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Description
The project will be implemented by IOM International Organization for Migration in cooperation with Polish Border Guard. The aim of the project will be to improve the capacity of Border Guard officers to prevent and detect organized crime, in particular trafficking in human beings. The Border Guard effectiveness will be enhanced through training officers. In addition, the efficiency in cooperation between the Border Guards and law enforcement agencies from Norway and Great Britain will be increased through study visits to these countries. The project is based on the results of the first phase (where over 90% of officers participating in trainings evaluated them as effective and of high substantive value), implemented between 2014 and 2017 by IOM and Border Guard, financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
The project implements the principles of equal treatment and anti-discrimination, both in the recruitment participants and the training program.
Summary of project results
Improving the capacity of Border Guard officers to prevent and detect organised crime, presenting methods to prevent and detect human trafficking, with particular emphasis on exploitation for forced labour, including combating crime against workers and employment-related crime.
- Implementation of training for Border Guard officers and police, Polish Army, municipal guards, other services and local authorities, NGOs and volunteers on methods of preventing and detecting human trafficking.;
- Implementation of specialised workshops for Border Guard officers, representatives of the State Labour Inspectorate and invited experts, on the subject of forced labour exploitation;
- The e-learning course for Border Guard and Police officers focused on the phenomenon of forced labour has been developed;
- Two study visits to Norway and Spain took place as part of the project.
- Number of professional staff trained in crime prevention and investigation: 562
- Number of study visits within projects: 3