Step Up Stop Slavery

Our Access to Experts  Training in #Cyprus: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐮𝐦, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 "𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲" We were honoured to have the Greek Government in attendance at the training, with 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮, presenting on ‘Supporting frontline professionals working with unaccompanied children who are victims of trafficking.'  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮 described the National Guardianship System which has been operational in Greece since 2024 to provide guardianship and safe housing for Unaccompanied children. She also explained the Greek National Emergency Response Mechanism, which prioritises care for vulnerable groups, including unaccompanied children and co-ordinates their access to reception, healthcare and accommodation services. Tools, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines have been developed in Greece to assist guardians, lawyers and accommodation staff in identifying, monitoring and supporting child victims, including handling forced criminality and absconding cases. There is also the key development of specific tools to enhance service provision to child victims, including Standard Operating Procedures on declaring missing children to the police authorities. Modern Slavery Community of Practice; Heracles Moskoff ; Rachel Witkin; Arnas Tamasauskas ; Jane Lasonder

#AccesstoExperts Training! It was an honour to feature Victim Navigator Programme Co-ordinator of Justice and Care, Julie Currie who shared about the crucial work of victim navigators: 'W𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩-𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. “𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝: '𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯.’ #victimnavigators #survivorsupport #modernslaverycommunityofpractice Rachel Witkin Arnas Tamasauskas Jane Lasonder

HOST Project – Tackling Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Sector This project aims to prevent human trafficking in the hospitality sector through awareness-raising, training, and empowering professionals and workers. As part of the project, we invite employers in the hospitality sector across Cyprus to participate in an anonymous survey, aimed at mapping recruitment practices, raising awareness, and identifying risks of human trafficking. 🕐 Participation time: 5-10 minutes 🔐 The survey is anonymous and complies with ethical protocols. 📩 For inquiries: [email protected] 👉 Participate in the survey: https://lnkd.in/d5zSA5bq Together, we can contribute to preventing exploitation and promoting a just and safe working environment. #HOST #StepupStopSlavery #hospitality #tourism #AMIF #EUGrants #humantraffickingprevention #corporategovernance #duediligence #humanrigths

Ο οργανισμός Step Up Stop Slavery συμμετέχει στο ευρωπαϊκό έργο HOST! Το έργο HOST – Tackling Human Trafficking in the Hospitality Sector στοχεύει στην πρόληψη της εμπορίας ανθρώπων στον τομέα του τουρισμού, μέσα από δράσεις ευαισθητοποίησης, κατάρτισης και ενδυνάμωσης επαγγελματιών και εργαζομένων. Στο πλαίσιο του έργου, προσκαλούμε εργοδότες και εργοδότριες στον τομέα του τουρισμού σε όλη την Κύπρο να συμμετάσχουν σε ανώνυμη έρευνα, με σκοπό τη χαρτογράφηση πρακτικών πρόσληψης, ευαισθητοποίησης και εντοπισμού κινδύνων εμπορίας ανθρώπων.  🕐 Χρόνος συμμετοχής: 5-10 λεπτά 🔐 Η έρευνα είναι πλήρως ανώνυμη και σύμφωνη με τα πρωτόκολλα δεοντολογίας. 📩 Για απορίες: [email protected] 👉 Συμμετοχή στην έρευνα: https://lnkd.in/d3qTydfT Μαζί, μπορούμε να συμβάλουμε στην πρόληψη της εκμετάλλευσης και την προώθηση ενός πιο δίκαιου και ασφαλούς εργασιακού περιβάλλοντος. #HOST #StepupStopSlavery #HumanTrafficking #TourismSector #Cyprus #ΕμπορίαΑνθρώπων #ΞενοδοχειακόςΚλάδος

HOST - TACKLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR We are proud to announce the launch of the EU Funded project HOST, in collaboration with our partners KMOP Greece, CESIE ETS Italy, FSA Foundation Solidaridad Amaranta Spain, Ministry of Migration and Asylum Greece Heracles Moskoff, Fairwork Netherlands, La Strada International, Elliniko Forum Prosfigon, and ANZI, Italy. HOST focuses on the prevention of sexual and labour exploitation of third country nationals within the hospitality sector, particularly in touristic areas, through raising awareness among employers and TCNs, strengthening multi stakeholder collaboration, education of key stakeholders to enable proactive identification, provision of legal and psychosocial support to survivors and education of third country nationals of legal rights. #HOST #forcedlabour #duediligence #humantraffickingprevention #AMIF #EUFunding #EUGrants #hospitality #humanrigths #hotels #corporateresponsibility

Our Access to Experts to Experts Training: Jane Lasonder "𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫" "My journey was not easy… but with partnerships, and people around us, we have the courage to stand up, to work in this space and build effective solutions together. Ask us for our expertise, not for our 'story' - if you are missing our specific information or insights into trafficking, that is exactly when the gaps appear - and victims fall through those gaps. Collaborate with us ethically, pay us properly and embed us at every level. It is faster, more effective and it means that somebody's daughter or son could be spared the horrors of being trafficked." Rachel Witkin, Prof Sian Oram, Arnas Tamasauskas Katerina Stephanou #accesstoexperts #modernslaverycommunityofpractice

ACCESS TO EXPERTS Training: Professional Support for Survivors of Trafficking Rachel Witkin, Director of Modern Slavery Community of Practice welcomed participants and said the strength, resilience and creativity of the anti-trafficking sector lies with the experts who work closely with and for survivors. “Access to Experts gives a window into the world of professionals who are working on a daily basis with, and for survivors, some of whom have lived experience of trafficking and offer their skills and insight to this sector as Survivor Leaders. Our experts know that there is a direct connection between professional support for identification, protection, access to justice and recovery - and combatting this crime”. #AccessToExperts #AccessToExperts2025 #AccessToExpertsCyprus #EndHumanTrafficking #SupportSurvivors #TraumaInformedCare #FrontlineProfessionals

Access to Experts Training: Professional Support for Survivors of Trafficking During her keynote address Alessia Vedano, Trafficking Advisor OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said that one of the most important tools for combatting human trafficking is the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) as no institution can respond alone. Coordination ensures that victims do not fall through the cracks, that they are identified and receive the correct support. A victim centred, trauma informed approach to the NRM is at the heart of a coordinated response to human trafficking. #AccessToExperts #AccessToExperts2025 #AccessToExpertsCyprus #EndHumanTrafficking #SupportSurvivors #TraumaInformedCare #FrontlineProfessionals