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
Questions and answers
Closing remarks
12:45 – 13:00
Nadia CUK, Deputy Head of the Council of Europe Office in Belgrade
Lunch
13:00 – 14:30