ITALY - Italian Child Abduction Alert System (ICAAS)

 
General objective:

The project aims at realizing a “quick alert” system in the case of child abduction.
 
Actions:

• Definition of the protocol to ensure that once the case of child abduction has been communicated to the police, the alert mechanism is promptly launched through a study of the procedures already in force in other EU countries, the analysis of the resources available to all Bodies involved and the evaluation of their competences.
• Definition of a central authority at national level with the clear responsibility for directing and coordinating available techniques and human resources.
• Management of a joint web portal including two main areas: a public area for memorizing the alarm information and an area limited to the bodies responsible for starting up the procedure on transmission via radio (TV / Radio / mobile telephone companies and others).
• Coordination between all security forces and the competent authorities, the national network of the Public Administration, civil society and NGOs.
• Judicial and security system which deals with child disappearance.
• Definition of the Protocol and Bodies involved in the alert procedures.
• Memoranda with media and Bodies involved in the communication phase.
• Realization of the portal.