Center for Assistance to Victims of Violence and Human Trafficking

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Center for Assistance to Victims of Violence and
Human Trafficking

• Empowering Civil Society Organizations
• of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities
• in the Russian Federation Project
• 2010-2011

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• Seminar in Moscow, 28 August 2010

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Basic Facts

• Population 142 million.
• 22 is ethnic minorities.
• 15 million migrants.
• Countries of origin Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
  Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia,
  Ukraine, China, Vietnam, etc.

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• Roundtable in Chernushka, 09 September 2010

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Project Activities

• Baseline Research.
• Building a Negotiation Platform NGOs of migrants
  and ethnic minorities, local NGOs, governmental
  bodies, and mass media.
• Training for NGOs of migrants and ethnic
  minorities.
• Training for police and mass media.
• Building contacts with the countries of origin.

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Roundtable in Moscow, 17 December 2010
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Project Outcomes

• 11 training seminars for NGOs of migrants and
  ethnic minorities.
• 19 training seminars for police and mass media.
• 7 roundtables.
• 6 dissemination visits to regions of Russia
  (Central, North Caucasus, and Far East Federal
  Districts).
• 3 contact-building visits to Tajikistan,
  Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
• Training and informational materials (23,000
  copies).
• Meeting in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of
  Russia (November 2010).
• 3 radio programs at Voice of Russia (Summer
  2011).

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• Roundtable in Chusovoy, 20 July 2011

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Thank You!

• Fedor Sinitsyn
• Director
• Center for Assistance to Victims of Violence and
  Human Trafficking
• www.cavt.ru
• permcavt_at_gmail.com
• Tel. [phone].