The Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling
of Migrants - Asia and the Middle East (GLO.ACT Asia and the
Middle East) is a four-year (2018-2022), €12 million joint initiative by
the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) being implemented in partnership with the
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in four countries:
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic
of Iraq and Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The project builds on a global community of practice set in motion
in GLO.ACT 2015-2019 and assists governmental authorities and
civil society organizations in targeted, innovative and
demand-driven interventions: sustaining effective strategy and
policy development, legislative review and harmonization,
capability development, and regional and trans-regional
cooperation. The project also provides direct assistance to victims of
human trafficking and vulnerable migrants through the
strengthening of identification, referral, and protection mechanisms.
Afghanistan
I.R. Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
Aims and objectives: The initiative works alongside partner countries in developing and implementing
more effective national and international responses to trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling
linked to the following pillars of intervention:
Objective 1 Objective 2 Objective 3 Objective 4 Objective 5
Strategy
and policy
development
Legislative
assistance
Capacity
building
Regional and
trans-regional
cooperation
Protection and
assistance to
victims of
trafficking and
smuggled migrants
This project is funded by the European Union