14.40—15.10 Trafficking of women from North of Russia. Swedish experts’ point of view. Line Djurberg — Vice Consul from Sweden and Mats Lemchen — Criminal Investigation Police Inspector.

15.10-15.40. Coffee break.

Part Two. Collaboration of the State and Community against the spreading of trafficking, prostitution and violence towards women.

15.40—16.00. Perspectives and experiences of regional NGOs against trafficking in women. L. V. Shtyleva, Public Director of Murmansk Crisis Center for Women “PRIYUT”

16.00—16.20 M. Mukhayeva. Social conditions that enable trafficking of women — gender asymmetry in economics and labor in Murmansk region. Gender statistics on the condition of women in the region: factual data.

16.20—16.40 Oblast Government point of view. U.A. Evdokimov

16.40—17.00. Mona Dia. Senior Adviser, Ministry of Justice and the Police, (Norway)
Co-ordinator of the National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in women and children.
Collaboration of the state officials (the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labor, Migration Services, etc.) and NGOs in combating human trafficking, coordinative activities.

17.00—17.20 Anne Ekstedt, Desk Officer Ministry of Justice (Sweden). Collaboration of the state officials (the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labor, Migration Services, etc.) and NGOs in combating human trafficking, coordinative activities.

17.20—17.50 Experience of collaboration between the state and NGOs in Sweden in anti-trafficking activities and in assistance to the victims.
Carolina Wennerholm – Head of International Department and Agneta Borg/Bucknell — expert from Center for assisting people in prostitution (Stockholm, Sweden).

17.50—18.10 discussion and acceptance of the final documents of the meeting.

19.00—21.00 biz lunch of the group and guest experts at the hotel Polarnyie Zory

Murmansk, 25th of February 2005

Part 1. Workshop for judges and prosecutors of Murmansk and the region.

Topic – introduction of the phenomenon, professional understanding and personal attitude towards trafficking of and violence against women. Experience of the overseas colleagues.

10.00—10.05 opening of the meeting – L.V. Shtyleva

10.05—10.25 Trafficking as it is. Russian researcher. N.Hodyreva (SPb)

10.25—11-00. Russian law against human trafficking; analysis, achievements and limitations, the importance of such a law; legal status of the victim. Boris Gavrilov – Deputy Head of the Investigation Committee of the Ministry of the Interior of the RF; a member of the working group on anti-trafficking legislation.

11.00—11.15 Discussion

11.15—11.45 Coffee break.

11.45—12.15 Mona Dia. Senior Adviser, Ministry of Justice and the Police, (Norway)
Coordinator of the National Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in women and children.
Applying the law in preventing trafficking in Norway. Collaboration of GOs and NGOs in combating trafficking, coordination of the activities.

12.15—12.20 answers to questions

12.20—12.45 Anna Ekstedt- Desk Officer Ministry of Justice — the practice of counter-trafficking measures in Sweden.

12.50—13.30 Particular cases of investigating human trafficking, Russian victims in particular. Application of the law, cross-country cooperation of the police, Interpol, Europol. Deportation of victims. European understanding and reality of trafficking, amplitude and effect, latent and obvious impact on the state and society across the border. Anneli Corell, District Prosecutor General’s Office and Thomas Ekman, Criminal Investigation Police Inspector.

13.30—13.55 Experience of collaboration of the state and NGOs in Sweden in anti-trafficking activities, measures to suppress prostitution, and rehabilitation of victims.
Carolina Wennerholm – Head of International Department and Agneta Borg/Bucknell - expert from Center for assisting people in prostitution (Stockholm, Sweden).

13.55—14.00 Short conclusion.

Part 2. Special program

1. 12.00—13.30 — lecture at MGPU University, societal faculty – Trafficking of women and children from Russia: new threat to human security. Russian researcher, researcher Guri Tyldum (Norway), Line Djurberg, Mats Lemchen. in charge – I. Ryzhkova

2. 15.00—16.30 p. m. - lecture at MGTU University, societal faculty– Russian researcher, Guri Tyldum (Norway), Line Djurberg, Mats Lemchen. in charge – Y. Kuznezov.
14.00—15.30 lunch for the experts (on demand)

(yet to be approved by the Russian side):

15.30—17.30 round table for experts in UVD (Lenina St.64):
Goal: borrowing experience from Swedish police on prevention of trafficking and prostitution.

1. Meeting reps from IDN, experts from counter-prostitution departments - Thomas Ekman, Mona Dia, Agneta Borg. Mats Lemchen, Anna Ekstedt.

Duration time — 2 hours
Form — exchange of work experience, questions-answers session.

Special program: meeting of prosecutors and police officers of Sweden and Norway with colleagues from Murmansk (on demand of Swedish side).
Boris Gavrilov, Anneli Corell, Anna Ekstedt, Mona Dia, Thomas Ekman, Mats Lemchen.

19.00 dinner for experts in hotel

Murmansk, 26th of February 2005 (from 10 a.m. till 4.30 p.m.)

Goal: practical training for the personnel of the local organizations to work with the victims of trafficking.

Target group — volunteers and personnel and of the Murmansk crisis center “PRIYUT”; students and teachers of the faculties of social work of Murmansk pedagogic and technical universities (total – about 30 people).

10.00—11.30- Russian or SW — researchers (lectures for post-graduates, teachers and 4-5 year students of FSR faculty), room #12

11.30—12.00 Coffee break

12.00—14.00 training for psychologists specializing in rehabilitation of sex-trafficking female victims in MKC Priyut, social workers (teachers and students at MGPU and MGTU Universities, societal faculty. Speaker Agnetta Borg (Sweden)– expert in Center for rehabilitation of men and women in prostitution. Activities of center, assistance and help provided, social workers functions, physical and mental condition of victims trapped in prostitution, psychological training for workers at center, emotional stress prevention, working with families of trafficking victims, social adaptation of trafficking victims at the center, employment search difficulties, vocational training, etc.

14.00—14.30 Lunch - in MGPU cafeteria
14.30—16.00 Continuation of training: Anna Ekstedt – experience of successful collaboration between the NGOs and the state in Sweden on the issue of assistance to the victims.
Jessika Rang Schmidt. Plan of collaboration for Russia.

Conclusion and closing evaluation.

16.30 Leave of experts and trainers for the airport, hotel.

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