Launch of the Triple A for citizens Pan-European network
29 and 30 November 2016
Press Club Brussels Europe
Rue Froissart 95, 1040 Brussels
Agenda
#TripleA4Citizens
Tuesday, November 29th
13.15-13.45 Registration
13.45-14.00 Key note speech: Tanja Fajon, Member of the European Parliament
14.00-14.20 Welcome and opening remarks:
Assya Kavrakova, Director, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
14.20-15.45 Citizens’ access to justice in times of multiple crisis – are citizens’ needs greater and how do we respond to them effectively?
Speakers:
Beate Gminder, Secretary General at the office of the European Ombudsman
Gösta Petri, Deputy Head of Unit, Judicial training and E-Justice, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Mikael Erbs-Jorgensen, Team Leader, Centre of Thematic Expertise on Civil Society, DG NEAR, European Commission
Anthony Valcke, EU Rights Clinic Coordinator, University of Kent/ECAS, Belgium
Moderator: Kenan Hadžimusić, Senior Manager ECAS, Triple A Project Leader
15.45-16.15 Q&A session
Coffee Break
16.15-17.30 The role of CSOs in providing information, advice and free legal aid -a citizen to citizen perspective
Speakers:
Julie Bishop, Director, Law Centres Network, United Kingdom
Ulrich Stege, Clinical Program Director, IUC Turin, Italy
Milan Antonijević, Director Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), Serbia
Emir Prcanović, Director, Vasa Prava, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Raluca Badan, UK Project Coordinator, Asylos
Moderator: Snježana Ivandić Ninković, Director, Association for Democratic Initiative (ADI) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Q&A session
17.30-19.30 Launch of the Triple A for Citizens network – Cocktail
· Addresses by ECAS and network members
· Screening of the video
Wednesday, November 30th
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Presentation of the Triple A Quality Standards and the self-evaluation mechanism
Speakers:
Elena Santiago, Director General, European Committee for Standardization
Noeleen Adams, Triple A Capacity Building Expert
Snježana Ivandić Ninković, Director, Association for Democratic Initiative (ADI) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Svetlana Kjoseva, Project Assistant at the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA)
Moderator: Deirdre Casey, Development Manager, Dublin City Centre Citizens Information Service
Q&A Session
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-13.30 The Way Forward: Presentation of the main recommendations from the Triple A Synthesis Report and the priorities for the future activities of the network
Speakers:
Assya Kavrakova, ECAS Director
Kenan Hadžimusić, Senior Manager ECAS, Triple A Project Leader
Milan Antonijević, Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights (YUCOM), Serbia
Moderator: Besa Ombashi, Programme Manager, Open Society Foundation for Albania
Q&A session
13.30-14.30 Networking lunch
