The National Counter Trafficking Commission will today inaugurate
new offices refurbished and equipped by IOM, with funding from the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The inauguration, which will be attended by senior officials,
including the Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National
Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, coincides
with "Human Traffic: A Time for Action" – a 10-day
awareness-raising programme organized by IOM Sofia and the
Bulgarian government.

IOM Sofia's USAID-funded anti-trafficking programme aims to help
the Government of Bulgaria in creating and strengthening its
institutions tasked with combating human trafficking, as well as
enhancing partnerships with civil society and international
organizations.

Programme activities include the provision of technical
assistance, training, public prevention activities, and support to
the national and local counter-trafficking commissions, under the
National Counter Trafficking Plan of Action.

For more information please contact:

Ilyana Derilova

IOM Sofia

Tel. +359.2.9816365

E-mail: "mailto:iderilova@iom.int">iderilova@iom.int