Women East Smuggling Trafficking

Programme 2000 - 2006 Cadses

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The WEST project (an acronym for Women East Smuggling Trafficking) dealt with the problem of trafficking and smuggling for the sexual exploitation of women and children coming from Eastern Europe. Trafficking, nowadays the largest part of the clandestine immigration flow from the Balkans towards the EU, is characterised by an ever increasing presence of criminal organisations profiting on the exploitation of manpower, trafficking of human beings and induction of slavery and forced prostitution. This is a phenomenon that not only violates national laws which control entry to a country, it is also a perpetual and serious violation of human rights: people are reduced to a commodity and are often blackmailed for the rest of their life. The project involved the Emilia-Romagna region, the General Health and Social Policies Direction, as project leader. Partners of the project have been the regions of Lombardia, Veneto and Marche, the Autonomous Province of Trento, the Municipality of Perugia, the Caritas of Udine, the association "On the Road" of Martinsicuro (Teramo), the Austrian association "Mountain Unlimited" and the Albanian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

Achievements (EN):

The general objective of WEST has been to analyse the impact of the phenomenon of clandestine immigration on the local communities of the European countries, by women and young people coming from East Europe and victims of trafficking who were sexually exploited. At the same time the project aimed at activating structural intervention, research intervention, pilot projects, informational campaigns (for the clients, citizens, opinions leaders, etc.) and training measures (social and safety workers) with the goal of implementing social integration policies. The WEST project has organised over 20 campaigns and produced various publications, among them three research papers (Hidden prostitution, Life stories, The trafficking flows and routes of Eastern Europe), two manuals (Manual of the usual procedures, Information guide for workers) and a volume of proceedings (Proceeding of the in-depth conference, Bologna, 26-27 November 2004). It is possible to download this material as well as the documentation of the activities conducted by the partnership from the project website.

Thematic information

Demographic change and immigration Safety Social inclusion and equal opportunities

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Regione Emilia-Romagna

Address: Viale Aldo Moro 21, 40127 Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Regione Marche

Name: Regione Marche

Address: 60131 Ancona, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Mountain Unlimited

Name: Mountain Unlimited

Address: 1010 Wien, Austria

Legal status: n/a

Ministria e Punes dhe Ceshtjitheshne- Albania

Name: Ministria e Punes dhe Ceshtjitheshne- Albania

Address: 1614 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: n/a

Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Ambiente, Energia e Sviluppo Sostenibile

Name: Regione Lombardia - Direzione Generale Ambiente, Energia e Sviluppo Sostenibile

Address: 20100 Milano, Italy

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Caritas/Udine- Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

Name: Caritas/Udine- Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

Address: 33100 Udine, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Perugia Municipality- Umbria Region

Name: Perugia Municipality- Umbria Region

Address: 06121 Perugia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Trento Province

Name: Trento Province

Address: 38100 Trento, Italy

Legal status: n/a

On The Road Association- Abruzzo Region

Name: On The Road Association- Abruzzo Region

Address: 64014 Martinsicuro, Italy

Legal status: n/a

REGIONE DEL VENETO – DIREZIONE TURISMO

Name: REGIONE DEL VENETO – DIREZIONE TURISMO

Address: 30100 Venezia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Marche Region

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Mountain Unlimited

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Ministria e Punes dhe Ceshtjitheshne- Albania

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Lombardy Region

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Caritas/Udine- Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Perugia Municipality- Umbria Region

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Trento Province

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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On The Road Association- Abruzzo Region

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Regione Emilia-Romagna

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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VENETO REGION

Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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Summary

Project name (EN): Women East Smuggling Trafficking

Project acronym: WEST

Project start date: 2003-01-01

Project end date: 2005-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 870 790.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 435 397.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 Cadses

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-09-02

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

134 / 134 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 612 / 1 612 (100%)

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Women East Smuggling Trafficking

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