OSCE Mission to Moldova launches website coordinating anti-trafficking activities in Moldova
A new website designed to improve coordination among anti-trafficking actors has been launched Wednesday November 8 by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the New Perspectives for Women anti-trafficking project.
The website, called the Moldova Anti-Trafficking & Gender Network, is accessible online at www.atnet.md in English, Romanian and Russian.
According to a press release from the OSCE Mission, Antonia DeMeo, the Mission’s Senior Anti-Trafficking Advisor said during the presentation of the website that by using it you can find in ten seconds information on over 350 anti-trafficking activities in Moldova, and this is a real change.
“The centrepiece of the website is its Partner Network, a directory of over 220 NGOs and 70 governmental bodies working to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings and this database will make our work much more efficient”, David Blood, Chief of Party for Winrock International in Moldova, said.
In addition, the website includes a bulletin board for announcements and invitations to anti-trafficking events, an archive of reports, studies, and other publications on trafficking-related topics.
The idea of creating the website originated from the meetings on anti-trafficking activities organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova regularly in Chisinau, as well as in the regions.
In 2005, the OSCE Mission and Winrock International began gathering extensive information on anti-trafficking initiatives and this work continues. According to Blood Winrock interns travel constantly across Moldova and collect information for the Partner Network, so making possible to update the website on a regular basis.
New Perspectives for Women is financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and implemented by Winrock International.