Conference

Increasing the Impact on the Ground

NGO and EU Collaboration in the Thematic Area of Children Affected by Armed Conflict

Ljubljana, 17 and 18 April2008

DRAFT Programme

Conference Venue: / Centre for European Perspective, Castle Jablje, Grajska cesta 1, 1234 Loka pri Mengešu
Accommodation: / Hotel Mons, Pot za Brdom 55, 1000 Ljubljana
Conference Language: / English

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Thursday, 17April 2008
9:00 / Transport from Hotel Mons to the conference venue
9:30-10:30 / Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:30-11:15 / Welcome
Matjaž Šinkovec
Slovenian Presidency, State Secretary
Michaela Zupancic
European Commission, Representation in Slovenia
Anne Palm
KATU, representative of EPLO
Chair: / Andreja Dolnicar Jeraj
Host, Center for European Perspective
11:15 – 11:45 / Regional perspective – lessons learned from South Eastern Europe
Jovan Divjak
Education builds Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
12:00 – 13:30 p.m. / 1st Plenary Session
Implementation –Coherence – Cooperation: how can we move forward for more impact on children(in dialogue form)
Martin Nagler
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Davide Zaru
European Commission,DG RELEX, Human Rights and Democratization Unit
Hadewych Hazelzet
EU Member State representative, German Foreign Office, ESDP Department
Sylvie Fouet
UNICEF Brussels
Chair: / Peter Grk
Slovenian Presidency,CIVCOM Chair
13:30-14:45 / Buffet Lunch
3:00 – 6:30 p.m. / Parallel discussion groups – Working Groups (4)
Working Group A – Prevention of grave violations in children’s rights in armed conflicts or of activities targeting children directly involved in hostilities
Chair/Facilitator: / Jane Backhurst - World Vision
Sophie De Coninck - ILO/IPEC, DRC
Amb. Matjaž Kovačič - Head of Department of International Organizations and Human Security, Slovenia
Sambey Logira - World VisionUganda
Sylvain Vité - ICRC Geneva,Legal Division
Rapporteur: / Anje Jooya-Kruiter - Ecdpm
Working Group B – Participation of children - activities targeting children indirectly affected by armed conflict
Chair/Facilitator: / Bernardo Monzani – Search for Common Ground
Dubravka Sekoranja –Deputy head of International Development and Humanitarian Assistance Division, MFA
Jennifer Moorehead - Save UKPalestine, expert on children(Palestine)
Jasminka Tadic Husanovic - Prijateljice Tuzla (BiH)
Ambrose James - Search for Common Ground, West Africa
Rapporteur: / tbc
Working Group C – Post-conflict - redress, transitional justice, impunity
Chair/Facilitator: / Dick Oosting–ICTJ (Brussels)
Ana Patel - ICTJ (NY)
Anne Grandjean - UNICEF, justice for children section (HQNY)
Inger Buxton - European Commission, DG RELEX, Crisis Management Unit
Bukeni Waruzi - WITNESS, Congolese activist on child soldiers, Program Coordinator for Africa and Middle East
Amady Ba–International Criminal Court, head of the cooperation section of the Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation, Division of the Office of the Prosecutor
Rapporteur: / Thomas Unger - ICTJ (Brussels)
Working Group D – The EU's response to children affected by armed conflict: the cases of DRC and Chad
Chair/Facilitator: / Philippe Bartholme - EPLO
Rebecca Besant - SFCG, Africa Programme Associate (Liberia)
Katri Tukiainen - EUPOL RDCongo /EUSEC RDCongo HR/CAAC expert
Thierry Baud - Council Secretariat, Planning Unit CPPC
LtCol Francois-Xavier Thomas- CIMIC OHQ EUFOR Chad/RCA, Military Command (Paris), head of the CJ9
Aino-Livia Stella - European Commission, DG ECHO
Rapporteur: / Mirko Cigler–Slovenian Presidency, PMG Chair
7:00 / Transport to the restaurant
8:00 p.m. / Dinner
Dinner Speech by
Dr. Riina Kionka - Personal Advisor to SG Solana on HR, Support to children’s rights mainstreaming (PMG, COHOM, CODEV, EUMC, EUSR)
Friday, 18 April 2008
9:30-11:30 a.m. / 2nd Plenary Session
“Making cooperation work …”
Statements by the Rapporteurs:
Anje Jooya-Kruiter(ecdpm)
tbc
Thomas Unger(ICTJ)
Mirko Cigler (PMG Chair,Slovenia)
Chair: / Vera Remskar
Director, “Together” Foundation (Slovenia)
11:30 a.m. / Coffee break
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. / 3rd Plenary Session - Concluding remarks
Chair: / Anita Pipan
Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Policy Planning, Slovenian Presidency
Véronique Arnault
Director for multilateral affairs and human rights, DG RELEX, European Commission
Alessandro Rossi
EPLO/NGO representative, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Veronica Cody
Council Secretariat, DG E IX Planning Unit
Jacques Pellet
COHOM representative, incoming French Presidency
1:00 p.m. / Luncheon

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