Regional Conference : Combating Labour Trafficking in Europe - Standards, Realities and New Strategies for Action

20 September 2022

Registration of the participants

09:00 – 9:30 Hotel Mona Plaza - Belgrade

Welcome remarks and opening statements

09:30 - 10:15

Tobias FLESSENKEMPER, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade
Gordana COMIC, Minister for Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue, Serbia
Petya NESTOROVA, Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Diane SCHMITT, European Union Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator

Testimonies and debate

on standards, realities and new strategies for action to combat labour trafficking

10:15 - 12:30

Moderator: Ljubica GOJGIC, Journalist, Radio Television of Vojvodina, Serbia

Marko TAMINDZIJA and Seudin ZOLETIC, former victims of labour trafficking and applicants in the case Zoletic and Others v. Azerbaijan before the European Court of Human Rights

Coffee break

10:30 – 10:45

Marija ANDJELKOVIC, Director of the NGO Astra, Serbia
Darryl DIXON, Head of the Single Enforcement Body Programme, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, United Kingdom
Suzanne HOFF, International Co-ordinator, La Strada International
Peter VAN HAUWEREMEIREN, Head of the Anti-Trafficking Directorate of the Belgian National Social Security Office Inspectorate and member of GRETA
Ludovica BANFI, Project Manager, Justice, Digital and Migration Unit, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Questions and answers

Lunch break

12:30 – 14:00

Assessing the risks of labour trafficking

in Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia: towards targeted prevention strategies

14:00 - 16:00

Moderator: Ivana RADOVIC, Independent Expert, Serbia

Klara SKRIVANKOVA, Independent Expert, United Kingdom
Stanislava TANIĆ, Head of Department for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ministry of Security, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aleksandra LJUBOJEVIC, Director of the Centre for Human Trafficking Victims’ Protection, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Serbia
Ljupcho MARKUDOV, Assistant Head of the National Unit for Combating Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking, North Macedonia

Questions and answers

21 September 2022

Registration of the participants

09:00 – 9:30 Hotel Mona Plaza - Belgrade

Focus group discussion

on strengthening the role of labour market actors and the private sector in combating labour trafficking

9:30 - 11:00

Moderator: Darryl DIXON, Head of the Single Enforcement Body Programme, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, United Kingdom

Julia SCHELLHAAS, Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Goran STANKOVIC, Trade Union of Textile, Leather and Shoe Industry Workers of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sasa TORLAKOVIC, President of the Trade Union of Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers, Serbia
Sasa PERISIC, Assistant Director of the Labour inspectorate, Serbia
Valentina DISOSKA, President of the Association of Business Women, North Macedonia
Mile BOSHKOV, President of the Business Confederation of North Macedonia

Questions and answers

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:15

Focus group discussion

on overcoming challenges of victims’ access to justice and effective remedies

11:15 - 12:45

Moderator: Suzanne HOFF, International Co-ordinator, La Strada International

Davor DERENCINOVIC, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Mona CHAMASS SAUNIER, Director of the Committee against Modern Slavery, France
Sena UZUNOVIC, Judge, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tamara MIROVIC, Deputy Republic Public Prosecutor, Serbia
Marija TODOROVSKA, Open Gate/La Strada, North Macedonia
Jelena RISTIC, Vice President of the Bar Association, North Macedonia
Irena ZDRAVKOVA, Programme Manager, Macedonian Association of Young Lawyers