Grants and Contributions:

Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking in Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia

7428022 P009710001

$2,897,635.30

Feb 14, 2021 - Oct 31, 2024

This project aims to improve the capacity to combat human trafficking, reduce impunity for transnational criminal networks, and provide greater human rights protection to victims, particularly for women and girls, in Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Project activities include: (1) providing advanced training program for specialized investigators in Panama on gender-responsive investigation protocols to collection valuable evidence, existing laws and regulations, human rights, gender bias and stereotypes, and trauma-informed human trafficking; (2) developing expert analysis reports on the prevalence of Human Trafficking in the region and the gender-informed response by justice institutions, taking into account human rights, gender bias, stereotypes and Gender-Based Violence, and disseminated among regional justice professionals and policy-makers; (3) conducting regional training workshops on human trafficking and transnational crime for prosecutors, investigators and analysts on Major Case Management, transnational investigations, cyber analysis and financial analysis, with a gender perspective; and (4) providing coaching to prosecutors in strengthening prosecution strategies and techniques for human trafficking cases, using a human rights approach and a gender-sensitive approach.

Global Affairs Canada

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved technical capacity and gender-responsive practices in the investigation of human trafficking cases in Panama; (2) improved capacity to prosecute and convict perpetrators of human trafficking in a gender-responsive manner in Panama; and (3) strengthened gender-responsive mechanisms and transnational cooperation to combat human trafficking, affecting women and girls, in Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6Z 2C5

064-2021-2022-Q1-00265

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2020-2021 4th Quarter report.

Justice Education Society of British Columbia

Vancouver Centre

59034

Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program

The objective of the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP) is to enhance the capacity of key beneficiary States and government entities to prevent and respond to threats posed by international criminal activity by providing transfer payment assistance in a manner consistent with international anti-crime and human rights obligations, norms and standards. In doing so, the ACCBP contributes to improving Canada’s national security, and the security of Canadians abroad, by addressing global transnational security threats, with a focus on the Americas. The Program also builds on previous crime program commitments that support regional and multilateral initiatives that focus on global crime issues.

The ACCBP will use both grants and contributions as the transfer payment mechanisms to meet its program objectives. The type of transfer payment will be determined by project and on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the Government of Canada’s international security mandate and objectives; the capacity of the implementing partners involved; and the assessment of the associated risks of the project. Such payments will be managed within the effective financial and program controls designed and implemented by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada for its transfer payment programs.