As pointed out above, the target group of men affected by Human Trafficking is a new in the focus of attention, still often not visible and hidden, allthough trafficked men do exist, also in the EU. Also, victim support structures for trafficked men often do not exist or are just about to be started. Therefore, the need for sharing and developing further knowledge is high. On this background, our project aimed at combining four objectives: a) Exchange practical knowledge in working with male victims and sharing experiences in already applied activities of adult education in this field, b) Discussing examples of good practice as well as analysis of obstacles and difficulties. c) On this basis, systematically identifying areas of need of adult education for affected men. d) Summarizing this and out of that developing a short digital publication, including written recommendations for systematically integrating activities of adult education into victim support. These recommendations then can be used for further steps of implementing adult education within victim support services and contribute to the development of commonly shared quality standards, raising awareness for male victims and their educational needs.
Since 2011, the EU-Anti-Trafficking-Directive obliges all EU member-states to provide specialized vicitim support also for men as victims of Human Trafficking. In recent years, all involved organizations of SAPE have been collecting experiences in assisting this new, neglected and hidden target group, which is growing, highly vulnerable and showing multifold needs for support and educational measures. Nevertheless, networks for systematically sharing experiences on this new target group are almost inexistent. In addition, we all realized, that adult education is a crucial element of victim support in this field. The needs of the participating organizations were: a) exchange experiences, learn from each other, build networks b) identiy good practice for implementing adult education in victim support routines. c) putting repetedly observed educational needs of trafficked men into a systematic scheme in order to get an overview. Then use this for developing recommendations for the guided implementation of adult education into victim support services. d) raising the visibilty of trafficked men and their educational needs, describing necessary support structures for affected men, so that adult education measures can be effective.