Secretariat - Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings

The Alliance Expert Co-ordination Team (AECT) is a consultative forum involving leading agencies and experts in the field of combating human trafficking. It aims to develop strategic networking and partnerships among active players, facilitating exchanges of experience, best practices and lessons learned, as well as joint actions across the OSCE region.

The AECT has carried out a number of advocacy initiatives that have already shown it to be a viable forum for dialogue and concrete co-operation. Examples include expert advice provided to the EU Action Plan on Combating Human Trafficking in 2005, and the Alliance Statement on Demand at the HDIM in Warsaw October 2006.

Currently the AECT includes representatives from:

OSCE Secretariat

• Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR)
• Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)
• Gender Issues
• Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU)

OSCE Institutions

• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

International Organizations, NGOs and others

• ABA CEELI (American Bar Association, Europe and Eurasia Division)
• Amnesty International
• Anti-Slavery International
• Caritas
• The Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)
• Council of Europe
• Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
• Dutch National Rapporteur
• ECPAT International (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
• European Commission 
• European Police Office (EUROPOL)
• Human Rights Watch (HRW)
• International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
• International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC)
• International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
• International Trade Union Conference (ITUC)
• La Strada International
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Platform for International Coooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
• Save the Children International Alliance
• Terre des Hommes
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)  
• United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Center (UNICEF - IRC)