La Strada International, Anti-Slavery International, and several other NGOs have been accepted as members of the Informal EU Expert Group on Forced Labour, which met for the first time on 8 December 2025. The group currently comprises 32 members, including independent experts, civil society organisations (CSOs), social partners, businesses, research organisations, and public entities, including international organisations. The group advises the European Commission in relation to the implementation of the Forced Labour Ban Regulation. The group is led by DG Grow.
LSI’s International Coordinator, Suzanne Hoff, is representing the organisation in the expert group meetings.
Last year, on 13 December 2024, the Forced Labour Ban was enforced, but it will only become fully applicable in two years, on 14 December 2027. See the flowchart on the FLB by the Dutch Ministry of Affairs.