Resource Book for Working Against Trafficking in Human Beings in the CIS and the Baltic Sea Region

This publication is produced by a joint Russian-Swedish project aimed at promoting capacity building of Russian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in trafficking issues; improving networking between the Russian Federation, Sweden and the Baltic countries; and "the formulation of a protocol for safe return and rehabilitation for women and children victims of trafficking." The book provides

• an overview of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Russian Federation NGOs offering support to victims of trafficking
• a list of relevant government contacts within the Russian Federation
• an overview of Swedish NGOs offering support to victims of trafficking
• a list of relevant government contacts within Sweden

Excerpt from the introduction:
The Resource Book for Working Against Trafficking in the CIS countries and the Baltic Sea Region shows contact information and descriptions of important NGOs working against trafficking in human beings and more specifically working for the social support and psychological treatment and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking, especially women, girls and boys. The NGOs based in the CIS countries in the list are all members of the Angel Coalition.

The Resource Book also contains chapters with contact information to important governmental administrations and officials in the work against trafficking in human beings in the Russian Federation. Key persons at the federal level are included as well as important representatives at the governmental level in five different regions of the Russian Federation: St Petersburg, Leningradskaya Oblast; Petrozavodsk, the Karelian Republic; Murmansk; Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan and Yaroslavl.

Lastly, the Resource Book includes descriptions and contact information to important Swedish social actors addressing the issue of support and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking in Sweden, as well as contact information to the governmental authorities with responsibilities in the work against trafficking and the support to its victims in Sweden. The Resource Book is a tool for networking and collaboration against trafficking in human beings in CIS and the Baltic Sea Region, as especially as regards repatriation and rehabilitation of victims.