VICTIM SUPPORT EUROPE
22nd Conference & Annual General Meeting
“Taking the Victim Agenda Forward”
Place: Hotel M, Belgrade, Serbia
Time: Wednesday 28th May – Sunday 1st June 2008
Wednesday May 28th 2008
12.00 - 17.00 Arrival of delegates and registration
17.30 Departure to the venue fortheofficial opening ceremony
18:00 - 19.00 The official opening ceremonyin City Hall
Jaap Smit, Victim Support Europe
Anthony Pahigian, Deputy Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Rodoljub Šabić,The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, Victimology Society of Serbia
Music program
19.00 -20.00 Cocktail in City Hall
20.00 Departure to the hotel
Thursday May 29th 2008
9.15 - 9.30 Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic Welcome and Presentation of HostOrganisation
9.30 – 11.00 Plenary:From research to practice
Introduction: Jaap Smit
Chair:Marianne Gammer
JanvanDijk Overview of Research on Victims
Hans-Georg Voss Stalking and Domestic Violence - Development Patterns and Risks
Discussion
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 Representative from the EU The Victim in Europe: An EU Prospective
Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.15 Choice of one workshop from the following:
Domestic Violence,Carla Amaral, Portugal
Assessing Victims Needs, Susan Gallagher, Scotland
Children and Young People - the Links between Violent Victimisation and Offending, Judith Edwards, England and Wales
Stalking, Hans-Georg Voss, Germany
Victim Satisfaction, Bas Tierolff,Netherlands
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 - 17.15 Plenary: Development of Victim Support Europe
Chair: David McKenna
Helgard van Hüllen
Joao Lazaro
Discussion
19.00 Dinner in the Hotel M
FridayMay30th2008
9.30 - 12.30 Plenary: Putting the Victim’s Agenda on the EU’s Agenda
Jaap Smit
Frida Peterson
Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
12.30- 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.15 Choice of one workshop from the following:
Supporting Victims of Trafficking, Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, Serbia
Supporting Victims of Terrorism,Ivo Aertsen, Belgium
Cross Border Compensation, José Albino Caetano Duarte, Portugal
Help Lines, Marianne Gammer, Austria
Fundraising,Carsten Kasprzok,Germany
Generic/SpecialistOrganisations,Koen Devroey, Belgium
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee break
15. 45 - 17.15 Plenary:RestorativeJusticeand Victim Support
Chair: Joao Lazaro
Christa Pelikan
Marc Groenhuijsen
Discussion
17.15Closing remarks
19.30.Departure for dinner at the Restaurant ADAon the Danube river
20.00-23.00 Dinner
23.00 Return to the Hotel M
Saturday May 31st 2008
9.00 -13.00 AGM meeting
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
13.00Lunch
15.30Departure of bus to city tour
15.30-18.00 City tour with guide
20. 00 Farewell dinner on the terrace of the Hotel M
Sunday June 1st, 2008
Delegates leave
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