Training manual for capacity building launched
Monday, 14 June 2010
FE Report
IOM Deputy Director General Ambassador Laura Thompson and Home Minister of Bangladesh Advocate Sahara Khatun jointly launched a training manual this week for "Building Capacity on Care and Support for the Victims of Trafficking."
The manual is meant to develop the capacity of the government officials, specifically on care of victims of trafficking. The content includes national and international legal provisions, but more importantly, on the whole process from identification of trafficking victims to actually providing psycho-social support to survivors of trafficking and rehabilitating them in society, the IOM office said.
IOM will continue to work for a future free of human trafficking victims in need of rehabilitation and humane treatment, said IOM Regional Representative Rabab Fatima on the occasion.
"We hope this manual can be used as an effective tool to achieve that objective," she said.
In Bangladesh, the current government policy and laws have the provision to prohibit and prosecute traffickers and protect as well as assist survivors once they are rescued. But there is a need to equip government officials to translate policy and laws into action.
The launched training manual has been developed under the IOM project Prevention and Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh (PPVHT-B), with support from the Norwegian and Danish governments.
Launching the training manual, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said, "Capacity building of government staff dealing to combat human trafficking was a felt need for a long time. I must thank IOM for that. They should further expand their coverage beyond the 22 districts for this victim care training."
Thompson who was also the Guest of Honour said on the occasion of the launching, Bangladesh was one of the first countries in the region to become a member of IOM and has a number of strong counter-trafficking programmes.
"I am pleased to see that some very effective and innovative measures have been carried out in Bangladesh in this area," Thompson said.
IOM has been working on trafficking issues in Bangladesh since the early 1990s.
Under the programme, a group of 51 master trainers from Bangladesh Police and the Department of Social Services have already been trained and will in turn train 1,250 district government officials and representatives of law enforcement agencies in the 22 districts prone to human trafficking.
IOM Deputy Director General Ambassador Laura Thompson and Home Minister of Bangladesh Advocate Sahara Khatun jointly launched a training manual this week for "Building Capacity on Care and Support for the Victims of Trafficking."
The manual is meant to develop the capacity of the government officials, specifically on care of victims of trafficking. The content includes national and international legal provisions, but more importantly, on the whole process from identification of trafficking victims to actually providing psycho-social support to survivors of trafficking and rehabilitating them in society, the IOM office said.
IOM will continue to work for a future free of human trafficking victims in need of rehabilitation and humane treatment, said IOM Regional Representative Rabab Fatima on the occasion.
"We hope this manual can be used as an effective tool to achieve that objective," she said.
In Bangladesh, the current government policy and laws have the provision to prohibit and prosecute traffickers and protect as well as assist survivors once they are rescued. But there is a need to equip government officials to translate policy and laws into action.
The launched training manual has been developed under the IOM project Prevention and Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh (PPVHT-B), with support from the Norwegian and Danish governments.
Launching the training manual, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said, "Capacity building of government staff dealing to combat human trafficking was a felt need for a long time. I must thank IOM for that. They should further expand their coverage beyond the 22 districts for this victim care training."
Thompson who was also the Guest of Honour said on the occasion of the launching, Bangladesh was one of the first countries in the region to become a member of IOM and has a number of strong counter-trafficking programmes.
"I am pleased to see that some very effective and innovative measures have been carried out in Bangladesh in this area," Thompson said.
IOM has been working on trafficking issues in Bangladesh since the early 1990s.
Under the programme, a group of 51 master trainers from Bangladesh Police and the Department of Social Services have already been trained and will in turn train 1,250 district government officials and representatives of law enforcement agencies in the 22 districts prone to human trafficking.