Our impact

Supporting frontline professionals

Over 1,241 professionals benefited from our training across
  • 1 free online course
  • 6 expert webinars
  • 3 online academic trainings
  • 1 live seminar
  • 2 hybrid conferences

Raising awareness and
challenging narratives

Advocating for child-centred policy

The European Parliament Resolution on EU Protection of Children and Young People Fleeing Ukraine’s War
urges Member States to strengthen the European 116000 hotline for missing children and their cooperation in identifying and finding missing children.
We advocated children’s rights in relevant EU policy initiatives,
such as the regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse and the directive on preventing, combatting, and protecting victims of human trafficking.
The European Parliament recognized MCE’s efforts in protecting children (at risk of) going missing
and called for comprehensive data reporting and policy initiatives in its discussion of the Commission’s statement on establishing a comprehensive framework for missing children and missing persons at risk.

Supporting child participation

2 young ambassadors supported to participate in the EU High Level Ministerial Conference on the European Child Guarantee in Paris.
Parwana co-moderated the Sub-session 2: "Fighting social exclusion, particularly through school", with Adrien Taquet, France's Secretary of State for Children and Families.
6 young people from MCE's youth board
invited to join EU forum and to participate in comms strategy review.
7 young people with experience of going missing
took part in our RADAR conference in Brussels.
5 young people of Missing Children Europe’s youth board based in Greece, Italy and Germany
were actively involved in the design and writing of Missing Voices proposal for EU funding call for proposals.

Using scientific data to define priorities

21 hotlines

provided data for the Figures and Trends 2022 report.

Collected data from
7 cross-border mediators and 71K cases of missing children
across Europe.
Secured funding for 2 new research projects:
on online grooming, and on improving the data on missing children.
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