AIDRom action

in the fight against THB

Elena Timofticiuc,
Ecumenical Association of Churches in Romania
12 April 2019
AIDRom’s Departments

1. Ecumenical Platform and

Formation

2. Development and Cooperation

3. Emergency in case of disasters

 What does AIDRom do?

AIDRom:
 develops and
monitors programs
 provides consultancy

Legend
diaconal activity
ecumenical formation
women’s programs
environment and sustainable development
emergency program
education for peace and reconciliation
 Prevention
of trafficking for force labor

Assistance of:
1. Asylum seekers
Cooperation and
2. Refugees
development 3.Third country citizens
Department Models of integration

Multifunctional
Counseling centers
Equal
opportunities
on the labor market
AIDRom’s Multifunctional Centers
Network of
Counseling Centers:
 Counselling Centre
Iasi - 2004
 Counselling Centre
Iasi - 2004
 Counselling Centre
Bucharest – 2004
 Counselling Center in
Timisoara - 2011
 In 2017, the
Centers changed
the working
structure according
to the new realities
and became
Multifunctional
Centers
1.Multi-functional centers in Bucharest, Timisoara
and Iasi county

2. Direct Assistance of AS and refugees

1. Cooperation with the National Agency for

Employment, EURES Platform for job identification,
National Agency against Trafficking in Persons and
general Inspectorates for Immigration
2. General Inspectorate of Immigration, IOM,UNHCR
3. Church related organizations: DW-Wurtemberg,
Brote fur die Welt, Philantrpy Oradea
 Vulnerable groups
The target groups:
 young unemployed looking for a job
 young graduators (of high-schools, vocational school and
faculties) looking for a job
 Victims of trafficking in persons
 aged over 40 years old, unemployed, looking for a job;
 women informal home-base workers
 Refugees at high risk of trafficking or seeking for integration
and for a job,etc
 SENSE programme

The SENSE program started in 2000

is focused on three main components:
1. awareness raising and educational activities:
 Research, data bank
 Information, education, training
2. Counseling for victims of THB – in cooperation with
ADPARE, Bucharest and AIDRom Counseling Center,
Timisoara
 Counseling, social and vocational orientation for individuals
and groups (self evaluation, information about possible risks,
skills and values, experiences and achievements) in the high
risks situation
3. Networks with similar organizations from Romania and
Europe
 Seminars, Information sessions, National
Campaigns

 Training sessions in cooperation with the National

Agency against Trafficking in persons:
 For the key actors working in the counter-trafficking
programme – police officers, priests, teachers, mass-media
representatives, trade unions
 Round Tables with Church representatives, civil society and
mass media representatives, focused on raising awareness on
THB, the role of media channels (newspapers, TV shows,
radio) in sending the message to the civil society
 National Campaigns targeting people at high
risk(unemployed, young people seeking for jobs), state
institutions(border police, teachers from high-schools,
vocational schools)
Editing educational
materials, leaflets,
guides, CDs,
promotional objects
Dissemination of
information: guides,
leaflets and video
materials (ADPARE,
CARITAS Bucharest,
AIDRom, A.N.I.T.P.)
Regional trainings in high
risk regions, uncovered in
previous programs
(Rep. of Moldova)
Participation in national and
international meetings on the
issue
Linked with
www.anti-trafficking.info
International seminar on
Prevention of Trafficking in
Human Beings – Bucharest
Empowering and vocational
training for victims –
individual and group
Prevention counselling (ADPARE –
of Bucharest and Centre for
trafficking Victims’ Rehabilitation
in
Timisoara)
human
beings
Anti-trafficking regional
campaign – STOP the
Trafficking in Human
Beings.
Strengthening the regional and
European network
Establishing a focal informational point
in Bucharest at the AIDRom
Conference Center; the information is
gathered from all the network,
processed and sent to all members.
 Multifunctional Centers- Integration Now

The activities of the Multi-functional centers are inter-linked with

the programs of assistance of the migrants and is focused on :
A. General Information of the persons seeking for help: juridical
information, social information or direct help

B. Integration program for refugees and AS, which is based on 2

Pillars:

Pillar 1 : Direct assistance for migrants: accommodation in AIDRom

shelters from Bucharest and Timisoara
- complementary aid scheme – is done in cooperation with the
General Inspectorate of Immigration on the base of individual case
management.
Pillar 2: Assistance of victims of THB through the SENSE program
Services for
accessing
labor
market:
-Elaboration
of the CV
-Information
regarding
working
places
-Job
Mediation
Actions in cooperation with the state institutions
active in the field.
NAATP, EURES

 Development of prevention programs for

those who work in business sectors
exposing people to high potential of
trafficking risks (such as recruitment
agencies / job application agencies,
transportation companies;
 Consultation with decision makers from
countries of origin and destination for the
assistance of people seeking for
help.(Information centers within the
Romanian consulates, churches from
Diaspora)
 Poster published within the project
“An informed person is a protected one”
 The campaign
“The right to work is yours. Don’t sell it to the traffickers!”
2013 - 2016
Working group with the local authorities
from Bucharest, Oradea, Iasi and
Timisoara
 Thank you!

Elena Timofticiuc
Programme Director
AIDRom
et@aidrom.ro
+40 722 804 911
+40 751 179 274