GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The specific objectives of this call are to:

• facilitate the prevention of labour exploitation of third-country nationals, as well as awareness raising, including in third countries on the risks of labour exploitation and fake job offers;
• facilitate the prevention of sexual exploitation of third-country nationals, as well as awareness raising, including in third countries on the risks of trafficking in human beings, taking into account the online dimension of the crime;
• raise awareness on the demand that fosters trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour and sexual exploitation;
• facilitate the early identification of third-country national victims trafficked for the purpose of labour exploitation, including in the context of labour inspections and through cooperation with the private sector;
• facilitate the identification of third-country national victims of trafficking, especially children, trafficked for the purpose of exploitation of criminal activities;
• provide specialised assistance and support, including in specialised facilities/shelters, to third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings for all exploitative purposes, considering their specific needs, such as age, sex, and the physical and psychological consequences of the form/s of exploitation they have been subjected to;
• with the contribution of the above, facilitate durable solutions for:
  • the integration of third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings in the host society, which take into account the individual needs of the victims and aimed at preventing re-trafficking; or
  • the safe and sustainable voluntary return of third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings, which build upon appropriate risk assessments and prevent their re-trafficking.

Proposals should have a concrete operational impact on the identification, assistance, support of third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings, be it in the context of integration or safe return.