The present document reflects monitoring of the human trafficking service centers (shelters), which was carried out by Department of Gender Equality of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia. The monitoring was held in Tbilisi and Batumi shelters and was aimed at revealing strengths and weaknesses of the service as well as at defining the needs of the beneficiaries.

Special questionnaires were prepared for getting general information from the shelter administration. The interviews revealed the shortcomings and positive aspects of the management process. In addition, the shelters were visually viewed in order to check its sanitary-hygienic conditions.

Half-closed questionnaires were used to interview beneficiaries. All beneficiaries of the shelter (2), as well as managers of the Tbilisi and Batumi shelters were interviewed during the monitoring.

For obtaining full data, additional information was requested from the State Fund for Protection and Assistance of Human Trafficking Victims, which is in charge of the human trafficking shelters.

Monitoring Results of Shelters of Human Trade (Trafficking) Victims