By Decision 2011/502/EU, the Commission has set up the Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings. The EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator will chair the group and may consult the group on any matter relating to trafficking in human beings.
The tasks of the group of experts are:
to advise the Commission on matters related to trafficking in human beings by issuing written contributions, as appropriate and agreed with the Commission, and ensuring a coherent approach to the subject;
to help the Commission to assess the evolution of policy in the field of trafficking in human beings at national, European and international levels;
to assist the Commission in identifying and defining possible relevant measures and actions at European and national level across the range of anti-trafficking policy;
to provide a forum for discussion on matters related to trafficking in human beings and bring about an exchange of experience.
The Commission is therefore calling for applications with a view to selecting members of the group of experts.
The group of experts shall consist of 15 members appointed in their personal capacity, in accordance with Article 4 of the above Decision.
The Commission shall select members in a personal capacity for a 4-year renewable period. They shall give the Commission an independent opinion free from outside influence and shall respect the conditions of confidentiality mentioned in Article 5 of the Commission Decision establishing the group of experts. They shall undertake to act independently and in the public interest. The Commission will take the following criteria into account when assessing applications:
proven competence, high level of professional achievement and experience (at least 5 years), including at European and/or international level, in areas of activities in preventing and fighting trafficking in human beings and protecting victims and/or related areas;
sound understanding of the current EU acquis in the field of trafficking in human beings;
demonstrated ability to work in English;
the need to strike a balance within the group of experts in terms of representativeness of applicants, gender and geographical origin;
the need for a balance of expertise on different forms of trafficking including labour and sexual exploitation, on different aspects such as prevention, prosecution, victims’ assistance, as well as in other related areas such as, but not limited to law enforcement, labour, migration, healthcare, social services, children’s rights, education and on fundamental rights, social rights, gender equality, etc.;
the need to favour continuity of the work of the Experts Group established by Commission Decision 2007/675/EC;
Members of the group must be nationals of a Member State of the European Union or, if appropriate, of a candidate or potential candidate country or a European Economic Area country.
The above will be assessed on the basis of the filled-in CV and application form.
Applications may only be submitted by filling in the model application form (Appendix) and model CV. Applicants are asked to clearly state in their application the area of trafficking in human beings in which they possess particular expertise.
The duly signed applications must be sent in by
14 October 2011
at the latest either by e-mail or by post to the following address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Home Affairs
Unit A2 Secretariat
LX 46 3/131
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË
HOME-ANTITRAFFICKING@ec.europa.eu
Where applications are sent by e-mail, the date of e-mail will be the date of sending. Where applications are sent by post, the postmark will be considered the date of sending.
The Commission will reimburse travel and subsistence expenses in connection with the activities of the group of experts in accordance with the provisions in force at the Commission, within the limits of the available budgetary appropriations. Members will receive no remuneration for their duties.
The list of members of the group of experts will be published in the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities and on the Internet site of DG Home Affairs.
Personal data will be collected, processed and published in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
For any further information please contact Ms Joanna BECZAŁA, tel. +32 22969639, e-mail joanna.beczala@ec.europa.eu
Information on the results of the call for applications will be published on the Internet site of DG Home Affairs and, if appropriate, in the Official Journal of the European Union.