Regional Crime Prevention Forum for Ngos

Regional Crime Prevention Forum for NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe on current problems and activities concerning prevention of urban crime, human trafficking and corruption draft programme (as at August 10th. ) location: Vienna, VIC - Conference room C07II

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

18.00 Welcome reception by the City of Vienna

Thursday, 27 October 2005

8.30-9.30 Registration of participants

09.30-10.15 Welcoming Statements 9.30 Welcome, Vice-President, CONGO 9.35 Welcome, representative of the City of Vienna 9.40 Welcome, representative of the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs 9.45 Welcome by Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Director-General of the UN Office at Vienna (including brief presentation on the objectives of UNODC with special reference to the results of the 11th. UN Crime Congress in Bangkok and the role of NGOs in the follow-up activities).

10.15-13.00 Session on Human Trafficking, introduced and chaired by Ms Helga Konrad, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. 10.25 Presentation by Ms Ana Revenco, La Strada, on achievements, gaps, new challenges and recommended approaches 10.35-10.50 Coffee break 10.50 Views and activities of UNODC and OSCE 11.00 Q & A session with a summing up by the chair

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

1 14.00-18.00 Session on Urban Crime prevention, introduced and chaired by Ms Sue Wade, Vice Chair and head of the International Issues group of the Howard League for Penal Reform. 14:05 Presentation by Michel Marcus, European Forum on Urban Security, on achievements, gaps, new challenges and recommended approaches. 14.15 Presentation by the City of Vienna or a local NGO 14.25 Views and activities of UNODC 14.30 Q & A session 15.30-15.45 Coffee break 15.45 Q & A session with a summing up by the chair

18.00 Adjournment

18.00-19.00 Various Presentations

Friday, 28 October 2005

09.00-09.15 Key note address on Football, Violence and Crime Prevention by William Gaillard, Director Communications and Public Affairs UEFA (European football governing body). 09.15-13.00 Session on Corruption Prevention, introduced and chaired by Prof. Frank Höpfel, International Penal Law Association, University of Vienna, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology. 9.20 Presentation by Ms Catherine Woollard, Transparency International, on achievements, gaps, new challenges and recommended approaches. 9.30 Views and activities of UNODC 9.35 Q & A session 11.0.11.15 Coffee break 11.15 Q & A session with a summing up by the chair

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

14.00-14.10 The role of the Alliance on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in the work of UNODC and OSCE, presentation by Elisabeth Pomberger and Roswitha Benesch, Q & A. 14.10-16.30 Summary of findings and recommendation 14.10 NGO position paper (on challenges, strategies, cooperation and assistance, based on the results of the three previous sessions), introduced and chaired by Mr. Aaron Rhodes, Executive Director, International Helsinki Federation 16.30 Closing statements by organizers (CONGO) and host (UNODC)

17.00 Closure of meeting