A meeting dedicated to the "Implementation of the revised Standard Operating Procedures for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings" organized on behalf of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, and supported by the European Union regional project, EU Support for Strengthening the Fight against Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings in the Western Balkans (EU4FAST). The aim of this meeting is to provide support for the further implementation of the SOP for victims of trafficking in human beings, and to enable a review of the progress achieved in the implementation of the revised SOP in the previous period, as well as an exchange of experiences and opinions by stakeholders from relevant institutions involved in the multidisciplinary identification and referral of victims.
Public finance is one of the three areas included in the North Macedonia’s “fundamentals first” principle in the EU integration process, which also includes reforming public administration and economic governance. Under the thematic priority for good governance, the objective is to “strengthen the public finance system, promoting transparency, accountability, fiscal discipline and efficiency in the collection, management and use of public resources. Gender mainstreaming in public financial management refers to integration of gender perspective throughout the budget cycle – gender budgeting.
The aim of the training is to strengthen the knowledge of administrative officials from the region about gender equality and to understand the benefits of integrating a gender perspective into policies and public budgets.