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DRAFT PROGRAMME
Working languages: English and French
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
IN TACKLING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Rome, 29 – 30 November 2012
International Conference Hall
P.le della Farnesina, 1
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy
Thursday, 29 November 2012
08.00 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 Opening Session – Welcome addresses
Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata
, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Philippe Boillat
, Director General, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe
Elsa Fornero
, Italian Minister of Labour, Social Policies and Equal Opportunities
Paola Severino Di Benedetto
, Italian Minister of Justice
Song “Stop the silence”, live performance by Ms Aleksandra
Kovač
10.00 Plenary Session – The Lanzarote Convention and the role of International Cooperation in
tackling sexual violence against children
Chairperson: Elisabetta Belloni,
Director General for Development Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Eric Ruelle,
Chairperson of the Lanzarote Committee
Patrizia De Rose
, Head of Equal Opportunities Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Marina Marchetti
, Head of sector – Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination, DG Development Co-operation –
DEVCO D1, European Commission (to be confirmed)
Caterina Chinnici,
Head of Juvenile Justice Department, Italian Ministry of Justice
Eugenio Selvaggi,
Head of Justice Affairs Department, Italian Ministry of Justice
11.00 Coffee break
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11.30 – Plenary Session – Good practices showcase
Video by Italian Development Cooperation
Chairperson: Elisabetta Belloni
Panel 1 – Projects in Europe
Michele Palma
, Director General of the International Affairs and Social Intervention Office – Equal
Opportunities Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Marco Scarpati
, President ECPAT Italia
Raffaele Salinari
President Terre des Hommes Italia and Carmen Di Marino – Studio PAUL HASTINGS
Cristiana de Paoli
, Save the Children
Panel 2 – Regional Programmes
Karla Varela,
Former Child Protection Programme Officer – UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the
Caribbean (
TACRO)
Silvia Isabel Rosales Bolaños
, Magistrada de la Corte Centroaméricana de Justicia, Nicaragua
Giorgio Stefano Manzi,
Scientific Investigations Division of the Carabinieri, Criminal Analysis Unit, Italy
Bruno Maltoni
, Project Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Phnom Penh
Chou Bun Eng
, Chair National Committee against Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation in Women and
Children, Cambodia
Panel 3 – Mediterranean Projects
Luca Portacolone
, Coordinator, MoSAIC – MoSA Initiative Child Centered, Lebanon, Italian Cooperation
Fernande Abou Haidar
, Chief Bureau of Non Governmental Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs, Lebanon
Teresa Albano
, Counter-Trafficking Focal Point, Coordinator of the SALEM Project, Coordinating Office for the
Mediterranean and Liaison Mission in Italy and Malta, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Rome
Azza El Ashmawey
, General Director NCCM Technical Office, Head of the NCCM Anti Human Trafficking Unit,
Egypt
Panel 4 – African Projects
Vittoria Luda di Cortemiglia
, Programme Coordinator, Emerging Crimes Unit, United Nations Interregional
Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
Josiah Emerole
, National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigeria
Malamine Tamba
, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office for West Africa – UNOWA, Dakar
Niokhobaye Diouf
, Directeur, Ministère de la Femme, de l’Enfance et de l’Entreprenariat féminin, Senegal
Sandro De Luca
, CISP – Area Manager – Africa
Ahmed Hussein
, Director of Department for Children Services, Ministry of Gender and Youth Affairs, Kenya
13.30 – 14.45 – Buffet
15.00 Plenary Session
– Introduction to the Working Groups by Mrs Raffaella Pregliasco, Istituto degli
Innocenti (Florence)
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15.30 – 17.30 Working Groups (with availability of coffee)
Working Group 1 (Bilingual) – Justice and human dignity: international agreements to enhance
protection of children victims of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and to effectively prosecute
offenders
Speaker: Anna Pagotto
, Legislation and International Affairs Office, Criminal Justice Department, Italian
Ministry of Justice
Facilitator: Carmen Di Marino
, Studio PAUL HASTINGS
Working Group 2 (English only) – Human Rights: strategic approaches in preventing and combating
sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children through development cooperation programmes
Speaker : Malamine Tamba
, Human Rights Officer, United Nations Office for West Africa- UNOWA
Facilitator: Bruno Maltoni
, Project Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Phnom Penh
Working Group 3 (Bilingual) – Promoting Communication and Education Policies and Strategies
through international cooperation to raise awareness on the right of children to be protected
against sexual violence
Speaker: Cristina de Paoli
, Save the Children
Facilitator: Stefano Scialotti
, international video-maker and communication expert
Friday, 30 November 2012
09.00 – 10.30 Working Groups (
continued)
10.30 Coffee break
10.45 – 13.30 Plenary Session: Working Groups results, discussion and conclusions
Chairperson: Gioia Scappucci
, Secretary to the Lanzarote Committee, Children’s Rights Division, Council of
Europe
Presentation of the Working Group results by a Rapporteur for each Working Group
Presentation of the Conference Conclusions by Mrs Donata Bianchi, Istituto degli Innocenti (Florence)
Closing remarks
Regína Jensdóttir
, Head of the Children’s Rights Division and Coordinator of the Programme “Building a
Europe for and with Children”, Council of Europe
Elisabetta Belloni
, Director General for Development Cooperation, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
13.30 Buffet and departure of participants