Det første, Kommissionen gjorde i relation til dette, var i 2001 at støtte etableringen af et europæisk netværk af organisationer, European Federation on Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, som nu hedder Missing Children Europa.
The first action undertaken by the European Commission in relation to this was to support, in 2001, the creation of a European network of organisations, the European Federation on Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, which is now called Missing Children Europe.