Our Mission
#ZeroMissingKids
Every year, 300.000 children go missing in Europe. We strive to change this by empowering children, improving their protection, and raising awareness on the issue of missing children.
Pilot project: prevention sessions at school
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Together we are creating a safer environment for children
Within our network of NGOs, law enforcement partners, governments, and businesses, we work together to improve the search for and the protection of missing children across Europe.
Our activities
Preparing and launching prevention and awareness-raising activities, providing training to professionals, executing research and studies, and improving cooperation with partners and stakeholders at national and international level.
Our European approach
Tackling the issue of missing children is a joint effort of all stakeholders at national and European level. Such cooperation will help prevent children from going missing and will ensure that appropriate action is taken when a child is reported missing.
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AMBER Alert Europe Foundation
works with
The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (PEN-MP) is the official European missing persons police network consisting of police experts in the field of missing persons from all over Europe. The network was initiated by the AMBER Alert Europe foundation and is now officially affiliated with the Law Enforcement Working Party (LEWP) of the Council of the European Union.
The PEN-MP brings together over 80 law enforcement experts from 34 EU and non-EU countries. The goal of the PEN-MP is to bring together law enforcement experts in the field of missing persons. The PEN-MP enables fast and direct cross-border cooperation and communication between law enforcement experts in missing person cases. It also provides specialist support, advice, and training to participating law enforcement authorities.
Latest news
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Watch the current campaignEuropean police experts on missing persons from 29 countries gather in Ljubljana to improve the search for missing persons
An international two-day conference on missing persons is taking place...
EU Parliament members welcome AMBER Alert Europe’s efforts, call for a comprehensive framework at EU level to find missing children and missing persons at risk
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) recognised the efforts of...
International Conference for Police and Other Experts on Missing Persons: 18-19 October
The Slovenian Police and the Ministry of the Interior are...
The fourth International Cold Case Analysis Project (ICCAP) presents its results – Interest among European police academies and police universities of applied sciences grows
For four months, more than 85 students from eight British...
Two-day training for the implementation of an early warning system for missing children held in North Macedonia
On September 26th and 27th, a two-day training for the...
AMBER Alert Europe welcomes Karsten Bettels to the Advisory Board
On September 14th, Karsten Bettels, Detective Director at the Police...
AMBER Alert Europe: Annual Report 2021
Frank Hoen, Chairman and Founder of AMBER Alert Europe, presents...
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