Child Trafficking

European Federation for Street Children is organizing a forum for professionals devoted to the phenomenon of migration of unaccompanied children as an increasing challenge to the EU. The event will take place on 24th - 25th September 2009 in Budapest, Danubius Hotel.

In June 2009 a group of Polish organizations providing assistance to abused children and children at risk joined ECPAT International Network as a new affiliate group. The cooperation was initiated and is coordinated by the Nobody's Children Foundation. 

Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic is organizing a conference under the title: "Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings: reducing prostitution and sexual exploitation". The conference will be held on 3rd June 2009 in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Mario project is a joint effort of four NGOs working in the field of child protection to form an advocacy platform for improving protection of children in Europe and pressurizing European and national decision-makers about child trafficking issues. The partners of this 3-year project are ECPAT Nederland, Neglected Children Society in Bulgaria, Nobody's Children Foundation in Poland, Save the Children in Albania and Terre des hommes - Child Relief in Albania, Kosovo and Hungary, all experienced in implementing child protection projects in the European context.