Zoé Colpaert
@zcolpaert.bsky.social
💼 Regional Program Manager - Europe at ICMEC https://www.icmec.org/
🌈 Fighting against child sexual abuse, exploitation & trafficking & supporting the recovery of missing kids in 🇪🇺 & 🌍
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
Views are my own
🌈 Fighting against child sexual abuse, exploitation & trafficking & supporting the recovery of missing kids in 🇪🇺 & 🌍
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland
Views are my own
🙏Thanks to @titodemorais.bsky.social & Cristiane Miranda for another great event, their warm welcomes & placing🇵🇹as an important player on children's digital rights! It was great to see Kai Fidalgo again & learn from @johncarr1912.bsky.social as always.
#OnlineSafety #AgeAssurance #CapacityBuilding
#OnlineSafety #AgeAssurance #CapacityBuilding
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🙏Thanks to @titodemorais.bsky.social & Cristiane Miranda for another great event, their warm welcomes & placing🇵🇹as an important player on children's digital rights! It was great to see Kai Fidalgo again & learn from @johncarr1912.bsky.social as always.
#OnlineSafety #AgeAssurance #CapacityBuilding
#OnlineSafety #AgeAssurance #CapacityBuilding
💡Learning about the 🇵🇹&🇮🇹 police's approaches to prevention & awareness raising amongst children & adults
💡The wide range of tech company representatives who showed up & engaged
💡The great presentation from Dr Sylwander on her & Digital Futures for Children centre's important work in the field
💡The wide range of tech company representatives who showed up & engaged
💡The great presentation from Dr Sylwander on her & Digital Futures for Children centre's important work in the field
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
💡Learning about the 🇵🇹&🇮🇹 police's approaches to prevention & awareness raising amongst children & adults
💡The wide range of tech company representatives who showed up & engaged
💡The great presentation from Dr Sylwander on her & Digital Futures for Children centre's important work in the field
💡The wide range of tech company representatives who showed up & engaged
💡The great presentation from Dr Sylwander on her & Digital Futures for Children centre's important work in the field
My highlights from the event – apart from it being in Lisbon: there are worse places to be in!
💡The panel on 🇵🇹 & 🇪🇺policy approaches, in which we heard from researchers and national representatives from the EU Commission and regulators ANACOM & ERC
💡The panel on 🇵🇹 & 🇪🇺policy approaches, in which we heard from researchers and national representatives from the EU Commission and regulators ANACOM & ERC
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My highlights from the event – apart from it being in Lisbon: there are worse places to be in!
💡The panel on 🇵🇹 & 🇪🇺policy approaches, in which we heard from researchers and national representatives from the EU Commission and regulators ANACOM & ERC
💡The panel on 🇵🇹 & 🇪🇺policy approaches, in which we heard from researchers and national representatives from the EU Commission and regulators ANACOM & ERC
🇵🇹 This event was great for many reasons, but especially to engage with both Portuguese and international experts on the topic. In a time when social media bans are being considered and implemented, it was good to get that platform to discuss with people bringing in different opinions!
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🇵🇹 This event was great for many reasons, but especially to engage with both Portuguese and international experts on the topic. In a time when social media bans are being considered and implemented, it was good to get that platform to discuss with people bringing in different opinions!
🌍Discussing the Future of Child Safety & Age-Aware Internet
🛡️NGO leaders, policymakers & industry experts converged in Lisbon to discuss the urgent need for Online Age Verification & Assurance. The key message is clear: the future of child safety online hinges on reliable, privacy-preserving tech.
🛡️NGO leaders, policymakers & industry experts converged in Lisbon to discuss the urgent need for Online Age Verification & Assurance. The key message is clear: the future of child safety online hinges on reliable, privacy-preserving tech.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🌍Discussing the Future of Child Safety & Age-Aware Internet
🛡️NGO leaders, policymakers & industry experts converged in Lisbon to discuss the urgent need for Online Age Verification & Assurance. The key message is clear: the future of child safety online hinges on reliable, privacy-preserving tech.
🛡️NGO leaders, policymakers & industry experts converged in Lisbon to discuss the urgent need for Online Age Verification & Assurance. The key message is clear: the future of child safety online hinges on reliable, privacy-preserving tech.
🚀 We've achieved so much this year!
💫 As we're entering the last month of 2025, it's nice to reflect on all the work we've done so far at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Check out our highlights below 👇
💫 As we're entering the last month of 2025, it's nice to reflect on all the work we've done so far at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Check out our highlights below 👇
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚀 We've achieved so much this year!
💫 As we're entering the last month of 2025, it's nice to reflect on all the work we've done so far at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Check out our highlights below 👇
💫 As we're entering the last month of 2025, it's nice to reflect on all the work we've done so far at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children. Check out our highlights below 👇
🤝It has been a pleasure to work with knowledgeable & dedicated partners on the Multisectoral Response & Capacity (MRC) Assessment for #Morocco!
🇲🇦The 1st draft was presented in Rabat & we continue working with the CMRPI, the @coe.int & key stakeholders to launch the final MRC soon.
🇲🇦The 1st draft was presented in Rabat & we continue working with the CMRPI, the @coe.int & key stakeholders to launch the final MRC soon.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've been working in the field for a few years & the report still surprised me. The inclusion of quotes from survivors is a powerful reminder that we are not just talking about data but real people.
We will reference this study for a long time. If you haven't yet, please take the time to read it!
We will reference this study for a long time. If you haven't yet, please take the time to read it!
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've been working in the field for a few years & the report still surprised me. The inclusion of quotes from survivors is a powerful reminder that we are not just talking about data but real people.
We will reference this study for a long time. If you haven't yet, please take the time to read it!
We will reference this study for a long time. If you haven't yet, please take the time to read it!
It was a pleasure to lead the Q&A & learn from experts who shared their experiences, concerns & solutions. TY to them & to all the participants who contributed. TY to the US Dept of State for funding this 🌍 project of 50 Roundtables to combat child sex abuse.
#OnlineSafety #CapacityBuilding
#OnlineSafety #CapacityBuilding
September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It was a pleasure to lead the Q&A & learn from experts who shared their experiences, concerns & solutions. TY to them & to all the participants who contributed. TY to the US Dept of State for funding this 🌍 project of 50 Roundtables to combat child sex abuse.
#OnlineSafety #CapacityBuilding
#OnlineSafety #CapacityBuilding
Challenges are huge:
⚠️Criminals use AI: A.Boudin @police-nationale.bsky.social "AI is+beneficial to criminals than to investigators", used to create abusive content like "undressing" kids.
⚠️High psy toll: S.Comblez, e-Enfance "AI doesn’t just steal the victim's images; it steals their confidence."
⚠️Criminals use AI: A.Boudin @police-nationale.bsky.social "AI is+beneficial to criminals than to investigators", used to create abusive content like "undressing" kids.
⚠️High psy toll: S.Comblez, e-Enfance "AI doesn’t just steal the victim's images; it steals their confidence."
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Challenges are huge:
⚠️Criminals use AI: A.Boudin @police-nationale.bsky.social "AI is+beneficial to criminals than to investigators", used to create abusive content like "undressing" kids.
⚠️High psy toll: S.Comblez, e-Enfance "AI doesn’t just steal the victim's images; it steals their confidence."
⚠️Criminals use AI: A.Boudin @police-nationale.bsky.social "AI is+beneficial to criminals than to investigators", used to create abusive content like "undressing" kids.
⚠️High psy toll: S.Comblez, e-Enfance "AI doesn’t just steal the victim's images; it steals their confidence."
🤖AI & Child Safety: Takeaways from the 🇫🇷 Roundtable
🇫🇷We discussed the challenges raised by #GenerativeAI on #ChildSafety in #France amongst FR & 🌍 experts. GenAI is reshaping the landscape of online child safety, presenting complex challenges to police & tech companies.
🇫🇷We discussed the challenges raised by #GenerativeAI on #ChildSafety in #France amongst FR & 🌍 experts. GenAI is reshaping the landscape of online child safety, presenting complex challenges to police & tech companies.
September 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🤖AI & Child Safety: Takeaways from the 🇫🇷 Roundtable
🇫🇷We discussed the challenges raised by #GenerativeAI on #ChildSafety in #France amongst FR & 🌍 experts. GenAI is reshaping the landscape of online child safety, presenting complex challenges to police & tech companies.
🇫🇷We discussed the challenges raised by #GenerativeAI on #ChildSafety in #France amongst FR & 🌍 experts. GenAI is reshaping the landscape of online child safety, presenting complex challenges to police & tech companies.
🙏 Thank you to them all & to the entire WG3 led by Francesco Pompedda! And of course, to the entire ImpleMendez COST chaired by Professor Dave Walsh, with a special thanks to Hannah Cassidy to facilitate the online connection :)
#ChildInterviewing #ChildMemory #CapacityBuilding
#ChildInterviewing #ChildMemory #CapacityBuilding
August 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🙏 Thank you to them all & to the entire WG3 led by Francesco Pompedda! And of course, to the entire ImpleMendez COST chaired by Professor Dave Walsh, with a special thanks to Hannah Cassidy to facilitate the online connection :)
#ChildInterviewing #ChildMemory #CapacityBuilding
#ChildInterviewing #ChildMemory #CapacityBuilding
💡With Zsofia Szojka, Hanna Lahtinen & Lorraine Boran, I formed part of the Children Memory working group. We developed a workshop to teach professionals about the particularities of memory across ages, suggestibility, & how to approach interviewing when the child might be victim/witness.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
💡With Zsofia Szojka, Hanna Lahtinen & Lorraine Boran, I formed part of the Children Memory working group. We developed a workshop to teach professionals about the particularities of memory across ages, suggestibility, & how to approach interviewing when the child might be victim/witness.
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🤝Sharing & learning from & with great professionals
🧑💻I virtually joined the ImpleMéndez (COST Action CA22128) meeting taking place in Vilnius 🇱🇹 ahead of the #EAPL2025. It was great to hear about colleagues' work to build child interview capacity for actors working on child abuse investigations.
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🧑💻I virtually joined the ImpleMéndez (COST Action CA22128) meeting taking place in Vilnius 🇱🇹 ahead of the #EAPL2025. It was great to hear about colleagues' work to build child interview capacity for actors working on child abuse investigations.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🤝Sharing & learning from & with great professionals
🧑💻I virtually joined the ImpleMéndez (COST Action CA22128) meeting taking place in Vilnius 🇱🇹 ahead of the #EAPL2025. It was great to hear about colleagues' work to build child interview capacity for actors working on child abuse investigations.
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🧑💻I virtually joined the ImpleMéndez (COST Action CA22128) meeting taking place in Vilnius 🇱🇹 ahead of the #EAPL2025. It was great to hear about colleagues' work to build child interview capacity for actors working on child abuse investigations.
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🌐TY to all who reached out to make concrete progress in wireless tech & children's safety online. Excited to see where this will lead us!
Special thanks to Dr. Valeria Loscri for the invite, Prof Guzzo for the well organised event, & the entire CA for the warm welcome.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
Special thanks to Dr. Valeria Loscri for the invite, Prof Guzzo for the well organised event, & the entire CA for the warm welcome.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌐TY to all who reached out to make concrete progress in wireless tech & children's safety online. Excited to see where this will lead us!
Special thanks to Dr. Valeria Loscri for the invite, Prof Guzzo for the well organised event, & the entire CA for the warm welcome.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
Special thanks to Dr. Valeria Loscri for the invite, Prof Guzzo for the well organised event, & the entire CA for the warm welcome.
@costprogramme.bsky.social
🎯The goal was to present a case study - tech used to abuse children & tech-for-good - to tech & legal experts, to discuss gaps & solutions that we can developed together. We also learned about Dr Soldino Garmendia's study on criminological profiles of OCSEA offenders investigated by 🇪🇸 LEAs.
July 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🎯The goal was to present a case study - tech used to abuse children & tech-for-good - to tech & legal experts, to discuss gaps & solutions that we can developed together. We also learned about Dr Soldino Garmendia's study on criminological profiles of OCSEA offenders investigated by 🇪🇸 LEAs.
🤝 Bridging fields to better protect children
🎙️ Honoured to have been the Keynote at the BEiNG-WISE Technical Meeting at the University of Calabria, 🇮🇹. I presented our work at ICMEC combating child abuse & recovering missing kids, & how tech can increase risks but also make children safer.
🎙️ Honoured to have been the Keynote at the BEiNG-WISE Technical Meeting at the University of Calabria, 🇮🇹. I presented our work at ICMEC combating child abuse & recovering missing kids, & how tech can increase risks but also make children safer.
July 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🤝 Bridging fields to better protect children
🎙️ Honoured to have been the Keynote at the BEiNG-WISE Technical Meeting at the University of Calabria, 🇮🇹. I presented our work at ICMEC combating child abuse & recovering missing kids, & how tech can increase risks but also make children safer.
🎙️ Honoured to have been the Keynote at the BEiNG-WISE Technical Meeting at the University of Calabria, 🇮🇹. I presented our work at ICMEC combating child abuse & recovering missing kids, & how tech can increase risks but also make children safer.
I also want to thank ICMEC colleagues & partners who shared their insights into how tech & AI can better help victims: John Peirce, Jeff Ross, Shumi Jahan, Rolf Uebler, Tricia Fietz & others, your experience made my presentation more impactful!
#AI #VictimSupport #CapacityBuilding
#AI #VictimSupport #CapacityBuilding
June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I also want to thank ICMEC colleagues & partners who shared their insights into how tech & AI can better help victims: John Peirce, Jeff Ross, Shumi Jahan, Rolf Uebler, Tricia Fietz & others, your experience made my presentation more impactful!
#AI #VictimSupport #CapacityBuilding
#AI #VictimSupport #CapacityBuilding
🙏 Once again, thank you to VSE & APAV for the invitation, it was a pleasure to join the conference & learn + about the important work done around the world to ensure victims & survivors are better supported. thank you to my panel chair and co-panelists for a really interesting discussion.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🙏 Once again, thank you to VSE & APAV for the invitation, it was a pleasure to join the conference & learn + about the important work done around the world to ensure victims & survivors are better supported. thank you to my panel chair and co-panelists for a really interesting discussion.
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✨Listening, for the first time, to Cante Alentejano, despite having lived in 🇵🇹 for over a year
✨ Being hosted in the amazing Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & listening to impactful panels from what felt like the middle of 🌳
✨ Finally meeting in person with many online connections
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✨ Being hosted in the amazing Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & listening to impactful panels from what felt like the middle of 🌳
✨ Finally meeting in person with many online connections
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June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
✨Listening, for the first time, to Cante Alentejano, despite having lived in 🇵🇹 for over a year
✨ Being hosted in the amazing Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & listening to impactful panels from what felt like the middle of 🌳
✨ Finally meeting in person with many online connections
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✨ Being hosted in the amazing Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation & listening to impactful panels from what felt like the middle of 🌳
✨ Finally meeting in person with many online connections
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Some of my highlights from the conference:
✨ Learning about Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support New Zealand's research on victim blaming, and seeing their powerful campaign
✨ Hearing about the experience of having support dogs from the Dutch police
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✨ Learning about Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support New Zealand's research on victim blaming, and seeing their powerful campaign
✨ Hearing about the experience of having support dogs from the Dutch police
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June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some of my highlights from the conference:
✨ Learning about Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support New Zealand's research on victim blaming, and seeing their powerful campaign
✨ Hearing about the experience of having support dogs from the Dutch police
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✨ Learning about Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support New Zealand's research on victim blaming, and seeing their powerful campaign
✨ Hearing about the experience of having support dogs from the Dutch police
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🎤 I was invited to speak on “How AI & Tech Can Strengthen Victim Support & Crime Prevention for a Safer Future?”. Honoured to share the panel with Elie Kagan & Arastalis Choudhury, chaired by Rosa Saavedra, & talk about AI & tech innov that support victims & prevent victimisation.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🎤 I was invited to speak on “How AI & Tech Can Strengthen Victim Support & Crime Prevention for a Safer Future?”. Honoured to share the panel with Elie Kagan & Arastalis Choudhury, chaired by Rosa Saavedra, & talk about AI & tech innov that support victims & prevent victimisation.
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🎂 Celebrating 35 years of supporting victims
🇵🇹 Last month, I joined the Victim Support Europe Annual Conference in Lisbon, #Portugal. The conference celebrated 35 years of victim support in Europe & the anniversaries of VSE and of APAV, who organised a wonderful event.
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🇵🇹 Last month, I joined the Victim Support Europe Annual Conference in Lisbon, #Portugal. The conference celebrated 35 years of victim support in Europe & the anniversaries of VSE and of APAV, who organised a wonderful event.
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June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🎂 Celebrating 35 years of supporting victims
🇵🇹 Last month, I joined the Victim Support Europe Annual Conference in Lisbon, #Portugal. The conference celebrated 35 years of victim support in Europe & the anniversaries of VSE and of APAV, who organised a wonderful event.
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🇵🇹 Last month, I joined the Victim Support Europe Annual Conference in Lisbon, #Portugal. The conference celebrated 35 years of victim support in Europe & the anniversaries of VSE and of APAV, who organised a wonderful event.
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💌Finally, a very special TY to the ICMEC team – Pilar Ramírez, Gustave Decoene, Laura Suárez Alonso, Anna Meyniel and Julia Goding – for traveling (sometimes very) far to be with us & for their dedication to this project.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
💌Finally, a very special TY to the ICMEC team – Pilar Ramírez, Gustave Decoene, Laura Suárez Alonso, Anna Meyniel and Julia Goding – for traveling (sometimes very) far to be with us & for their dedication to this project.
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🙏My thanks to the teams who made ALUNA such a success. BIG TY to Ana S. Orozco & her team for coordinating this project. To all partners & guests for making this event a milestone in the project's journey & broader fight against CSE - especially those who joined from afar!
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June 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🙏My thanks to the teams who made ALUNA such a success. BIG TY to Ana S. Orozco & her team for coordinating this project. To all partners & guests for making this event a milestone in the project's journey & broader fight against CSE - especially those who joined from afar!
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