fier (13 % above average), followed by Durrës (4.5% above average). The GDP per capita of all the other prefectures was below the national average. The lowest was in Dibër (33% below average), followed by Kukës (30.5% below average) and Korça (30% below average). 17 Albania’s economy is dominated by the service sector, followed by agriculture which continues to be the largest employer Maria Elena Ruiz, Abril, “Getting Economic Policies Right for Women in Albania: Policy Issues and options for Women’s Economic Empowerment” A Policy Issues Paper , UNWOMEN 2012 18 See INSTAT labour force survey for the last three months of 2014. http://www.instat.gov.al/media/284247/atfp_tr_4_2014.pdf 19 See Article 3(a) of the Palermo Protocol, Article 4(a) of the Anti-Trafficking Convention, Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights. 20See for more information the section on human rights approach.


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trafficking are not addressed, there is a considerable high risk of re-trafficking, re-victimisation and exploitation.

9. The successful reintegration of victims of trafficking depends on a wide range of factors and situations, including the person’s individual profile, the environment into which she is to re-integrate, the different support mechanisms for re-integration, the role of the state, civil society and local communities21. It has been suggested that some criteria for determining whether an individual has been successfully re-integrated socially and economically are the following: 1) safe and affordable housing or accommodation, 2) legal status, 3) professional/employment opportunities, 4) education and training opportunities, 5) security and safety, 6) healthy social environment (including anti-discrimination and anti-marginalisation), 7) social well-being and positive interpersonal relations, 8) economic well-being/viability, 9) access to services and opportunities, etc.22.

B. METHODOLOGY 10. The Methodology for the drafting of the Action Plan included the following steps: (1) a desk

review consisting of the collection and analysis of a vast number of documents, which were identified and requested by IOM, and supplemented by the consultant; (2) the identification of stakeholders and their roles in the socio-economic integration and women and girls VoT/PVoT; (3) interviews with authorities, UN Organizations, NGOs and VoT in person; (4) the validation of the methodology and consultation rounds to discuss gaps and interventions; (5) the analysis of all information and data sources; and (6) the presentation of the action plan/recommendations to IOM.

11. The desk review covered the applicable Albanian legislation; international treaties (Palermo Protocol and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings; European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) standards related to THB; IOM reports and guidelines, manuals on integration of VoT; previous gap analysis on standards and practices; National Strategies and Plans of Action to combat and prevent THB; Periodical Reports and Evaluations of the Office of the National Coordinator; minutes of the meetings of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the Responsible Authority (RA); works/jurisprudence of UN and Council of Europe anti-trafficking bodies; NGO reports, including publications of NEXUS Institute.

12. Questionnaires were prepared and interviews conducted with various stakeholders, namely with the Deputy Minister of the Interior/National Co-ordinator against Trafficking in Human Beings; representatives of IOM, UNWOMEN, UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, involved with THB and violence against women and girls; representatives of the National Anti-Trafficking

21 For more information see Surtees, R., Monitoring anti-trafficking re/integration programmes. A manual 2010, NEXUS Institute, Washington, see also in general IOM HANDBOOK on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking. 22 For more information see Surtees, R., Monitoring anti-trafficking re/integration programmes. A manual 2010, NEXUS Institute, Washington, see also in general IOM HANDBOOK on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking.


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Task Force; representatives of the NRM and of the Responsible Authority and Regional Anti-Trafficking Committees; representatives from the Albanian Office of Children’s Rights Agency; girls and women VoT who have benefited from integration programs; D&E, Vatra, Tjetër Vizion (Another Vision), NBS, AIDA, YAPS, etc.

13. Validation of methodology and consultation Three consultative round tables with stakeholders were organised to discuss the methodology, identify gaps, and discuss proposals for interventions. The process of assessment and identification of gaps in legislation, procedures and practice was participatory, and reflects the views of all stakeholders. Stakeholders put forward proposals for interventions at the end of each round table.

a) Human rights-based approach 14. The human rights-based approach23 is evident in the Strategy Against THB, and it is the

approach guiding this Action Plan. THB constitutes an offence to the dignity and fundamental freedoms of the human being and thus a grave violation of human rights. This has been confirmed by the ECtHR in its judgment in the case of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia24, where the Court concluded that THB within the meaning of Article 3(a) of the Palermo Protocol and Article 4(a) of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, falls within the scope of Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (which prohibits slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour). The Court further concluded that Article 4 entails a positive obligation to protect victims or potential victims, as well as a procedural obligation to investigate trafficking.

15. Human rights most relevant to trafficking25 are: a. The prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, language,

religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or status;

b. The right to life; c. The right to liberty and security; d. The right not to be submitted to slavery, servitude, forced labour or bonded labour e. The right not to be subjected to torture and/or cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment

or punishment; f. The right to be free from gendered violence;

23A human rights-based approach is a conceptual framework for dealing with a phenomenon such as trafficking that is normatively based on international human rights standards and that is operationally directed to promoting and protecting human rights. Such an approach requires analysis of the ways in which human rights violations arise throughout the trafficking cycle, as well as of States’ obligations under international human rights law. It seeks to both identify and redress the discriminatory practices and unjust distribution of power that underlie trafficking, that maintain impunity for traffickers and that deny justice to their victims. See Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN, Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Factsheet No. 36, at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FS36_en.pdf 24Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, no. 25965/04, ECHR 2010, paragraph 282. 25See Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN, Human Rights and Human Trafficking: Factsheet No. 36, at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FS36_en.pdf


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g. The right to freedom of association; h. The right to freedom of movement; i. The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; j. The right to just and favourable conditions of work; k. The right to an adequate standard of living; l. The right to social security; m. The right of children to special protection.

b) Benchmarks: Strategic Framework, International Law and National Legislation 16. The Action Plan takes into consideration and is complementary to various strategies and

action plans which have consequences to the socio-economic re-integration of women and girls VoT and PVoT. Such strategies and action plans include the National Strategy against THB 2014-2017, the Strategy on Gender Equality and Domestic Violence, the Strategy on Employment and Skills (2014-2020); the draft Strategy on Social Protection 2015-2020; the Action Plan on Women Entrepreneurship (2014-2020), etc.

17. The benchmarks against which gaps are assessed and interventions are proposed take into consideration the international law on THB, IOM guidelines, UN agencies, GRETA reports, as well as practices, studies and reports produced by authoritative organisations, such as NEXUS Institute26.

18. At the international level, Albania is Party to the United Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (both of which it ratified in 2001), and to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. Albania is also Party to a number of other international treaties relevant to action against THB, in particular the European Convention on Human Rights, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, etc.

19. In accordance with the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), Albania is in the process of approximating its legislation to the acquis communautaire in the field of combating THB, in particular with the Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims; Council Directive 2004/81/EC of 29 April 2004 on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, and who co-operate with the competent authorities; Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victims; and Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA of 15 March 2001 of the Council of the European Union on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings.

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C. THE ACTION PLAN

a) Components 20. As previously mentioned, this Action Plan is an integral part of the Strategy against THB,

and covers the following areas of the socio-economic re-integration of women and girls VoT and PVoT, namely: a) economic empowerment, i.e. property rights; employment; and vocational training; b) housing; c) education; and d) social care services.

21. The document includes a Narrative part explaining the context and meaning of each of the above areas, and a Matrix which outlines the objectives, outcomes, actions, baseline information, indicators to measure progress of the intervention or action, responsible institutions and timeline. The Matrix is organised in five parts. Part I includes a cross cutting section on General Measures, which are relevant to all areas and addresses all aspects of the socio-economic re-integration27. Parts II to V cover the areas outlined above in paragraph 20.

b) Socio-economic reintegration of women and girls VoT/PVoT: general observations 22. At present, there is no comprehensive quantitative and qualitative baseline study on the

socio-economic re-integration of women and girls in Albania. However some information is available with the ONAC and can be retrieved from its annual reports to the Anti-trafficking Strategy, the GRETA Country report, NGOs working with VoT/PVoT, studies conducted by IOM, etc. According to ONAC, there were 108 new cases of women and girls VoT or PVoT28 in 2014. The majority come from poor regions, both urban and rural, mainly from Tirana, Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodra, Berat, Vlora, Korça, etc.29. Their level of education is a matter of serious concern, with a large number of women and girls having only completed basic education (eight to nine years of schooling). Some women and girls have fewer than four years of formal education. Only a few have completed, or are in the process of completing high school, and one or two are in the process of completing their university studies30. Furthermore, their housing situation is very problematic: they either did not have a parental house, or did not consider the family house as theirs, or were not allowed to live therein31. Almost all trafficked women and girls tell a story of domestic violence, in the form

27 Please notice that the costing of this Action Plan will be carried out when costing of the entire anti-trafficking strategy will be revised. 28Figures provided by ONAC. 29 Information gathered from NGOs (Different and Equals, Another Vision, Vatra and the National Reception Center. See also Profile of the situation of trafficking victims and efforts for social inclusion, United Nations Programme “Support to Social Inclusion in Albania”, prepared by Valbona Lenja, January 2015.Their age ranges from 5 to 25 years old, the majority of whom are under 18 years of age. 30 Data collected from NGOs, such as Another Vision, Different and Equals and Vatra, as well as from the NRCVT. 31 See Profile of the situation of trafficking victims and efforts for social inclusion, United Nations Programme “Support to Social Inclusion in Albania”, prepared by Valbona Lenja, January 2015.


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of physical, psychological, emotional abuse, parental neglect and extreme poverty32. As such, their re-integration into the families, community and the society is a challenging process and requires targeted and careful interventions from anti-trafficking stakeholders.

c) Economic Empowerment 23. Economic empowerment for women and girls VoT and PVoT is of paramount importance. It

is a crucial factor into confronting the probable root causes of trafficking: poverty and lack of economic means. Empowerment can be described as ‘a process through which an individual can develop his/her ability to stand independently, make his/her own decisions and show control over his/her life’33.The World Bank defines women’s economic empowerment as “making markets work for women and empowering women to compete in markets” (World Bank, 2007)34.

24. UN in Albania views women’s economic empowerment as a process that has at its core two dimensions: resources and opportunity. “These range from tangible assets such as financial resources (income, savings and loans) and physical resources (land, housing, technology) to intangible assets such as skills, technical expertise, and social standing. But even when women are equipped with productive resources, this does not automatically mean that they are economically empowered. They must also have the opportunity to use those assets in any way that they choose. Opportunity refers to a woman’s power to make and act on decisions that would allow her to obtain valuable outcomes from economic activity”35. With greater control and access to assets, a woman has more power to make decisions that will positively impact her well-being. At the same time, greater opportunities to make choices in relation to the economy would allow her to accumulate more resources to secure her sustained economic success36.

25. To achieve the empowerment of women victims of trafficking, conditions have to exist for them to become economically and psychologically independent. This is subject to opportunities for work, education and training, and the way in which service providers work with victims. Women and girls must be encouraged to become active participants in the integration process.

26. It is also crucial to emphasise that empowerment interventions cannot be addressed in isolation. They should be viewed in conjunction with the overall actions and policies undertaken for the empowerment of women in general in Albania, as empowering women to participate in Albania’s economy is one of the four goals of the 2011-2015 National Strategy of Gender Equality and Gender Based Violence.

32 See also Needs assessment: Human Trafficking in the Western Balkans, IOM, 2014 pg. 37-38. Same conclusions are outlined in Profile of the situation of trafficking victims and efforts for social inclusion, United Nations Programme “Support to Social Inclusion in Albania”, prepared by Valbona Lenja, January 2015. 33Good practices in the EU on integration of VoT, pg. 13. 34 Maria ElenaRuiz, Abril, “Getting Economic Policies Right for Women in Albania: Policy Issues and options for Women’s Economic Empowerment”, A Policy Issues Paper , UNWOMEN 2012 35 See UN Action Plan for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Albania, 2014-2016. 36Ibid.


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Enjoyment of property rights 27. It is recognized that access and ownership of land, and other real estate is one of the critical

factors in women’s economic empowerment. Property rights provide women with security, a base from which to produce, invest and create their businesses and improve their welfare. The impact of women’s property rights (or their deprivation) goes beyond providing economic opportunities, and is a fundamental element for other aspects of women’s empowerment and well-being37. Studies show that de facto obstacles make women’s access and ownership of land and other real estate, such as houses, or flats in Albania, extremely low. According to the different laws that regulate property rights in Albania, men and women have the same de jure rights to own land. However, registration of property under the name of the head of the household (male) is identified as one of the leading causes of women’s low ownership of land in Albania38. This has a number of other consequences for women who can be deprived of their property during marriage for example - since women are not registered as owners of a property, a man can sell and give away the property without the signature and consent of his wife. Even when women have the legal ownership of the property, they are pressured by their families to relinquish their rights in favour of male siblings and relatives in an attempt to preserve the property within the family39.

Employment40 28. Employment is perhaps the most important factor in the process of re-integration, enabling

women to become financially independent and self-sufficient in the long-term. NGOs in Albania give initial employment advice and information on the local labour market, assistance with job searching, drafting of curriculum vitae, raising the awareness of private companies to hire VoT/PVoT, negotiating working conditions with potential employers, and providing a follow-up on the job. Some NGOs also advise women about labour legislation, their rights and responsibilities in the working environment.

Existing employment promotion programmes 29. The following government programs41 constitute positive measures to bridge gaps between socially-excluded individuals and marginalised group, comprising women and girls who have suffered from a trafficking experience:

1. Support to unemployed women42 37 Maria Elena Ruiz, Abril, “Getting Economic Policies Right for Women in Albania: Policy Issues and options for Women’s Economic Empowerment” A Policy Issues Paper , UNWOMEN 2012 38 Ibid, p 8-9, referring to Stanley and Di Martino, 2011. See also Mandro, Arta, UN Women Study “Women’s property rights: An Analysis of the Legal Standards and Application in Practice”. 39 Maria Elena Ruiz Abril, Getting Economic Policies Right for Women in Albania: Policy Issues and options for Women’s Economic Empowerment” A Policy Issues Paper, UNWOMEN 2012, p 8-9. See also Mandro Arta, UN Women Study “Women’s property rights: An Analysis of the Legal Standards and Application in Practice” highlights aspects of the legal and factual state of women’s property rights in Albania. 40 Employment and Skills Strategy 2014-2020 and its Action Plan adopted by DCM No. 818, dated 26.11.2014 41 See Law No. 7995 dated 20.9.1995 “On the Promotion of Employment” amended, and the by-laws for its implementation.


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Under this programme, employers providing employment to marginalized female job seekers for at least one year, receive 100 per cent of the minimum wage for four months and 70 per cent of their part of social insurance contributions. In the case of two-year contracts, employers receive the minimum wage for six months and 85 per cent of their part of social insurance contributions. Similarly, in the case of three-year contracts, employers received the minimum wage for four months and 100 per cent of their part of social insurance contributions. The target groups included in the “marginalized women” would be previously-trafficked women, women over 35 years of age, Roma women, disabled women and divorced women.

2. Support to the unemployed job seekers in difficulty43

Under this programme, employers providing employment to job seekers for at least one year receive up to 100 per cent of the minimum wage for four months, and are reimbursed for 100 per cent of their part of social insurance contributions. Eligible beneficiaries are long-term unemployed persons, people receiving social assistance, people receiving unemployment benefits, 15-25 year-olds who are entering the labour market for the first time, people over 45 years age who do not have any education higher than the secondary education or its equivalent, people with disabilities, Roma people, and returned emigrants. Unemployed job seekers, who are opposed to participating in this programme, will be removed from the list of unemployed job seekers and will not continue to receive financial aid or unemployment benefits.

3. On-the-job training for unemployed female jobseekers44

Under this programme, employers who provide on-the-job training for unemployed job seekers are offered financial support in the form of training costs (up to 70 per cent of the cost). In addition, female jobseekers participating in the training sessions receive 50 per cent of the minimum wage for the duration of the training, which should not be more than 6 months. During the training period, the unemployed person’s financial aid and unemployment benefits are interrupted, but they are entitled to recover them after the end of training, if not employed. The employer, at the conclusion of the training period, must employ not less than 50 per cent of the trainees, for a period of 6 months. This program does not address specific target groups.

4. Training of youth who have completed university education45

42 DCM No. 27, dated 11.01.2012 “On the employment promotion programme for women and special-needs groups” 43 DCM No. 48, dated 16.1.2008 “On the employment promotion programme of unemployed job-seekers who are at difficulty” 44 DCM No. 47, dated 16.1.2008 “On the employment promotion programme through development at work”


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In this case, both employees and job seekers benefit from an amount equal to 100 per cent of the unemployment payment for six-month duration. The most suitable candidate is selected by the employer after meeting the criteria established for the position/vacancy. Unemployed job seekers, who refuse to participate in this program, will be removed from the list of unemployed job seekers. This program does not address specific target groups.

5. Support for unemployed persons with disabilities46

Similarly, this programme also provides income support to registered unemployed job seekers who are disabled. Employers who provide employment to disabled job seekers for at least one year receive financial support covering up to 100 per cent of the minimum wage for the first six months and 50 per cent for the following six months. In addition, employers receive 100 per cent of their part of social and health insurance contributions and support for adapting the workplace according to the needs of the employee(s) with disabilities. After one year, the contract may be extended if the employment office approves funding for continuing these support measures.

Victims of trafficking are also eligible for exemption from fees for vocational training courses, provided that they are registered as unemployed47.

Micro-Enterprise support 30. Access to loan and other sources of finance is essential for entrepreneurship and business

development. Access to finance is essential for women to start up their businesses, and to strengthen and consolidate existing ones. It is also an important element in upgrading business to the formal sector48. Small loans (micro-credits) are, therefore, an essential part of women’s initiatives to set up their own business. Unfortunately, there is an important gap in this area in Albania, with small loans representing just over 2% of the financial market49. It is crucial to analyze whether VoT and PVoT can, in practice, meet the criteria set out by the applicable legislation to benefit from and have access to start-up capital (see Matrix).

31. Micro-enterprise support has consistently been a component of IOM’s programmes and donor support for VoT and PVoT in Albania. These programmes play an important role in the re-integration of victims of trafficking as they are provided with financial resources and training in entrepreneurial skills, to be able to follow the path of self-employment. By improving the financial situation of VoT/PVoT, their families benefit as well and jobs are possibly created for family members and local communities.

45 DCM No. 873, dated 27.12.2006 “On the extent of financing, criteria and procedures for the implementation of vocation training programmes for unemployed jobseekers who have completed an undergraduate degree in Albania or abroad’. 46 DCM No. 248, dated 30.04.2014 “On the programme promoting the employment of disabled individuals”. 47 Decision of the Council of Ministers on Vocational Training Fees, 4 April 2006 48 MoEDTTE (former METE), cited in UN Women, The Status of Women in Albania 49 METE, Business Development and Investment Strategy


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32. However, efforts and programmes for successful micro-enterprise support depend on the business climate, the legislative environment, and the individual business skills of the woman or girl. The majority of the funding still comes from donor countries, usually destination countries. Recent programs of the Government aim at supporting women entrepreneurs with a Women’s Fund and a Start-Up Fund50. Despite these developments, it is yet unclear whether VoT and PVoT meet the formal criteria provided for in the legislation to benefit from these funds. The matter will require further evaluation, analysis and recommendations.

Social Businesses 33. According to the 2014 National Report51 on the development of social business in Albania, in

order to curb poverty and address major disparities in the distribution of resources, building social business could be a vital option. Social businesses could focus on collecting, processing and providing the market for the sale of organic products with high quality. These economic activity could provide a solution for the poor residents of these areas, to provide them sustainable employment and growing incomes for their families, by economically empowering them. Arguably, women and girls victims of trafficking and their families who usually come from dire economic situations might benefit from such a solution.

34. The term “social business” usually refers to a business activity which addresses a social and environmental problem, in which revenues are not distributed but reinvested instead so as to improve the performance of social business or other social businesses”52. Albania does not have specific legislation regulating social businesses. The Law on non-for-profit organisations recognises the right of NGOs to carry out economic activity which serves the mission and the goals of the organisation53. In 2011, the state-owned Agency "Promoting Social Business in Albania" (NBS) was established. Its mission is to help improve social protection policies of the Government, accountability processes, and improving cooperation between the public and non-public sector."Social Business Promotion" and "Promotion of women in business” are also included in the strategy for Business and Investment Development 2013-2020, as well as the Action Plan on Women Entrepreneurship 2014-2020.

35. According to information from D&E, Vatra and Another Vision, some women VoT/PVoT have already followed the option of creating social businesses. Although there are instances of successful female entrepreneurs, it is still too early to assess the success and the sustainability of such efforts, and to draw a final conclusion whether the path of social business is more a viable option than business enterprises. From a fiscal policy point of view, the only tax that does not apply to social businesses is the tax on revenues, as legally speaking in Albania social businesses as entities are NGOs performing an economic activity.

50 For more information visit http://www.aida.gov.al/ 51 Ardita Bonatti, et.al.,NBS - Nxitja e Biznesit Social, Social Enterprise, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Albania: A National Report, 2014, EFESEIIS 52 Article 3, Law 10376/2011 on the establishment of NBS 53 See Law 8788/2001, Article 2/4; amended by Law 92/2013, article 2/4/4/1 clarifying the conditions under which NGOs can perform economic activities.


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36. During the consultation phase for the drafting of this Action Plan, some representatives of social businesses and of the NBS, stressed out, as an area of major concern, the current status of unfair competition among businesses. Suggestions were made that in order for a social business to survive in the Albanian economy, state aid would be crucial. The State, in pursuance of its role to tackle social problems and achieve social inclusion, should set up mechanisms so that social businesses receive, for instance, a small percentage of public work contracts. In the view of the representatives of social businesses, that would ease the State’s (responsibility) burden of creating jobs for the most marginalised individuals, including for the VoT/PVoT.

37. An in-depth analysis of government policies and interventions on social businesses is an area which falls beyond the scope of this Action Plan. However, the anti-trafficking structures, as well as other relevant government structures tasked with the socio-economic re-integration of VoT/PVoT, will be following very closely any development which will have an impact on the process of economic sustainability and income-generating activities.

d) Housing 38. Securing a safe and sustainable housing remains one of the most difficult aspects of

integration, in particular for those women and girls who after a trafficking experience choose not to return home. Although NGOs assist women and girls to rent a small flat in the community they wish to settle, there are reports that women are often unable to conclude formal rental contracts with the owners. NGOs and donors pay for the rent, usually for a six-month period, or until such time when the woman finds long-term employment. In principle, women and girls VoT and PVoT should have access to social housing programs in Albania, if they meet the criteria provided for in the Albanian law (see below).

Social Housing Programs in Albania 39. According to the Law no. 9232/2004 “On Social Housing Programs” (amended), these are

“programs which serve to accommodate families and individuals who due to their economic and social situation cannot afford what is offered by the property market or a mortgage instead”. The law provides for three social housing programs: social housing for rent, low-cost (rent) housing, and the program of equipping land with infrastructure. In addition, the government has established the provision of subsidies on social rent, subsidized loans, small grants, and immediate grants that target specific groups54. Beneficiaries of social housing programs should meet one of the following criteria: they are 18 years of age, they do not own a property; they own a living surface area that is below housing norms; or they may be homeless because of natural disasters (Article 4). The selection of beneficiaries is based on their housing conditions, family circumstances (single-parent families, families of more than four children, the elderly, young couples) as well as their social (people with disabilities, orphans, families of fallen officers, victims of domestic violence) and economic circumstances. Although victims of trafficking are not referred to as such by the law,

54 See UNDP, Social Housing in Albania, A situation Analysis, October 2014, prepared by Marsela Dauti.


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however they could come under the categories of single-parent families, or victims of domestic violence.

40. The provision of social housing is a shared responsibility between the central government and local governments55. The central government is responsible for the following: designing a ten-year housing program based on 10-year programmes of the local government units (LGUs) working on housing; planning the state budget on the support for annual housing programmes, determining the rules for the implementation of the program of low-cost housing; receiving information from LGUs on the administration of housing applications; developing a data inventory at the national level on: i) housing needs by social housing programs, ii) social housing inventory of properties for rent which are public property, iii) ensures physical and technical housing (for rent), iv) number of families housed under social housing programs, v) the necessary plots which need to be allocated/equipped with infrastructure so as to build residential housing, vi) the plots that are already equipped with infrastructure so as to build residential housing; determining the average annual cost of building housing units, in the framework of the programs of this Law, which is approved annually by instructions of the Council of Ministers; determining annually the criteria for investing or buying low-cost housing units, which are funded by the state budget and other funding sources; and overseeing investments on social housing, funded or co-funded by the government. Local authorities are responsible for the following: assessing housing needs in line with the programs drafted in the framework of this Law for the residents who come under their territorial jurisdiction; designing ten-year housing programs and three-year projects based on the financial sources they have; ensuring construction areas and the infrastructure needed in implementation of housing programs that are drafted on the basis of this Law; submitting requests to the Minister in charge of housing for funding, investments, and subsidies, according to this Law and based on annual information sent every July which includes the following: i) the number of families registered under social housing programs; ii) the number of families that have been dealt with in a year; iii) the income of the local government unit that will be used to cover social housing programs in the succeeding year and the amount of funds needed to be covered by the State Budget based on the ten-year housing program; iv) the areas/plots approved for the purposes of social housing programs; v) the rent level as approved by a decision of the council of the local government unit; create and administer at the local level the database on families that are eligible for housing as per the Law; determine the maximum costs allowed, within the limits determined by the Minister in charge of housing and the construction of housing, in line with this Law; building, administering, and maintaining social rented housing units; informing annually the Minister in charge of housing

55 According to Law No. 8652, dated 31.07.2000 “On the Organization and Functioning of Local Governments”, the provision of housing is a function that lies with local authorities. More specifically, article 72 specifies that local government units, municipalities and communes, “shall be fully responsible to perform their own functions ... in urban planning, land management and housing [among others].”


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of the progress of housing programs; undertaking all other functions provided for by this Law.

41. Social administrators are key actors for the implementation of the social housing programs. They serve in the Office of Economic Aid, verify the financial situation of applicants and inform applicants of the results of the verification, which applicants have the right to complain about within ten days and request a second evaluation.

42. Having said the above, it is yet unclear how women and girls VoT/PVoT benefit in practice from any social housing programs. Reports from NGOs show that a very low number of women have applied for social housing (only one application has been referred to by the NGOs). The impressions are that the probability of women becoming eligible for housing through the scoring application is almost zero.

e) Education 43. The Albanian legislation recognises the right to basic education. An individual has the right

to be enrolled in the basic full-time education system until he/she is 17 years old. If an individual is already 17 years old, he/she is allowed to complete the relevant school year. If a person is 16 years old, and has not yet completed basic education, he/she has the right to enrol to schools running a part-time program of basic education. By law, a person can follow high school education until he/ she is 21 to 22 years of age. When someone is over 22 years of age and wishes to pursue high school and higher education, he/she may enrol in high schools and higher education institutions at a part-time basis.

44. In practice, school enrolment of VoT/PVoT is facilitated by D&E, Another Vision and Vatra. These NGOs carry out a preliminary evaluation of the level of education of women and girls VoT/PVoT and identify their educational needs. Then, they try to resolve school registration issues directly with the Education Office or the School. Only difficult cases are addressed to the RA. The NGOs report that they do not face any major difficulty enrolling the girls or women at school, and they cooperate well with the Regional Department of Education. However, there are instances when victim of trafficking (adolescent girls) face hardships56 to register in the same school year following a relatively short trafficking experience. The NRCVT has its own educators and basic education is provided within the center.

45. The following courses of action need be pursued in the field of education of women and girls VoT and PVoT, namely: a) Revision of the legislation to ensure re-enrolment in the education system Completion of education is a preliminary condition to find employment. Victims of trafficking who have not completed their education have reduced chances of finding work. Helping victims of trafficking complete their interrupted education should be considered a priority57, whenever possible. Indeed, NGOs report that the VoTs/PVoTs face hardships to

56 This should not have been the case as representatives of the Ministry of Education and Sports are regular members of the RA and the Regional Anti trafficking Committees. 57The IOM Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking, EDUCATION, p. 96-97


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find employment because their level of education is lower than the level required by various employers for particular job vacancies. b) Tutoring Academic tutoring is particularly useful and often essential for the effective reintegration of trafficked girls. They often suffer lengthy gaps in their education due to having been trafficked. Tutoring should help them make up for their lost school years. Tutoring should also be considered so to facilitate the effective re-enrolment into the school system58. c) Support with literacy classes It is alarming that some NGOs and the National Reception Centre, along with shelters59 report instances of illiterate women or girls. Therefore, the organization of literacy classes and simple maths is an obligation of the utmost importance. d) Support for University education Data from NGOs show that some VoTs/PVoTs have still to complete their university education. If a woman or girl is in the process of completing her university education, then victims who wish to complete their higher education should be assessed by service-providing organisations to determine if this is possible in line with their re-integration plan60.

f) Social Care services 46. In Albania, social protection covers social assistance payments (economic aid and disability

assistance) and social care services (both existing and potential)61. At present publically-funded social care services (other than limited institutional services) are very limited. Most social care services are provided by civil society organisations funded on a voluntary basis or by development partners. Services are mainly to be found in larger urban areas (90% are in urban areas) and 75% are in the western and central areas of the country62. Social care services constitute a very small proportion (less than 5%) of overall government spending on social protection63.

47. However with regard to VoT and PVoT, the Government has assigned funding to specialised NGOs (D&E, Another Vision and Vatra) and has established a National Reception Centre for VoT/PVoT in Tirana. These NGOs, which are specialised in addressing and improving the fulfilment of VoT/PVoT rights, have been working with re-integration matters for over a decade.

48. Other than drafting this Action Plan, the MoSWY and UNICEF are in the process of putting together a policy paper on the minimum package of social care services that every person in need of care could expect, regardless of where they live. The minimum package of social care services is likely to consist of two parts. The first part shall deal with a needs assessment and the referral units in every community, whilst the second part shall cover a mixture of

58 Ibid. 59 Specialised educators, for example in the National Reception Centre (the Government Shelter for VoTs) run literacy classes. 60Ibid. 61 See Law on Economic Aid and Social Protection, MoSWY 62 UNICEF study on mapping social care services 63 Draft strategy on Social Protection, MoSWY


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different social care services organized and provided for by public and private entities at national, regional and local level. Services for VoTs and PVoTs are expected to be included in the final version of this policy paper. Therefore, anti-trafficking actors will be involved in the consultation and finalisation of the said document.


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nd

offic

ials

from

the

Empl

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ffic

es o

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cio-

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in

tegr

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anis

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how

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achi

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how

to w

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ivel

y.

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list

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grat

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stak

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and

eval

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indi

vidu

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nd

serv

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28

28

indi

cato

rs.

The

list o

f ind

icat

ors i

s use

d to

car

ry o

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bas

elin

e st

udy

on so

cio-

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re-

inte

grat

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of V

oTs a

nd

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s.

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rral

M

echa

nism

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RM

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tiona

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ndar

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f so

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car

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r tra

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ed

pers

ons o

r pe

rson

s at r

isk

of tr

affic

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dent

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cent

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., M

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mm

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10, N

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ET p

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eas o

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in

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oTs

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cal P

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data

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RA

2016

-20

17


29

29

Nat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds o

f so

cial

car

e fo

r tra

ffic

ked

pers

ons o

r per

sons

at

risk

of tr

affic

king

in

resi

dent

ial c

entre

s. D

raft

a M

anua

l or

guid

e on

syst

emat

ic a

nd

perio

dica

l col

lect

ion

of

data

thro

ugh

SIV

ET

data

base

. T

rain

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data

ent

ry

foca

l poi

nts o

n sy

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dat

a co

llect

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and

use

of th

e da

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pe

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re

side

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CA

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2016


30

30

PAR

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righ

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PV

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prop

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of V

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orm

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ty ri

ghts

and

in

herit

ance

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N W

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pons

ible

A

utho

rity

ON

AC

Pr

o bo

no L

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id se

rvic

e,

NG

Os

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31

31

EM

PLO

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EN

T/S

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T

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bjec

tive

1: In

crea

se a

cces

s of V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s to

empl

oym

ent,

and

supp

ort V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s to

obta

in su

stai

nabl

e em

ploy

men

t and

/or

inco

me

gene

ratio

n ac

tivity

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ludi

ng th

roug

h m

icro

ent

erpr

ises

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utco

me

Act

iviti

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cato

r B

asel

ine

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pons

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stitu

tions

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mef

ram

e

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VoT

/PV

oT sk

ills

and

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g w

ith th

e la

bour

mar

ket a

re

iden

tifie

d.

Car

ry o

ut a

qua

ntita

tive

and

qual

itativ

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udy

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uded

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sect

ion

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e Ba

selin

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dy

men

tione

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ove)

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esta

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w c

lose

are

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oTs t

o th

e la

bour

m

arke

t. Th

e st

udy

will

al

so c

ome

up w

ith

prop

osal

s to

iden

tify

links

to th

e la

bour

m

arke

t and

how

thos

e co

uld

be im

prov

ed.

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elin

e on

link

s of

VoT

s to

the

labo

ur

mar

ket i

s es

tabl

ishe

d.

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vidu

al in

tegr

atio

n pl

ans [

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a as

rega

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qual

ifica

tions

and

ed

ucat

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are

with

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ther

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ion

and

Vat

ra].

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pcom

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per

com

mis

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by U

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lban

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co

llabo

ratio

n w

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Y fo

r ne

w a

nd

inno

vativ

e ac

tive

labo

ur m

arke

t po

licie

s. Ex

pect

ed to

be

fina

lised

in Ju

ly

2015

.

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Stat

e A

genc

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r the

Pro

mot

ion

of S

ocia

l B

usin

ess (

NB

S)

2016

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al b

usin

esse

s ar

e pr

oact

ive

in

prom

otin

g ac

cess

to

em

ploy

men

t an

d jo

b pl

acem

ents

for

VoT

s and

PV

oTs.

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al b

usin

esse

s sen

d in

form

atio

n to

the

NB

S an

d ci

rcul

ate

info

rmat

ion

amon

g ea

ch o

ther

as t

o av

aila

ble

vaca

ncie

s, pr

ojec

ts, a

nd

oppo

rtuni

ties f

or jo

bs.

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al b

usin

esse

s sig

n a

MoU

to k

eep

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of j

ob v

acan

cies

m

ade

avai

labl

e.

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of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s who

find

em

ploy

men

t in

soci

al

busi

ness

es.

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of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s who

hav

e su

stai

nabl

e in

com

e

Ther

e is

no

base

line.

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dat

abas

e on

soci

al

busi

ness

es is

bei

ng

esta

blis

hed

by N

BS.

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S D

iffer

ent a

nd

Equa

l A

noth

er V

isio

n Y

APS

O

ther

Soc

ial

busi

ness

es

2015

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7


32

32

VoT

s/PV

oTs h

ave

secu

re a

nd lo

ng-

term

em

ploy

men

t an

d su

stai

nabl

e in

com

e.

vaca

ncie

s exc

lusiv

e fo

r VoT

s, PV

oTs,

and

vict

ims o

f Dom

estic

V

iole

nce

for t

wo

wee

ks.

Ass

ist V

oTs/

PVoT

s to

inte

grat

e in

to th

e la

bour

m

arke

t thr

ough

eac

h of

th

ese

alte

rnat

ives

: -e

mpl

oym

ent i

n an

ex

istin

g so

cial

bus

ines

s;

-em

ploy

men

t in

a ne

wly

es

tabl

ishe

d so

cial

bu

sine

ss b

y V

oTs/

PVO

Ts w

ho h

ave

rece

ived

voc

atio

nal

train

ing

with

the

supp

ort

of st

art-u

p fu

nds;

- s

elf-

empl

oym

ent o

f V

oTs/

PVoT

s with

the

supp

ort o

f sta

rt-up

fu

nds.

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ollo

w-u

p an

d co

ntin

uous

mon

itori

ng

of th

e bu

sine

ss a

ctiv

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and

perf

orm

ance

.

and

abov

e th

e na

tiona

l low

est l

evel

of

inco

me.

Soci

al B

usin

esse

s w

orki

ng w

ith

VoT

s and

PV

oTs

or e

stab

lishe

d by

th

em a

re

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lyse

and

rev

ise

empl

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ent a

nd

voca

tiona

l tra

inin

g pl

ans o

f the

VoT

s, PV

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of e

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isio

n Y

APS

2015

-201

7


33

33

stre

ngth

ened

. fa

mili

es in

cas

e of

thei

r re

-inte

grat

ion

in th

eir

fam

ily.

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

Soci

al B

usin

esse

s mee

t on

a r

egul

ar b

asis

to

shar

e ex

peri

ence

on

mar

ket a

sses

smen

t, ch

alle

nges

they

face

de

alin

g w

ith v

ulne

rabl

e in

divi

dual

s. So

cial

bus

ines

ses s

ign

a M

oU to

coo

pera

te w

ith

each

oth

er b

y sh

arin

g ex

perti

se, i

.e. f

inan

cial

of

ficer

s/ m

anag

ers

mut

ually

supp

ort a

nd

coac

h ea

ch-o

ther

.

No.

of c

onsu

ltativ

e m

eetin

gs a

mon

g so

cial

bus

ines

ses.

No.

of s

ocia

l bu

sine

sses

twin

ing

or

coac

hing

with

eac

h ot

her.

VoT

s and

PV

oTs

have

acc

ess t

o an

d fin

d em

ploy

men

t in

pub

lic se

ctor

jo

bs

ON

AC

liai

ses w

ith N

ES

to h

ave

regu

lar a

nd

upda

ted

acce

ss to

in

form

atio

n on

ava

ilabl

e jo

bs su

itabl

e to

VoT

s an

d PV

oTs i

n th

e pu

blic

se

ctor

. O

NA

C si

gns a

MO

U

with

the

Min

istri

es a

nd

inst

itutio

ns to

shar

e in

form

atio

n as

to th

e

No.

of j

obs i

n th

e pu

blic

sect

or w

here

V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s ha

ve a

cces

s to.

Ban

k of

jobs

by

the

Nat

iona

l Em

ploy

men

t Se

rvic

e (N

ES)

ON

AC

N

ES

Diff

eren

t and

Eq

ual

Ano

ther

Vis

ion

Vat

ra

2015

-201

7


34

34

avai

labi

lity

of o

pen

vaca

ncie

s. Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers/

soci

al

wor

kers

eva

luat

e em

ploy

men

t cri

teri

a,

i.e. l

evel

of e

duca

tion

requ

ired

for e

mpl

oym

ent

in th

e pu

blic

sect

or, a

nd

asse

ss w

heth

er V

oTs

and

PVoT

s sat

isfy

thos

e cr

iteria

. L

ink

skill

s and

ed

ucat

ion

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s with

jobs

in th

e pu

blic

sect

or.

Esta

blis

h in

coo

pera

tion

with

the

Min

istry

of

Tech

nolo

gy a

nd P

ublic

A

dmin

istra

tion

an

inte

rnsh

ip p

rogr

am in

th

e pu

blic

sect

or

targ

etin

g V

oTs/

PVoT

s.

Indi

vidu

al In

tegr

atio

n Pl

ans

VoT

s and

PV

oTs

have

acc

ess t

o an

d fin

d em

ploy

men

t in

priv

ate

sect

or

jobs

.

All

unem

ploy

ed V

oTs

and

PVoT

s are

re

gist

ered

with

the

NES

. Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

cont

inue

to p

rovi

de

No.

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s who

app

ly

for a

vac

ancy

; in

terv

iew

ing

of a

nd

num

ber o

f tho

se w

ho

get a

job

thro

ugh

NES

.

No.

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s cur

rent

ly

regi

ster

ed w

ith e

ach

regi

onal

em

ploy

men

t of

fices

of N

ES.

RA

, O

NA

C

NES

N

GO

s M

oED

TTE

A

IDA

2015

-201

7


35

35

VoT

s and

PV

oTs w

ith

job

cons

ulta

ncy,

in

clud

ing

prep

arat

ion

of

an in

terv

iew

, a re

sum

e,

wor

k co

ntra

ct, s

ocia

l be

nefit

s, lif

e sk

ills,

inte

rnsh

ip p

rogr

ams,

empl

oym

ent

enco

urag

emen

t, et

c.

RA

, ON

AC

, lia

ise

with

M

oED

TTE

to e

nsur

e ac

cess

to th

e da

taba

se o

f M

oED

TTE

on w

omen

en

trepr

eneu

rs.

Prov

ide

Inpu

t to

MoE

DTT

E an

d A

IDA

on

VoT

s and

PV

oTs

entre

pren

eurs

and

ens

ure

they

are

incl

uded

in th

e da

taba

se

No.

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s who

use

the

Dat

abas

e to

refe

r V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s for

em

ploy

men

t and

in

tern

ship

s op

portu

nitie

s.

Ben

efic

iarie

s and

th

eir f

amili

es

from

the

rura

l ar

eas b

enef

it fr

om

prog

ram

s and

in

terv

entio

ns

targ

etin

g ru

ral

wom

en.

Lia

ise

with

MoE

DTT

E an

d M

inis

try o

f A

gric

ultu

re so

that

VoT

s an

d PV

oTs a

nd th

eir

fam

ilies

hav

e ac

cess

to

inte

rven

tions

to

empo

wer

rura

l Wom

en.

Ens

ure

part

icip

atio

n of

V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s and

th

eir f

amily

mem

bers

No.

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s ben

efiti

ng

from

inte

rven

tions

to

empo

wer

rura

l w

omen

Act

ion

Plan

“W

omen

’s

Entre

pren

eurs

hip

in

Alb

ania

, 201

4-20

20”

Stra

tegy

for R

ural

D

evel

opm

ent

ON

AC

R

A

Nat

iona

l A

ssoc

iatio

n of

R

ural

Wom

en,

Min

istry

of

Agr

icul

ture

, M

oED

TTE

2015

-201

7


36

36

from

rura

l are

as to

pilo

t pr

ojec

ts to

trai

n an

d su

ppor

t Wom

en F

arm

ers

in B

erat

, Shk

odra

, Fie

r an

d D

ibra

65.

Priv

ate

partn

ersh

ips a

re

esta

blis

hed

and

impl

emen

ted

so a

s to

pro

mot

e em

ploy

men

t, m

otiv

atio

n an

d co

nfid

ence

of

VoT

s and

PV

oTs,

Tra

in V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s w

ith p

ract

ical

skill

s fr

om so

me

of th

e be

st

expe

rts fr

om th

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

. C

reat

e m

ento

ring

, bu

sine

ss su

ppor

t se

rvic

es a

nd n

etw

orki

ng

oppo

rtuni

ties w

ith

partn

er in

stitu

tions

, and

lo

cal b

usin

esse

s. Es

tabl

ish

prog

ram

s us

ing

a tw

in a

ppro

ach,

co

uplin

g V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s with

fem

ale

entre

pren

eurs

with

si

mila

r bus

ines

ses f

rom

di

ffer

ent l

ocat

ions

.

No

of b

enef

icia

ries

in th

ese

twin

ing/

men

torin

g/c

oach

ing

prog

ram

s N

o. o

f VoT

s and

PV

oTs w

ho re

gist

er

with

net

wor

ks o

f w

omen

en

trepr

eneu

rs.

KSK

AT’

s exi

stin

g pa

rtner

ship

s with

pr

ivat

e bu

sine

sses

.

ON

AC

Pr

ivat

e bu

sine

ss

KSK

AT

Obj

ectiv

e 2:

All

VoT

s and

PV

oTs w

ho r

un/o

r ai

m to

est

ablis

h a

smal

l- or

med

ium

-siz

e en

terp

rise

hav

e ac

cess

to a

nd b

enef

it fr

om th

e W

omen

Ent

repr

eneu

rshi

p fu

nd a

nd st

art-u

p fu

nd m

anag

ed b

y A

IDA

. V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s ar

e su

ppor

ted

to

bene

fit fr

om th

e W

omen

Ass

ess w

heth

er e

xist

ing

busi

ness

es ru

n by

V

oTs/

PVoT

s ful

fil th

e fo

rmal

crit

eria

env

isag

ed

No.

of V

oTs a

nd P

VoT

s w

hose

bus

ines

ses m

eet t

he

form

al c

riter

ia to

ben

efit

from

the

Fund

s.

Crit

eria

are

set

out i

n D

CM

no.

59

2, d

ated

10.9

.201

4

AID

A

MoE

DTT

E N

CA

TS

65Se

e A

ctio

n Pl

an “

Wom

en’s

Ent

repr

eneu

rshi

p in

Alb

ania

, 201

4-20

20, W

omen

par

ticip

atio

n in

Rur

al E

cono

my,

pg.

61


37

37

Entre

pren

eurs

hip

Fund

an

d th

e St

art-U

p Fu

nd

in th

e D

CM

nr.

592,

da

ted 1

0.9.

2014

on

the

Wom

en

Ent

repr

eneu

rshi

p Fu

nd a

nd th

e St

art-

Up

Fund

Pr

ovid

e su

ppor

t to

VoT

s an

d PV

oTs t

o pr

epar

e th

e ap

plic

atio

n an

d do

cum

enta

tion

to

rece

ive

subs

idie

s fro

m

the

Fund

s.

Su

cces

sful

ap

plic

ants

will

re

ceiv

e a

subs

idy

of 5

0 %

of t

he

inte

rest

rate

for 4

ye

ars

up to

1,

000,

000

(one

m

illio

n) A

LL p

er

loan

The

star

t-up

fund

pro

vide

d gr

ants

up

to

300,

000

ALL

, co

verin

g up

to

70%

of t

he

cost

s.

Reg

ulat

ions

on

the

func

tioni

ng

of th

e Fu

nd(s

) sp

ecify

det

aile

d cr

iteria

. V

OC

AT

ION

AL

TR

AIN

ING

Obj

ectiv

e 1:

Ski

lls o

f gir

ls a

nd w

omen

to se

ize

empl

oym

ent o

ppor

tuni

ties,

incl

udin

g in

hig

h pr

oduc

tivity

se

ctor

s are

enh

ance

d th

roug

h av

aila

ble

polic

ies a

nd tr

aini

ng p

rogr

ams.

Ensu

ring

acce

ss

of g

irls a

nd

wom

en V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s to

VET

in

Lia

ise w

ith M

oSW

Y to

re

ceiv

e in

form

atio

n on

V

ET c

ours

es in

hig

h pr

oduc

tivity

are

as.

No.

of V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s who

hav

e ac

cess

to a

nd e

nrol

in

VET

cou

rses

in h

igh

Cur

rent

dat

a on

VET

fo

r VoT

s and

PV

oTs

ON

AC

N

ES

NC

ATS


38

38

high

pro

duct

ivity

ar

eas

Ens

ure

acce

ss o

f VoT

s an

d PV

oTs t

o th

e N

atio

nal C

atal

ogue

of

Prof

essi

onal

Q

ualif

icat

ions

66.

Ass

ess s

kills

, pr

efer

ence

s and

nee

ds o

f V

oTs/

PVoT

s to

help

th

em m

ake

an in

form

ed

deci

sion

abo

ut c

hoos

ing

a vo

catio

nal t

rain

ing

prog

ram

me.

prod

uctiv

ity a

reas

.

PAR

T II

I. H

OU

SIN

G

Obj

ectiv

e 1:

VoT

s and

PV

oTs h

ave

acce

ss to

soci

al h

ousi

ng p

rogr

ams i

n A

lban

ia

O

utco

me

Act

ion

Indi

cato

r of

Impa

ct

Bas

elin

e R

espo

nsib

le

Inst

itutio

ns

Tim

elin

e C

ost

Polic

y an

d le

gisl

atio

n ar

e am

ende

d to

en

sure

the

right

of

the

VoT

/PV

oT

to sa

fe a

nd se

cure

ho

usin

g.

Legi

slat

ion

is

amen

ded

so th

at

Part

icip

ate

and

cont

ribu

te in

the

proc

ess o

f the

dr

aftin

g of

the

Stra

tegy

of S

ocia

l H

ousi

ng c

urre

ntly

in

pro

cess

. R

evisi

ng L

aw N

o.

9232

“O

n So

cial

H

ousin

g

Legi

slat

ion

addr

essi

ng

gaps

is

appr

oved

.

Law

no.

923

2/20

04 “

On

soci

al h

ousi

ng

prog

ram

s”.

Gap

s Ide

ntifi

ed:

Art

icle

5 (s

elec

tion

crite

ria) V

oTs a

s suc

h ar

e no

t tre

ated

/refe

rred

to

spec

ifica

lly b

y/in

the

law

.

RA

M

inis

try o

f U

rban

D

evel

opm

ent

Mun

icip

aliti

es

Reg

iona

l Ant

i Tr

affic

king

C

omm

ittee

s

2016

-201

7

66Th

e cr

eatio

n of

the

Nat

iona

l Cat

alog

ue o

f Pro

fess

iona

l Qua

lific

atio

ns is

env

isag

ed in

the

Stra

tegy

on

Empl

oym

ent a

nd S

kills

201

4-20

20.


39

39

bene

ficia

ries h

ave

acce

ss to

soci

al

hous

ing

prog

ram

s.

Prog

ram

s, am

ende

d”, w

ith

the

aim

of

incl

udin

g V

oTs/

PVoT

s in

prio

rity

cate

gorie

s In

the

fram

ewor

k of

revi

sing

the

law

, th

ere

shal

l be

a re

visi

on o

f the

sc

orin

g sy

stem

to

ensu

re th

at V

oTs

or fa

mili

es w

ho

have

VoT

with

di

sabi

lity

prob

lem

s ar

e in

clud

ed.

Art

icle

24:

Ren

t sub

sidy

Pr

iorit

y is

giv

en to

the

follo

win

g gr

oups

: or

phan

s, pe

rson

s with

di

sabi

litie

s, fa

mili

es o

f fa

llen

offic

ers,

retu

rned

im

mig

rant

s, m

igra

nt

wor

kers

, mem

bers

of t

he

Rom

a co

mm

unity

, and

st

ate

polic

e em

ploy

ees.

Ther

e is

no

men

tion

of

the

vict

ims o

f tra

ffic

king

an

d vi

ctim

s of d

omes

tic

viol

ence

. Th

e V

oT m

ight

as w

ell

fall

unde

r the

cat

egor

y of

retu

rned

imm

igra

nts

in c

ase

of fo

reig

n tra

ffic

king

.

Art

icle

34/

1: F

unct

ions

of

the

min

istry

in c

harg

e of

hou

sing

D

ecisi

on n

o. 5

74 (

On

dete

rmin

ing

the

docu

men

ts

that

a

fam

ily

shou

ld

subm

it to

be

en

title

d to

pa

rtic

ipat

e in

a s

ocia

l ho

usin

g pr

ogra

m,

and

the

dead

lines

an

d


40

40

appr

oved

pr

oced

ures

of

th

e lo

cal

gove

rnm

ent).

Th

e do

cum

ents

that

a f

amily

sh

ould

sub

mit

to b

enef

it fr

om

a so

cial

ho

usin

g pr

ogra

m;

dead

lines

and

ap

prov

ed p

roce

dure

s of

th

e lo

cal g

over

nmen

t.

App

lican

ts

shou

ld

subm

it a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

do

cum

ents

(1

1).

Ther

e is

an

ad

ditio

nal

num

ber

of 7

doc

umen

ts

that

app

ly t

o vu

lner

able

gr

oups

. Th

ere

is

no

men

tion

of l

egal

aid

for

vu

lner

able

gro

ups.

Th

e ho

usin

g ne

eds a

nd th

e ap

plic

atio

n in

pr

actic

e of

the

scor

ing

syst

em o

f th

e be

nefic

iarie

s is

thor

ough

ly

asse

ssed

in li

ght

of th

eir p

lace

of

resi

denc

e an

d fa

mily

situ

atio

n.

Con

duct

a

stud

y/as

sess

men

t on

the

hous

ing

need

s and

the

appl

icat

ion

in

prac

tice

of th

e so

cial

hou

sing

sy

stem

, crit

eria

, po

int s

yste

m, e

tc.

to th

e be

nefic

iarie

s an

d th

eir f

amili

es

(a sp

ecifi

c se

ctio

n in

the

Base

line

Bas

elin

e id

entif

ies

VoT

s and

PV

oTs n

eeds

an

d fa

cilit

ates

ac

cess

and

pl

anni

ng to

so

cial

hou

sing

pr

ogra

ms.

UN

DP

stud

y:

Soci

al

Hou

sing

in

Alb

ania

: A

si

tuat

ion

Ana

lysi

s (U

ND

P st

udy)

The

re

is no

ba

nk

inve

ntor

y at

th

e na

tiona

l le

vel

that

in

clud

es i

nfor

mat

ion

on

the

num

ber

of f

amili

es

in

need

of

so

cial

ho

usin

g; t

he n

umbe

r of

fa

mili

es

bene

fitin

g

ON

AC

R

A

Don

ors

2016


41

41

stud

y m

entio

ned

abov

e).

soci

al h

ousi

ng w

ithin

a

year

; m

unic

ipal

inc

ome

that

will

be

allo

cate

d fo

r so

cial

hou

sing

pro

gram

s an

d fu

nds

requ

este

d fr

om

the

stat

e bu

dget

; th

e am

ount

of

land

tha

t w

ill b

e us

ed f

or s

ocia

l ho

usin

g pr

ogra

ms;

th

e am

ount

of r

ent a

ppro

ved

by

the

mun

icip

al

coun

cil.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

UN

DP

stud

y:

The

num

ber

of s

ocia

l ho

usin

g un

its

let

for

rent

al

purp

oses

ar

e as

fo

llow

s: Ti

rana

(385

) D

urrë

s (12

6),

Kor

ça (9

9),

Fier

(96)

, El

basa

n (9

6),

Kav

aja

(48)

, B

erat

(4

8),

and

Pesh

kopi

(24)

.

T

he

num

ber

of

new

ho

usin

g un

its

is

as

follo

ws i

n th

ese

citie

s:

Shko

dra

(124

),

Kor

ça (1

20),


42

42

Elba

san

(79)

, D

urrë

s (48

),

Kav

aja

(40)

, Fi

er (2

4),

Vlo

ra (2

4),

Gjir

okas

tra (

20),

and

Puka

(8).

Num

bers

of

ho

usin

g un

its

built

in

th

ese

citie

s (w

ith E

KB

fun

ds)

are:

D

urrë

s (48

),

Sh

kodr

a (4

1),

K

orça

(41)

,

Kav

aja

(41)

and

Sara

nda

(41)

. In

stitu

tions

and

Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

faci

litat

e ac

cess

of

VoT

s to

the

soci

al h

ousi

ng

prog

ram

s

ON

AC

liai

ses w

ith

the

Min

istry

of

Urb

an

Dev

elop

men

t and

LG

Us t

o ea

rmar

k fu

nds f

or so

cial

ho

usin

g pr

ogra

ms

in th

e ar

eas w

here

V

oTs a

re lo

cate

d.

Exp

lore

fund

ing

thro

ugh

the

prov

isio

ns

spec

ified

in L

aw

No.

10/

192

(am

ende

d) “

On

the

Prev

entio

n of

and

Num

ber o

f V

oTs w

ho

bene

fit fr

om

soci

al h

ousi

ng

prog

ram

s N

o. o

f Tr

ansi

tory

ap

artm

ents

m

anag

ed b

y N

CA

TS

deriv

ing

from

th

e as

sets

co

nfis

cate

d in

No

base

line

is a

vaila

ble.

O

NA

C

Min

istry

of

Urb

an

Dev

elop

men

t N

CA

TS

2016

-201

7


43

43

Figh

t aga

inst

O

rgan

ised

Crim

e an

d Tr

affic

king

th

roug

h Pr

even

tive

Mea

sure

s aga

inst

A

sset

s”.

ON

AC

and

R

egio

nal A

nti-

traff

icki

ng

Com

mitt

ees

ensu

re th

e in

clus

ion

of

VoT

s/PV

oTs i

n so

cial

hou

sing

durin

g th

e se

lect

ion

of

bene

ficia

ries b

y m

unic

ipal

ities

for

soci

al h

ousi

ng

prog

ram

s. Se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

assi

st V

oTs t

o fil

l ou

t app

licat

ions

.

acco

rdan

ce

with

Law

10

/192

. N

o. o

f VoT

s w

ho a

pply

for

soci

al h

ousi

ng

prog

ram

s.


44

44

PAR

T IV

. ED

UC

AT

ION

O

bjec

tive

1: E

nsur

e th

e ri

ght o

f VoT

s and

PV

oTs t

o ba

sic e

duca

tion

and

faci

litat

e ac

cess

to a

ll le

vels

of

educ

atio

n

Out

com

e A

ctio

n In

dica

tor o

f Im

pact

B

asel

ine

Res

pons

ible

In

stitu

tions

Ti

mel

ine

Cos

t

All

VoT

s and

PV

oTs w

ho h

ave

not c

ompl

eted

ba

sic

educ

atio

n re

ceiv

e sc

hool

ing

and

are

grad

uate

d.

Dis

cuss

with

MES

m

odal

ities

of t

he

appl

icat

ion

of th

e “S

econ

d C

hanc

e”

prog

ram

me

for

VoT

s and

PV

oTs

who

are

out

side

of

resi

dent

ial c

entre

s. E

nsur

e th

at V

oTs

and

PVoT

s rec

eive

re

gula

r edu

catio

n du

ring

thei

r sta

y in

re

side

ntia

l she

lters

. C

ondu

ct li

tera

cy

clas

ses,

teac

h ill

itera

te V

oTs a

nd

PVoT

s how

to re

ad

and

writ

e.

All

illite

rate

V

oTs/

PVoT

s le

arn

how

to

read

and

writ

e an

d do

sim

ple

mat

h.

Natio

nal S

tand

ards

of

Care

incl

ude

educ

atio

n.

Pre-

univ

ersi

ty

educ

atio

n la

w a

nd b

y-la

ws.

RA

M

inis

try o

f Ed

ucat

ion

and

Spor

ts

(MES

) R

egio

nal

Dep

artm

ents

of

Edu

catio

n

2015

-201

7

VoT

s/PV

oTs

have

acc

ess t

o th

e Sc

hool

s-

Com

mun

ity

Cen

tres w

hen

esta

blis

hed.

The

RA

/mem

ber o

f th

e R

A fr

om th

e M

inis

try o

f Ed

ucat

ion

keep

s RA

an

d O

NA

C a

brea

st

with

dev

elop

men

ts

on th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

of

No.

of

VoT

s/PV

oTs

who

hav

e ac

cess

to

Scho

ol/

com

mun

ity

cent

res

Dra

ft St

rate

gy o

n th

e D

evel

opm

ent o

f Pre

-un

iver

sity

Educ

atio

n (2

014-

2020

)

Reg

iona

l D

epar

tmen

ts

of E

duca

tion

2015

-201

7


45

45

scho

ols/

com

mun

ity

cent

res p

rovi

ded

by

the

Dra

ft St

rate

gy

on th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

pre

-uni

vers

ity

educ

atio

n (2

014-

2020

).

Ensu

re th

at

VoT

s/PV

oTs a

nd

thei

r chi

ldre

n ha

ve

acce

ss to

the

serv

ices

if

prov

ided

.

VoT

s/PV

oTs

who

are

re

inse

rted

into

th

e ed

ucat

ion

syst

em re

ceiv

e su

ppor

t fro

m th

e sc

hool

ps

ycho

logi

st.

NG

Os/

shel

ters

as

sist

ing

VoT

s/PV

oTs w

ith

retu

rn to

the

scho

ol

syst

em re

fer t

hem

to

the

scho

ol

psyc

holo

gist

or t

he

supe

rvis

or o

f the

ps

ycho

soci

al

serv

ice

for f

urth

er

follo

w-u

p.

Wor

king

gro

up

revi

sing

the

SOP

refle

cts t

he

scho

ols p

sych

o-so

cial

serv

ice

with

re

gard

to

assi

stan

ce g

iven

to

child

ren

VoT

s.

No.

of

VoT

s/PV

oTs

who

hav

e be

nefit

ed fr

om

the

serv

ices

of

the

scho

ol

psyc

holo

gist

.

The

Nor

mat

ive

Prov

isio

ns o

f Pre

-un

iver

sity

Edu

catio

n,

2013

pro

vide

for t

he

func

tioni

ng, d

utie

s and

re

spon

sibi

litie

s of t

he

psyc

ho-s

ocia

l ser

vice

w

ithin

scho

ols.

Ord

er N

o. 3

44 o

f the

M

inis

ter o

f Edu

catio

n,

date

d 19

.8.2

013

“On

the

Esta

blis

hmen

t of

the

Uni

t for

Psy

cho-

soci

al S

ervi

ces”

.

Min

istry

of

Educ

atio

n an

d Sp

orts

(M

ES)

Reg

iona

l D

epar

tmen

ts

of E

duca

tion

2016

-201

8


46

46

PAR

T V

. SO

CIA

L C

AR

E SE

RV

ICES

O

bjec

tive

1: E

nsur

e V

oTs/P

VoT

s hav

e ac

cess

and

ben

efit

soci

al p

rote

ctio

n ac

cord

ing

to A

lban

ian

law

. O

utco

me

Act

ion

Indi

cato

r of

Impa

ct

Bas

elin

e R

espo

nsib

le

Inst

itutio

ns

Tim

elin

e C

ost

VoT

s/PV

oTs

bene

fit fr

om th

e m

inim

um

pack

age

of so

cial

ca

re se

rvic

es.

Follo

w-u

p th

e fin

aliz

atio

n of

the

stand

ard

pack

age

docu

men

t and

co

mm

ent i

t to

ensu

re th

at so

cial

ca

re se

rvic

es a

re

prov

ided

to

VoT

s/PV

oTs i

n ac

cord

ance

with

th

eir n

eeds

.

VoT

/PV

oT

need

s are

met

an

d th

e co

sts o

f th

ese

serv

ices

ar

e re

flect

ed in

go

vern

men

t bu

dget

s and

hu

man

re

sour

ces

plan

ning

.

Dra

ft C

once

pt D

ocum

ent

on:

Stan

dard

Pac

kage

of

Soci

al

Car

e Se

rvic

es

supp

orte

d by

U

NIC

EF

and

MoS

WY

ON

AC

R

A

MoS

WY

Pa

rtner

s U

NIC

EF

IOM

U

N W

omen

2016

VoT

s/PV

oTs

rece

ive

cont

inuo

us so

cial

ca

re b

y th

e se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

On-

goin

g pl

anni

ng o

f re

sour

ces f

or

NG

Os p

rovi

ding

so

cial

car

e se

rvic

es to

V

oTs/

PVoT

s.

Nec

essa

ry

reso

urce

s are

in

clud

ed in

the

law

on

Stat

e B

udge

t and

fu

nds a

re

disb

urse

d in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith a

pplic

able

le

gisl

atio

n.

Legi

slat

ion

on S

ocia

l A

ssis

tanc

e an

d Pr

otec

tion.

Le

gisl

atio

n on

Pub

lic

Proc

urem

ent.

Agr

eem

ent f

or th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent a

nd

func

tioni

ng o

f the

N

RM

. N

atio

nal S

tand

ards

of

Car

e fo

r VoT

s/PV

oTs

in re

side

ntia

l car

e.

MoS

WY

M

inis

try o

f Fi

nanc

e D

iffer

ent a

nd

Equa

ls

Vat

ra

Ano

ther

V

isio

n

2016

-201

8


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