This conference will address the pressing issue of human trafficking affecting young people in Belgium, including sexual exploitation, forced criminality, and economic exploitation. It will bring together international experts, as well as Minister Yves Coppieters, responsible for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities, to discuss the current situation, share experiences, and highlight effective measures to protect youth. The Samilia Prize will be presented later in the evening.

The TRAQ study day will take a close look at the status of victims of smuggling in human beings under aggravating circumstances in Belgium. Introduced in 2006, this residence status for victims who cooperate with authorities has seen limited use and has never been thoroughly analysed. Within the framework of « TRAQ » (Trafic Analyses Qualitatives), Myria and the National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology (INCC) conducted a study on its implementation. The findings will be shared to stimulate discussion and reflection among experts and stakeholders.

Deze conferentie zal drie belangrijke aspecten behandelen: nationaal beleid en slachtofferbescherming in de lidstaten, strategieën om nieuwe vormen van mensenhandel aan te pakken en criminele netwerken te ontmantelen, en internationale samenwerkingsinstrumenten op het gebied van veiligheid. Het evenement brengt beleidsmakers, deskundigen en het maatschappelijk middenveld samen om deze aspecten te bespreken. De deelnemers zullen ook informatie krijgen over de EU-strategie ter bestrijding van mensenhandel.

The European Commission has launched a call of expression of interest to renew the composition of the “EU Civil Society Platform against trafficking in human beings”. Civil society organisations that are legally based in EU Member States and have demonstrated experience in the protection of and assistance to victims of trafficking in human beings are invited to apply before 5 March 2025.

On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October 2024, PAG-ASA organizes the third Human Trafficking Awareness Week in Brussels. A series of events is planned from 14 October until 18 October to give the wider public the opportunity to learn about the issue, better understand its impact on victims, and gain insight into the Belgian protection procedure.

Before 8 October 2024, public bodies or a public or non-public implementing agency or body of a Member State can apply for funding and submit their proposal to support the implementation of the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling and its call to action to strengthen international cooperation on preventing and responding to migrant smuggling.

Before 21 August 2024, public institutions, private non-profit and international organisations may submit an application to receive funding under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for a project strengthening the identification, assistance, support, and integration of third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings.

The European Crime Prevention Award (ECPA) and Best Practice Conference (BPC) will focus on the trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation and other kinds of exploitation.

Ter gelegenheid van de Europese dag tegen mensenhandel (18 oktober), organiseert PAG-ASA de tweede Week tegen Mensenhandel in Brussel! Aan de hand van een reeks evenementen in de week van 16 tot 20 oktober kan u meer te weten komen over het fenomeen mensenhandel, de uitdagingen voor de slachtoffers en de Belgische beschermingsprocedure.

Op 10 december 2019 organiseert EMN België zijn jaarlijks policy event over asiel en migratie, waarbij recente nationale en EU ontwikkelingen op het vlak van internationale bescherming, legale migratie en integratie en irreguliere migratie en terugkeer worden besproken.

Social networks and online classified sites are being used by traffickers to market, recruit, sell their services. This conference looks into this issue and its impact in more depth.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views on the functioning of the existing legislation aiming at preventing and countering migrant smuggling and on what could be done to further strengthen it.

18 October is EU Anti-Trafficking Day. To mark the Eight EU Anti trafficking Day, the European Commission has published a package on Trafficking in Human Beings and civil society organizations have launched a European campaign against human trafficking and labour exploitation.

Op woensdag 13 november 2013 organiseert Public Policy Exchange het vierde Jaarlijkse Internationaal Symposium over de preventie van mensenhandel, te Brussel.

On the occasion of Europe Day and Fête de l’Iris, the Directorate-General for Home Affairs of the European Commission is organising a screening of the film Sisters followed by a debate on the subject of trafficking in human beings.

Today is the last day for civil society organizations that wish to participate in the first meeting of the EU civil society platform on THB to send their duly completed form to the anti-trafficking unit.

Dit internationale symposium van Public Policy Exchange zal een kader aanbieden voor beleidsvoering rond mensenhandel en de strategieën verkennen op het vlak van van de bestrijding van deze "verborgen" misdaad

Op woensdag 5 december zullen de sleutelfiguren in de strijd tegen mensenhandel, waaronder de EU anti-mensenhandel coördinator Ms Vassiliadou hun kijk geven op de strijd tegen mensenhandel.

Het Cypriotische voorzitterschap en de Europese Commissie organiseren de conferentie "Working together towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings: The Way Forward' in het kader van de 6de "EU anti-trafficking day".

Bieden mensenrechten daadwerkelijk bescherming? Zijn slachtoffers van mensenhandel geholpen wanneer hun zaak als een schending van mensenrechten wordt uitgelegd? Dergelijke vragen komen aan bod op 19 januari op de Universiteit van Antwerpen.

De 'Public Policy Exchange' organiseert, in samenwerking met het Centrum voor Parlementaire Studies, hun derde conferentie in Brussel onder de titel "Integratie van de Europese kenniseconomie".

De EU-dagen tegen mensenhandel hebben de laatste vijf jaar op 18 oktober plaatsgevonden. Dit jaar wordt het evenement georganiseerd door het Poolse EU-voorzitterschap, de Europese Commissie, de Europese coördinator voor de bestrijding tegen mensenhandel en de zeven EU-agentschappen.

EuropeAid Info Point organizes a lunch-time conference on ‘Preventing and prosecuting trafficking for labour exploitation’ on Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 12.30 p.m. at the External Cooperation Info Point, rue de la Loi 43, Ground floor.