EP - Strengthening EU Action to Prevent and Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
Strengthening EU Action to Prevent and Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
ECPAT International, largest global network of civil society organizations dedicated to ending the sexual exploitation of children, is pleased to invite you to our seminar on the 3rd of July from 10:30 to 12:30 CEST, hosted at the European Parliament (room ASP3H1) by MEP Marina Kaljurand, shadow rapporteur on the recast CSA Directive.
This seminar will look at arguments in favour of strong and effective prevention measures, raising awareness of good practices amongst Member States. It will showcase successful examples from EU Member States and discuss how to implement them at EU level.
This seminar is organised by ECPAT in coordination with its partners in the ECLAG Steering Group, a coalition of child rights organisations committed to ending child sexual abuse.
- Welcome & Opening Remarks, MEP Marina Kaljurand, Shadow rapporteur (S&D, Estonia)
- Keynote speech, Danish Presidency representative (tbc)
- ECLAG calls on the Recast Directive, Fabiola Bas Palomares, Eurochild on behalf of the ECLAG Steering Group
- Prevention and protection in the proposed Recast Directive, European Commission, DG Home (tbc)
- Poland’s comprehensive legislation on child safeguarding, Polish Children’s Rights Ombudsperson, Monika Horna-Cieślak (tbc)
- Poland’s mandatory background checks and safeguarding legislation in practice, Representative from FDDS - Empowering Children Foundation, Katarzyna Katana
- Quality assurance of safeguarding policies in Austria, Representative from ECPAT Austria, Waltraud Gugerbauer
- Barnahus model - A Blueprint for Holistic Child Protection in Cyprus, Representative from Children’s House Cyprus, Rodoula Papalambrianou
- Child Friendly Justice in Belgium, Representative from Child Friendly Justice European Network - Defence for Children Belgium, Mariama Diallo
- Q&As (20 mins)
- Closing remarks
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