trafficking for labour exploitation and shed light on an innovative strategic approach to the prevention of THB. An important development in 2011 was the expansion of the Alliance to include new partners such as trade unions, employers’ associations, migrant rights groups and human rights NGOs, all of which participated in the annual conference. The OSR/CTHB maintained active working relationships with a host of international organizations, NGOs and civil society organizations to develop further avenues for dialogue and consultation on policy initiatives, joint project implementation, as well as to monitor key trends and developments on the ground. In particular, the SR/CTHB worked closely with the ILO, INTERPOL, the IOM, UNODC, and others. She also co-operated with regional organizations, such as the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the CIS Executive Committee, the CoE, the European Commission, Europol, Eurojust, and NATO. UNODC was the key partner for the SR/CTHB in terms of promoting the implementation of the UNTOC and the associated Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. As of 28 October 2011, 55 of the 56 OSCE participating States were parties to the Convention and the associated Protocol. Awareness Raising: Towards an Anti-Slavery Movement to Eliminate all Forms of Trafficking In 2011, the SR/CTHB continued to build support for the anti-slavery movement to eliminate all forms of human trafficking through the establishment of partnerships with intellectuals, opinion leaders, academia, arts practitioners, cultural innovators and the media to make people aware of the realities of modern-day slavery, and to commit them to its abolition. Highlights of this activity included the SR/CTHB’s addresses to the London School of Economics, the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and to a human rights conference jointly organized by the University of Vienna and Stanford University. In 2011, the SR/CTHB also sought to reach out to wider audiences to raise awareness on human trafficking, including through targeting journalists as a strategic audience, for example at the Moscow Club of Journalists. Another high-profile engagement with the media was an interview with the SR/CTHB broadcast on CNN International as part of the network’s “Freedom Project: Ending Modern Slavery”. The SR/CTHB also continued to seek out cultural and intellectual channels. She engaged with intellectual forums and platforms for debate and exchange of information, including addressing a high-profile panel on international jurisdiction at the “Alpbach Political Symposium 2011”. Paying special attention to child trafficking, the OSR/CTHB contributed to the national and regional events, such as the conference “Street involved children in SEE-Our Responsibility” (7 June, Belgrade) co-organized by the Ministry of Interior, the Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative (MARRI), Save the Children Norway, and the OSCE Mission to Serbia. The Deputy Co-ordinator also participated in the meeting of the National Anti-trafficking Coordinators of South-Eastern Europe on 8 June as a part of the Brdo process, hosted by the Ministry of Interior of Serbia. The objectives were to exchange information on key antitrafficking activities in the South-Eastern Europe region, and to discuss THB trends, especially as relevant to vulnerable children, such as street children. 36