Main Conference programme
DAY 1: The evolving drivers of victimisation in unstable times
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:35 Opening Addresses
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- Welcoming remarks
- Geraldine Hanna, President, Victim Support Europe
- Live testimony
- Colm Smyth, Survivor of the Loughinisland Massacre, Northern Ireland
- Opening speech
- Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission
- Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality, European Commission
- Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska, Coordinator for Victims’ Rights, European Commission
- Byron Camilleri, Minister of Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality, Malta
- Welcoming remarks
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10:35 – 12:00 Session 1: Conflict, intolerance & social instability and their impact on victims of crime in unstable times
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- Resilience-actor mapping, identifying relevant stakeholders for engagement
- Simon Green, Professor of Criminology & Victimology and Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise, University of Hull, UK
- Resilience and Transformative Social Identities in Intractable Intergroup Conflicts
- Dora Georgiou, PhD, University of Cyprus & the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement
- Increasing stress factors: How do we build resilience and is the solution the multiagency approach?
- Ash Pachauri, Director at the Center for Human Progress & Co-Founder and Senior Mentor at The Protect Our Planet Movement, United States
- Looking through regenerative frameworks for resilience building and a sustainable new-modern society
- Peta Milan, CEO, Transcendent Media Capital & JET Group
- Resilience-actor mapping, identifying relevant stakeholders for engagement
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12:00 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:30 Session 2: Individual, social and structural resilience in victim support context
Panel discussion | Moderator: Andrea Walraven-Thissen
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- Personal resilience of victims of crime: how to cope and deal with trauma
- Andrea Walraven-Thissen, Critical Incident Manager
- Building resilient communities: education, prevention, response
- Elie Kagan, Head of Crisis Management, Security and Crisis Centre by the European Jewish Congress
- Building resilient communities: coordinated response to the Ukrainian crisis
- Elena Burmitskaya, Chairwoman, Green Light for the Civil Initiatives Foundation, Bulgaria
- Building resilient victim support services: from a project-based approach to structural resilience
- Markus Kärner, Deputy Secretary General for Criminal Policy, Ministry of Justice, Estonia
- Personal resilience of victims of crime: how to cope and deal with trauma
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13:30 – 14:40 Lunch
14:40 – 16:10 Workshops
16:10 – 16:35 Coffee Break
16:35 – 17:35 Session 3: How victim support can build resilience in a time of crisis
Panel discussion | Moderator: Colm Smyth
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- Victims from a distance: Shifting support online and the impact it has on the quality of service received
- Dr. Cristina Soeiro, Forensics Psychologist, Portuguese Judiciary Police & Vice-President of the Board, Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV)
- Resilience-in-action during a large-scale disaster: organisational resilience and emergency management
- Jérôme Moreau, President, “Association Nivernaise d’Aide aux Victimes d´Infractions” & Vice-President, France Victimes and Victim Support Europe
- Integrating Crisis Management & Business Continuity for a successful response
- Rosa Jansen, President Board of Directors, Victim Support Netherlands
- Victims from a distance: Shifting support online and the impact it has on the quality of service received
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17:35 – 17:40 Closing Remarks
- Julianne Grima, Executive Chairperson, Victim Support Malta
DAY 2
Thursday
12 May 2022
DAY 2: Empowerment of specific groups of victims and victim assistance in times of Covid-19
09:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:10 Opening Words
- Jonathan Attard, Minister for Justice, Malta
- Juliana Scerri Ferrante, Lawyer, Legal Aid Malta
10:10 – 11:10 Session 1: Impact on victim support in times of Covid-19
Panel discussion | Moderator: Frida Wheldon
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- In which ways and to what extent did Covid-19 affect the work of victim assistance organisations?
- Julianne Grima, Executive Chairperson, Victim Support Malta
- A showcase of the coordinated response to emergencies, the example of Codice Rosa
- Vittoria Doretti, Head of Department “Health Promotion and Health Ethics”, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est & Regional Network Manager, Codice Rosa (Tuscany, Italy)
- lmpact of the Covid-19 pandemic – An increase in police reports related to gender-based and domestic violence cases
- Insp. Sylvana Gafa’, Head of Victim Support Services, Victim Support Agency/Malta Police Force
- In which ways and to what extent did Covid-19 affect the work of victim assistance organisations?
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11:10 – 11:35 Coffee Break
11:35 – 13:05 Session 2: Empowerment of specific group of victims in times of Covid-19
Panel discussion | Moderator: Bianca Biwer
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- The risks of human trafficking in times of Covid-19 and conflict
- Suzanne Hoff, International Coordinator, La Strada International
- Effect of Covid-19 pandemic on persons with disabilities, as they faced serious emotional and social challenges
- Samantha Pace Gasan, Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability, Maltese Commission for the rights of persons with disability
- Bias and hate crime victimisation during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Bianca Biwer, Federal Executive Director, Weisser Ring Germany
- How do we police online presence better and regulate cyber crimes more effectively?
- Cyber Crime Unit, Malta Police Force
- The risks of human trafficking in times of Covid-19 and conflict
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13:05 – 14:35 Lunch
14:35 – 16:05 Workshops
16:05 – 16:35 Networking Coffee Break
16:35 – 17:35 LIVE DEBATE: How are victims issues incorporated in the EU agenda?
17:35 – 17:40 Closing Remarks
- Petra Klein, Vice-President, Victim Support Europe