International Development Grant
Capacity building of institutional actors involved in the fight against human trafficking
Project Number: CA-3-P010163001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $1,104,110.00
Start Date: February 23, 2021
End Date: October 31, 2022
Duration: 1.7 years
Project Description
This project seeks to strengthen the rights of human trafficking victims in Colombia mainly women children and lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals to better protect them. Project activities include: (1) delivering training workshops on effective gender-based care for direct and indirect victims of human trafficking to government employees responsible for assisting them in Colombia; (2) providing technical support to Defensoría del Pueblo an advocacy organization to build its capacity to develop recommendations for improving care for human trafficking victims. It does so by tailoring care to local needs in line with applicable international standards in Colombia; and (3) delivering training workshops on strategic litigation for important human trafficking cases to government employees and lawyers representing trafficking victims in Colombia. This project benefits Colombian judicial and state actors involved in defending the victims of human trafficking as well as the victims themselves.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced capability of Defensoría del Pueblo and other institutions combating human trafficking to effectively take care of current and potential human trafficking victims particularly women girls and LGTBQ people by international standards; and (2) adopted and implemented new practices in line with international standards and a gender-based approach to combating human trafficking in Colombia by Defensoría del Pueblo.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) 85% of officials and representatives of OSC noted a positive change in the protection of victims’ rights an increase from the target of 75%. 67 interrogated participants out of 74 (86% of participants; 41 out of 49 women) noted that the project contributed to an improved gender-sensitive institutional response to and handling of human trafficking cases an increase from the target of 75%; (2) the Defensoría adopted 4 new gender- and human rights-based practices to identify and handle cases. 145 participants out of 221 (66%) acquired new knowledge on protection and assistance measures for victims surpassing the goal of 40 people; and (3) 75 participants out of 87 (86%) felt more prepared to carry out advocacy work especially regarding children women and lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer and intersex persons. This is an increase from the target of 40 personnel.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Avocats Sans Frontières Canada
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Foreign Affairs and Trade Gs&Cs