Entries by ECPAT Belgique

Launch of the CAPISCE research

How are child victims of trafficking protected in legal proceedings? In the framework of the CAPISCE project, a study will be published on the subject in Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands. The results of the national research will be compared and synthesized in a European research to be published at the end of 2020.

National CAPISCE workshop

In the framework of the CAPISCE project, ECPAT Belgium will develop modules to train interpreters on child trafficking. Interpreters have an extremely important role to play in enforcing children’s right to understand and being understood. This is why they must be informed on the specific features related to the interpretation of the testimonies of children […]

ECPAT is looking for actors!

Are you an actor? Professional or amateur? We need your help!  We are prioritizing our search for  ? non-white people, volunteers, ? who can tell a story on camera, ? based on real-life situations, where travelers have been faced with potential cases of child sexual abuse abroad and didn’t know how to react. ? The scripts are already written and will not […]

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New study: Comparison of European low-threshold reporting mechanisms

Are the (inter)national reporting mechanisms efficient to collect reports of child sexual exploitation in travel and tourism? What would be the improvements needed to ensure that the information provided by travelers can be used in investigations and lead to prosecutions? ECPAT is pleased to announce the publication of a new study which aim was to collect and […]

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New study: Reluctance to report sexual exploitation of children

How many people would be willing to report cases of sexual exploitation while travelling abroad? To answer this question, we asked 1081 participants from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands.  The interesting conclusions of the survey have been published in a new study, that allowed us to better understand the obstacles to report suspicious situations […]

Thursday of the Hemicycle

How can minors be protected from sexual exploitation? ECPAT Belgium was delighted to present its prevention projects during a morning of reflection organized at the French-speaking Parliament of Brussels, around the “practices of cyberbullying with gender prisms”. The morning was punctuated by interventions, where each of them were very interesting. Thank you to the Université […]

Call for tender: national and European researcher

In the context of the CAPISCE project, ECPAT Belgium is looking for the following positions: national researcher European researcher Interested? Apply before the 2nd of December 2019. CV’s and covering letters should be sent to arianecouvreur@ecpat.be.

European training in Freiburg

How can we ensure that reports of sexual exploitation of children abroad actually lead to investigations? At a meeting in Freiburg (7th-8th November), police officers and ECPAT groups from 10 European countries discussed this issue. 

Fast and helpful: join our next campaign

A call for testimonies Have you ever been disturbed by an adult’s behaviour towards a child/teenager? The gestures and the looks given seemed inappropriate to you, but you didn’t know how to react? For our next communication campaign, we are looking for testimonies from people who have been faced with potential child sexual abuse situations.

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A striking movie

Full room for the premiere of “By the name of Tania”! A film that did not leave the 120 participants unresponsive and gave rise to a captivating exchange on human trafficking, with the presence of the co-directors and the non-profit organisation PAG-ASA.