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 the 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 (room 0D) Chair: Alexandra Jour-Schroeder, Acting Director, European Commission, DG Why training of justice practitioners is needed to address Terrorism and 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 Upcoming EU legislation on counter-terrorism Lucia Ling Ket On, Chair of Working party on substantive criminal law/directive on combatting terrorism, 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" Adélaide Vanhove, 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 (in front of room 0 D) 10.45 Working groups (in parallel) (room 0 B) 1: Training of criminal law judges and prosecutors Chair: Ramin Farinpour, European Academy of Law (ERA), EJTN project expert group Lessons learned from the EJTN training project 2015/2016 Teresa Cabrita, Project manager, European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) 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 Peter Spoor, Adviser, Office of the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, General secretariat of the Council Reinhard Santeler, Member of the College Counter terrorism team, Eurojust John Saunders, High Court Judge, Queen s Bench Division (UK) Thierry Freyne, Chief Public Prosecutor (BE), EJTN training moderator
(room 0 C) 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 Training needs of judges in other areas than criminal law Rosa Perna, Judge at the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Rome (IT), Association of European Administrative Judges Avril Calder, President, International Association of Youth and Family Law Judges Elisabeth van Kalveen, Family law judge, Dutch Study centre for the Judiciary Eva Pastrana, HELP programme, Council of Europe (room 0 D) 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) Krzysztof Jędrzejak, Director, Polish Central Training Centre of Prison Service (EPTA presidency) The project "Criminal Social Work" Ine van Zon, 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 Angel Vicente Lopez Muriel, Deputy Director of prison Soto Real (ES), 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 (in front of room 0 D)
13.45 Continuation of working groups (in parallel) (room 0 B) 1: Training of criminal law judges and prosecutors Chair: Ramin Farinpour, European Academy of Law (ERA), EJTN project expert group A1: gathering and use of foreign evidence in terrorism cases A2: use of evidence in terrorism cases gathered by intelligence A3: use of evidence in terrorism cases gathered with human rights violations B: cooperation at EU level in terrorism cases C: sentencing and alternatives to detention D: intercultural competence (room 0 C) 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 preventing its promotion C: preventing radicalised individuals from leaving D: minors as foreign terrorist fighters E: intercultural competence (room 0 D) 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 (in front of room 0 D) 15.45 Plenary (room 0D) 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 on training Heiko Wagner, Policy officer, European Commission, DG Followed by Questions & Answers 17.00 End of conference Closing remarks Isabelle Perignon, Cabinet of Commissioner Jourová, European Commission