Counter Trafficking Capacity-building in Guinea-Bissau

The overall goal of this project is to strengthen and coordinate the response of the government and of private stakeholders in Guinea-Bissau in reducing and addressing human trafficking.

Through this project information will be collected that will illuminate trends and patterns in trafficking in persons into, within and from Guinea-Bissau. The local mechanisms used by traffickers to recruit their victims, information on the profile of traffickers, and the extent of re-trafficking will be included. This information, and the assessment of protection and assistance services already available, will enable the government and its partners to develop concrete recommendations for counter trafficking policy and project development. Technical assistance will be provided to the government of Guinea-Bissau to draft a national action plan, including the designation of a national task force. This framework will govern all policies, procedures and legislative instruments designed to assist, protect and support victims of trafficking.