Building a Europe for and with Children
Launching Conference

Under the Presidency of H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover

Monaco, 4-5 April 2006

Programme

Tuesday 4 April 2006

9 a.m. Registration

Plenary

10 a.m. Official opening by His Excellency Jean-Paul Proust, Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco and Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Statement by the Chair, H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover

Statements by representatives of the Council of Europe:

· Mr Bogdan Panait, Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; Romanian State Secretary for Children’s Rights
· Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Assembly Sub-Committee on Human Rights
· Ms Anissa Temsamani, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
· Mr Gérard Greneron, Vice-President of the Council of Europe INGO Conference

11 a.m. Addresses by intergovernmental organisations and independent bodies:

· Ms Maria Calivis, Unicef Geneva, Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic States
· Mr Roberto Bertollini, Director, Special Programme on Health and Environment, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
· Mr Pawel Jaros, President of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children

· Ms Idália Moniz, State Secretary for Disability, Portugal

11.20 a.m. “Building a Europe for us with adults” – young people’s perspective of the Council of Europe programme

12 noon Symbolic launching act of the programme

12.30 p.m. Press conference

1 p.m. Lunch hosted by the Principality of Monaco

2.30 p.m. Panel 1: Promotion of children’s rights, awareness raising and information: designing a European strategy

Introductory report by Mr Philip D. O’Brien, Regional Director, Unicef Geneva Regional Office
Members of the panel:

· Two young persons
· A minister: Mr Bogdan Panait, Romanian State Secretary for Children’s Rights
· A parliamentarian: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
· A representative of the European Commission: Mr Patrick Trousson, Co-ordinator of the Rights of the Child, Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security
· A judge: Ms Josiane Bigot, Assize Court of Colmar; President of Themis
· An NGO representative: Mr Francis Kasasa, Secretary General of AMADE Mondiale
Facilitator: Mr Manuel Martin, architect and designer, creator of the animated series “CyberDodo and the Rights of the Child”

4.30 p.m. Coffee break

5 p.m. Panel 2: Children’s participation: guaranteeing access to information and developing consultation and participation processes

Introductory report by Ms Clare Feinstein, Global Child Participation Advisor, Save the Children Sweden
Members of the panel:

· Two young persons
· A minister: Mr Kjell Erik Øie, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Children and Equality
· A representative of a state agency: Ms Shereen Mestan, President of the Bulgarian State Agency for Child Protection
· A United Nations representative: Ms Amaya Gillespie, Director of the Secretariat of the UN Study on Violence Against Children
· An ombudsman for children: Ms Ankie Vandekerckhove, Children’s Rights Commissioner, Flemish Parliament
· A representative of a children’s news agency: Mr Christophe Grudler, Deputy Director and editor-in-chief of Le Journal des Enfants
Facilitator: Mr Dano Halsall, Olympic finalist and world champion swimmer; godfather to the Little Dreams Foundation

7 p.m. Close of the first day

7 p.m. Reception given by the Principality of Monaco

Wednesday 5 April 2006

Plenary

9 a.m. Violence against children: identifying priorities and co-ordinating efforts
(chaired by Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe)

Video message from Mr Paulo Pinheiro, United Nations independent expert for the UN Study on Violence against Children
Address by Minister Ana Rosa Payán, Head of the National Agency for Family Development of Mexico
Keynote speech by Mr Jacob Doek, Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

10 a.m. Breaking the seal of silence
(Discussion in two parallel panels)

Panel 3: Combating sexual abuse in the cyber-era
Introductory report by Ms Rachel O'Connell; psychologist, Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire
Members of the panel:
· Two young persons
· A representative of government: Mr Tim Wright, United Kingdom Home Office
· A parliamentarian: Ms Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
· An NGO: Ms Carmen Madriñan, Executive director, ECPAT International
· A representative of an international organisation: Mr Hamish McCulloch, Assistant director, Trafficking in Human Beings, ICPO-Interpol
· A company: Mr Christian Sjöberg, Chief Executive Officer, Netclean Technologies
Facilitator: Mr Trond Waage, Senior fellow and Special advisor, Unicef Research Centre

Panel 4: Towards a Europe free of corporal punishment: priorities and strategies

Introductory report by Ms Françoise Tulkens, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Members of the panel:
· Two young persons
· A government representative: Mr Luka Maderić, Head of the Croatian Office for Human Rights
· A parliamentarian: Ms Helena Bargholtz, Member of the Swedish Parliament; Chair of the Sub-Committee on Children, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
· Mr Matti Mikkola, Council of Europe Committee of Social Rights; Professor of labour law, University of Helsinki
· An NGO representative: Mr Peter Newell, co-ordinator, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
· A representative of WHO: Ms Inge Baumgarten, Technical officer, Prevention of Violence, World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe
Facilitator: Ms Sandrine Mörch, journalist

1 p.m. Lunch hosted by the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

2.30 p.m. Plenary

Presentation of the panels’ conclusions

Presentation of the conference report outline

Discussion

Closing remarks:

· Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

· Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe

· H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover

5 p.m. Close