European Forum Cyprus
      ΕΥΡΩΠΑIΚΟ ΦΟΡΟΥΜ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ AVRUPA KIBRIS FORUMU

      5 January 2011

      European Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms to Ensure Their Respect

      1st seminar of the third year (2010/ 2011)

      of the European Forum Cyprus

      Co-funded by the European Commission

      Strasbourg, 10-11 January 2011

      Venue:
      Council of Europe
      Address:
      Meeting room No.14, Palais de L’Europe, Avenue de L’Europe, Strasbourg

      Sunday, 9 January 2011 – Day of Arrival

      20:30 Dinner at Holiday Inn
      20 Place de Bordeaux
      67000 Strasbourg

      Monday, 10 January 2011

      8:45 Visit of the Council of Europe

      Film about the Council of Europe and visit to Hemicycle

      9:15 Opening of the meeting

      Welcome Address by:

      Mr Jean-Louis LAURENS, Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe

        Mr Aristophanes GEORGIOU, Head of the Delegation of Cyprus to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

        Mr Mehmet ÇAGLAR, Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

        Ms Luisella PAVAN-WOOLFE, Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe

      9:45 Panel 1: Council of Europe: aims, history, working methods, relations with EU

      Presentations by:

      Mr Jean-Louis LAURENS, Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe

      Mr Mateo SORINAS, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

        Ms Michaela di BUCCI, Head of Unit of Task Force Turkish Cypriot Community, Directorate-General for Enlargement, European Commission

      11:00 Coffee Break in the meeting room

      11:15 Panel 2: Non-discrimination in all aspects and the real meaning of equality in European perspective

      Moderator: Mr Jean-Louis LAURENS, Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs, Council of Europe

      Panel:

      Mrs Isil GACHET, Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

      Mr Michael O’BOYLE, Deputy Registrar, European Court of Human Rights

Mr Christos GIAKOUMOPOULOS, Director of Monitoring, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs

      Discussion

      13:00 Lunch (Restaurant Bleu)

      14:30 Panel 3: The Right to Health, including to a safe environment

      Moderator: Ms Claudia LUCIANI, Director for Political Advice and Cooperation, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs

      Panel:

      Mr Régis BRILLAT, Executive Secretary of the European Committee of Social Rights

      Ms Laurence LWOFF, Head of Bioethics Division, Directorate General of Social Cohesion

        Ms Maguelonne DEJEANT-PONS, Head of Division of Landscape Policies and Spatial Planning

      Discussion

      16:30 Coffee Break

      16:45 Panel 4: The fight against human trafficking

      Moderator: Mr Aristophanes GEORGIOU, Head of the Delegation of Cyprus to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

      Panelist:

      Ms Petya NESTOROVA, Secretariat of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA and Committee of the Parties)

      Discussion

      18:00 End of the first day

      19:30 Dinner at the Restaurant Maison Kammerzell
      16 Place de la Cathédrale, Strasbourg

      Tuesday, 11 January 2011

      9:00 Exchange of views with Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Room 6.063f (6th floor, Palais de l'Europe)

      10:15 Panel 5: The right to education and professional training

      Chairperson: Mr Mehmet ÇAGLAR, Representative of the Turkish Cypriot Community to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

      Speaker:

        Ms Ólöf ÓLAFSDÓTTIR, Director of Education, Directorate General of Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport

      Discussion

      11:30 Panel 6: The way forward for the third year of the European Forum Cyprus

      Aims and objectives
      Role of the participants
      Themes for the forthcoming seminars

      Chairperson: Ms Claudia LUCIANI, Director for Political Advice and Cooperation, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs

      Discussion

      12:30 Lunch with Mr Jean-Louis LAURENS, Director General of Democracy and Political Affairs

        (Restaurant bleu)

      14:00 Visit to the European Court of Human Rights

        Meeting with Mr Andrea TAMIETTI, Head of Division TF6

      15:30 Information meeting on the work of the Eurodistrict
       
      Mr Marcus Obrecht, Secretary General of Euroedistrict
      Mrs Nawel Rafik-Elmrini, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg
       
      Venue

      l’Hôtel de Ville, 9 rue Brûlée, meeting room 17

      16:30 End of the second day

      19:00 Dinner at the Restaurant la Bourse
      1 Place du Marechal De Lattre de Tassigny
      Place de la Bourse, Strasbourg