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D. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Consular Directorate will:
1) Notify the national ‘ResponsibleAuthority’about all cases referred to them in advance by foreign
counterparts and foreign NGOs regarding the status and proposed voluntary or involuntary return
of identified or presumed Albanian victims of trafficking.
2) Instruct and train its officials in Tirana and at Albanian Embassies and Consulates in main
destination countries to provide victim-sensitive consular advice to victims and presumed or
potential victims of human trafficking.
3) Cooperate with host country authorities in helping identify, protect and facilitate the assisted
return and referral of actual, presumed or potential victims. The purpose of such enhanced
cooperation betweenAlbanian Embassy and Consular officials overseas and the law enforcement,
immigration, social services and civil society victim support structures in main destination
countries, should be to reduce the number of victims returned without prior notification, or the
prior activation of the assistance and referral mechanisms envisaged in this Agreement.
4) Liase effectively with the national ‘Responsible Authority’ and other Albanian governmental
and civil society victim protection structures, which are Parties to this Agreement.
5) Assist in the drafting and distribution of printed and other materials in Albanian and English by
Albanian Embassies and Consulates in main destination countries, warning of the dangers of
trafficking; advertising European andAlbanian toll free help line and shelter numbers; and giving
contact details of local Albanian Embassies and Consulates, as well as the range of assistance
and support available to victims, based on the mechanisms envisaged in this Agreement.
6) In accordance with this Agreement and the National Strategy and Action Plan on Combating
Child Trafficking 2005-7, conclude a Cooperative Agreement with Greece for the protection
and Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) of unaccompanied, at-risk and/or trafficked children:
and negotiate similar Cooperation Agreements with other main child trafficking destination
countries: and provide appropriate liaison between host government authorities and the national
referral and protection mechanisms identified in this Agreement with responsibility for the
assisted return of children.
ARTICLE 6. IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND COORDINATION OF
AGREEMENT:
In order to ensure the successful implementation, monitoring and coordination of this Agreement, the
Parties agree to establish a National Referral Mechanism Working Group composed of one Focal Point
and one designated reserve member from each Ministry, Institution, Center and Organization that is or
subsequently becomes a Party to this Agreement, plus a representative of the Office of the Minister of
State for Coordination, to meet every three months (or more often if requested by one of the Parties) under
the Chairmanship of the national ‘Responsible Authority’ in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
The Working Group will monitor progress in the implementation of this Agreement, and discuss
individual cases and issues of common concern, including budgetary issues. In addition, data collected
by the national ‘Responsible Authority’, Centers and Organisations to monitor the implementation of the
Agreement will be reported to the Office of the Minister of State for Coordination, on a quarterly basis,
in accordance with the reporting requirements of the National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan 2005-7. (See
Articles 5. A. 15 and 5. B.16.).
ARTICLE 7. DISPUTES:
Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to the present Agreement, including its
invalidity, breach or termination, shall be settled amicably through discussion and negotiation involving
all Parties, as well as the Chair and members of the National Referral Mechanism Working Group.
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