Conference Report: "Prevention of Trafficking for Labour Exploitation in Supply Chains” (7-8 September 2016)

…As one of the first high-level events of its kind in the OSCE area, the Berlin Conference built upon the solid foundation of OSCE commitments and recommended actions, earlier research, and previous events...The conference speakers discussed trafficking for labour exploitation in supply chains, and presented…existing good practices and policy measures…as well as concrete cases, lessons learned and outstanding gaps in safeguarding ethical sourcing, in both the private and public sectors. The Berlin Conference launched the OSR/CTHB project “Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains through Government Procurement Measures” funded by the governments of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland with…support of the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities…There was a recognition that there is momentum…towards greater accountability and a readiness on the part of legislators across the OSCE region to lay down obligations for both governments and businesses to keep their supply chains clean from trafficked labour…