How platforms facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries: fighting human trafficking in Sweden

Abstract

The use of collaborations and partnerships that engage a variety of actors from both the public and private spheres has drawn attention during the last decade as a promising strategy for combatting trafficking and improving assistance to victims of trafficking. This article investigates the Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking as an example of successful collaboration between civil society actors. The aim is to explore how the platform as a distinct organizational form is capable of dealing productively with some of the challenges facing internal and external collaboration. We utilize interviews with key actors and a study of policy documents as we argue that the modularity and flexibility of the platform organizational form are key factors in its success. While it is a robust type of organization that may be regarded as a trustworthy partner, it also permits its member organizations to continue functioning as independent entities.

Institutional Response to Trafficking in Human Beings in Spain: Are All Victims Equally Protected?

“…In this regard, the most recent European statistics show that the countries with the most registered victims are those that allow between 3 and 5 different types of actors-immigration officers, NGOs, labour inspectors and border guards, as well as police bodies-to perform this function (European Commission-Migration & Home Affairs, 2020). Collaboration and intersectoral action are thus key factors to be taken into account in the design of an efficient response to THB, as the specialised literature has also been calling for (DoCarmo, 2020;Erikson & Larsson, 2020;Ricard-Guay & Hanley, 2015;Timoshkina, 2020), beginning with the detection of victims itself.…”

“…The few existing studies are qualitative, and quantitative methodologies have only been used exceptionally (MIPROF, 2018). The existing qualitative studies focus on analysing issues closely related to victim detection (Farrell, 2014;Farrell & Pfeffer, 2014;Kaye et al, 2014;Warria et al, 2015;Williamson et al, 2020), the different models for responding to trafficking, especially those based on collaboration and intersectoral action (DoCarmo, 2020;Erikson & Larsson, 2020;Ricard-Guay & Hanley, 2015;Timoshkina, 2020), those focusing on gender bias in victim assistance resources and services (Hacker et al, 2015;Ricard-Guay & Hanley, 2020) and those aimed at exploring the relationship between such assistance and protection services and the current social, political and legislative context and dominant narrative at any given time (Jobe, 2020;Munro, 2020). Nor in Spain has the issue received much attention in the literature.…”

10 Human Trafficking in Migration Pathways: Trends, Challenges and New Forms of Cooperation

“…105 See https://manniskohandel.se/english/. See also Erikson andLarsson, 2020. 106 Limoncelli, 2016.…”

Trata De Seres Humanos Y Explotación Laboral:

“…De ahí precisamente que para superar los déficits detectados en el concreto ámbito de la intervención con víctimas, deben proveerse las estructuras profesionales interdisciplinares -semejantes a las mesas de trabajo en los ámbitos local, autonómico y estatal que ya están funcionando en trata sexual-que permitan establecer un circuito apropiado de derivación de víctimas, facilitando con ello la colaboración profesional (DoCarmo, 2020;Erikson y Larsson, 2020, Ricard-Guay y Hanley, 2015Timoshkina, 2020). Parece además particularmente indicado que se diseñe un programa específico de asistencia a víctimas de trata y explotación laboral que, partiendo de un modelo ecológico de intervención, no se focalice solo en el binomio víctima-autor, sino que atienda también a los factores ambientales que facilitan la trata y la explotación (Barner, Okech y Camp, 2018).…”

“…La mayor parte de estudios se han centrado en cuestiones muy relacionadas con la detección de víctimas (Cunha, Conçalves y Matos, 2019Farrell, 2014;Farrell y Pfeffer, 2014;Kaye, Winterdyk y Quarterman, 2014;Warria, Neil y Triegaardt, 2015;Williamson et al, 2020). Menos analizados han sido los distintos modelos de respuesta a la trata, que apenas han sido testados (Barner, Okech y Camp, 2018;Okech et al, 2018) aun cuando existen contribuciones en materia de colaboración y la acción intersectorial (DoCarmo, 2020;Erikson y Larsson, 2020, Ricard-Guay y Hanley, 2015Timoshkina, 2020), otras que analizan el sesgo de género que se evidencia en la asistencia victimal y en los recursos y servicios con que la misma cuenta (Hacker, Levine-Fraiman y Halili, 2015;Ricard-Guay y Hanley, 2020), así como también algunas orientadas a explotar la relación entre los servicios asistenciales y el actual contexto social, político y legislativo y las narrativas que imprime (Jobe, 2020;Munro, 2020). Tales aproximaciones, además de ser generalmente de tipo cualitativo, con algunas excepciones tendentes al análisis cuantitativo de esta cuestión (MIPROF, 2018), se han referido al fenómeno de la trata en general o se han centrado en la trata sexual (Okech et al, 2018), sin que los problemas que plantea la asistencia victimal en supuestos de trata y explotación laboral hayan sido abordados.…”