Counter-terrorism and de-radicalisation: How to answer training needs of justice practitioners BRUSSELS (Congress Center Albert Borschette), 19-20 May 2016 This conference is co-organised with the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). AGENDA THURSDAY 19 May 20.00 Get-together event at restaurant Welcome address Tiina Astola, Director General, European Commission, DG FRIDAY 20 May BRUSSELS, DD MONTH YYYY From 8.15 Security check 09.00 Opening plenary Chair: Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Acting Director, European Commission, DG Why training of justice practitioners is needed to address radicalisation Vera Jourová, Commissioner for, Consumers and Gender Equality, European Commission The EJTN training programme on Countering terrorism and Radicalisation to Violent Extremism: an example of cross-border cooperation of training providers Wojciech Postulski, Secretary General, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) Upcoming EU legislation on counter-terrorism Lucia Ling Ket On, Working group on criminal law, Council presidency (NL)
New training projects for justice practitioners on counterterrorism and de-radicalisation: "Judicial response to terrorism in light of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights" Nathalie Malet, Judge and Trainer, French School for the Judiciary (ENM) "Enhancing cross-border mutual legal assistance and recognition of decisions in countering terrorism and preventing radicalisation in prisons" Ramin Farinpour, Course Director, European Academy of Law (ERA) "The prevention of juvenile radicalisation: Promoting the use of alternatives to detention through judicial training" Adelaide Vanhofe, Policy officer, International Juvenile Observatory "DERAD: counter radicalisation through the rule of law" Enrico Sbriglia, Director of the Triveneto Office, Italian Ministry of 10.15 Coffee break 10.45 Working groups (in parallel) 1: Training of criminal law judges and prosecutors Chair: Rainer Hornung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor (DE), EJTN project expert group Lessons learned from the EJTN training project 2015/2016 Ramin Farinpour, European Academy of Law (ERA), EJTN project expert group The 2014/15 training project "Judicial response to terrorism in the EU" and the 2016 workshop on training needs to counter terrorism Nathalie Malet, Judge and Judicial Trainer, French School for the Judiciary (ENM) Training needs of criminal law judges and prosecutors Christiane Höhn, Adviser, Office of the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, General secretariat of the Council NN, Eurojust NN, European Judicial Network (EJN) in criminal matters Thierry Freyne, Chief Public Prosecutor (BE), EJTN training moderator
2: Training of non-criminal law judges Chair: Valérie Sagant, Deputy Director, French School for the Judiciary (ENM) Lessons learned from the EJTN training project 2015/2016 Teresa Cabrita, Project manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) Training needs of judges in other areas than criminal law NN, Association of Administrative Law Judges Avril Calder, President, International Association of Youth and Family Law Judges NN, International Association of Judges (EU group) Eva Pastrana, HELP programme, Council of Europe 3: Training of prison and probation staff Chair: Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Acting Director, European Commission, DG Examples of cross-border cooperation on training for prison and probation staff: The European network of Prison Training Academies (EPTA) Marcin Strzelec, Central Prison Training Center Kalisz, Poland (EPTA presidency) The project "Criminal Social Work" Ine van Zoon, Project manager, Avans university of applied sciences (Netherlands) Upcoming training needs: Guidelines for prison and probation services regarding radicalisation and violent extremism Ilina Taneva, Secretary to the Council for Penological cooperation (PCCP), Council of Europe Training needs of prison and probation staff Yola Wanders, Dutch Ministry of Security and, Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) Harald Fosker, Liaison officer for staff training, Europris Willem v.d. Brugge, Secretary General, Confederation of European Probation (CEP) moderated by Jörg Jesse, Vice chair, Council for Penological cooperation (PCCP) 12.15 Standing buffet lunch
13.45 Continuation of working groups (in parallel) 1: Training of criminal law judges and prosecutors Chair: Rainer Hornung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor (DE), EJTN project expert group A: gathering and use of evidence in terrorism cases B: cooperation at EU level in terrorism cases C: sentencing and alternatives to detention D: intercultural competence 2: Training of non-criminal law judges Chair: Valérie Sagant, Deputy Director, French School for the Judiciary (ENM) A: understanding radicalisation and violent extremism B: detecting radicalisation and prevention its promotion C: preventing radicalised individuals from leaving D: minors as foreign terrorist fighters E: intercultural competence 3: Training of prison and probation staff Chair: Heiko Wagner, Policy officer, European Commission, DG A: dangers and prevention of radicalisation in prison B: de-radicalisation programmes and reintegration C: cooperation with police and intelligence services D: concept of radicalisation and identification of radicalized offenders E: intercultural competence F: involvement of external parties (e.g. chaplains) in trainings 15.15 Coffee break
15.45 Plenary 17.00 End of conference Chair: Wojciech Postulski, Secretary General, EJTN Reports from the working groups to the plenary Rapporteur WG 1: NN Rapporteur WG 2: NN Rapporteur WG 3: Frank-Ulrich Eichhorn, Head of Unit Prison staff and European projects, Berlin Senate Department for (DE) Open discussion about the reports, in particular on cross-professional training needs Opening statement by Antoine Megie, University of Rouen, EJTN training moderator 2016 funding possibilities of the programme: The call for projects to prevent radicalisation/ training component Jesca Beneder, Policy officer, European Commission, DG The judicial training call Heiko Wagner, Policy officer, European Commission, DG Each presentation followed by Questions & Answers Closing remarks Wojciech Postulski, Secretary General, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) Isabelle Perignon, Cabinet of Commissioner Jourová, European Commission