7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe

Jurmala, , 8 – 10 October 2013

Agenda

Date of publication: 7 October 2013 Original: English Available English Reference: Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013 English

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7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013

Monday, 7 October 2013

__.__ - 19.00 Arrival of conference participants and group transport from airport to the Baltic Beach Hotel in Jurmala, Latvia

19.30 Cocktail reception hosted by Latvian State Dress code: smart casual

Day 1: 08 October 2013 Time Item N° Subject Speaker 08.30 – 09.30 1 Registration of participants 09.30 – 10.15 2 Opening ceremony and • Mr. Ints KUZIS, Chief of Latvian State welcoming addresses Police; • Mr. Andrejs GRISINS, Head of Central Criminal Police Board; • Mrs. Indra PULKA, Head of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau Riga; • Mr. Fabrizio PANONE, Criminal Intelligence Officer at the General Secretariat of INTERPOL – Works of art Unit. 10.15 – 10.30 3 Election of the chairman Adoption of the agenda Administrative matters

10.30 – 11.00 4 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.15 5 Progress report • Mr. Fabrizio PANONE, Criminal Follow-up of Intelligence Officer - INTERPOL’s recommendations General Secretariat – Works of Art recent developments Unit

11.15 – 11.45 6 UNESCO cooperation with • Mr. Alberto DEREGIBUS, Expert at the market in the fight the United Nations Educational, against the illicit trafficking Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Cultural Heritage Protection Treaties Section.

11.45 – 12.15 7 INTERPOL’s role in the • Mrs. Françoise BORTOLOTTI, international prevention and Criminal Intelligence Officer - combat against illicit traffic INTERPOL’s General Secretariat – of cultural goods Works of Art Unit

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7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013

12.15 – 12.45 8 - Recent developments in • Mrs. Baiba KOVALOVA, Deputy Chief Latvia; Protection of of the Information Centre Division – Cultural Values in Latvia; Ministry of Interior, Latvia

- Prevention of illicit • Mr. Vitalijs PODGAISKIS, Chief of the trafficking of cultural Criminal police at Rezekne Police property stolen in Station, Region, Latvia Latgale region, Latvia

12.45 – 13.00 9 Questions and Answers

13.00 – 14.30 10 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.00 11 Organized crime and illicit • Mr. Dejan NIKOLOVSKI, Chief traffic in cultural goods Inspector, Ministry of Interior, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 15.00 – 15.30 12 activity in • Mrs. Margareta ARSENESCU, Police recovering illegal trafficking Chief Superintendent, Romania of Cultural Property

15.30 – 15.50 13 UNESCO’s database of • Mr. Alberto DEREGIBUS, Expert at national cultural heritage the United Nations Educational, laws Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Cultural Heritage Protection Treaties Section.

15.50 – 16.15 14 Coffee break

16.15 – 16.45 15 Austrian situation on art • Mrs. Anita GACH, representative of theft Cultural Property Unit – Bundeskriminalamt, Austria 16.45 – 17.00 16 Questions and Answers

17.30 – 19.15 17 Transportation to Riga and walk in Old Riga Town 19.30 – 21.30 18 Official dinner offered by Latvian Authorities Dress code: smart casual

End of day 1

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7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013

Day 2: 09 October 2013 Time Item N° Subject Speaker

09.00 – 09.25 1 Switzerland and Eastern • Mr. Jean-Robert GISLER, Europe: Contact, Trends and Coordinator at the Experiences Office, Switzerland

09.25 – 09.50 2 Practical experiences in • Mr. Marcus SCHOENFELDER, police fighting the theft and illicit Inspector - Landeskriminalamt Berlin, trafficking of cultural Germany property

09.50 – 10.15 3 A Canadian perspective • Mrs. Bonnie CZEGLEDI, J.D. International Art and Cultural Heritage Law, Canada

10.15 – 10.30 4 Questions and Answers

10.30 – 11.00 5 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30 6 The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 • Mrs. Marina SCHNEIDER, Senior UNIDROIT Conventions: two Officer – International Institute for complementary instruments the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

11.30 – 12.00 7 ICOM’s support in fighting • Mr. Raphael ROIG, Programmes illicit traffic in Central and Officer – the International Council of Eastern Europe Museums (ICOM)

12.00 – 12.20 8 The work of the UNODC on • Mrs. Citlalin CASTANEDA DE LA the illicit trafficking in MORA, Associate Legal Officer – cultural property United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

12.20 – 12.40 9 Confidentiality Level : • Mr. Toni BENI, Vice Commissar National Action Plan For the Specialist of National Central Bureau Prevention and Fight of INTERPOL Tirana, Albania Against Trafficking of Works of Art and Culture in Albania

12.40 – 13.00 10 Questions and Answers

13.00 – 14.30 11 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.30 12 Transportation to the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE

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7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013

15.30 – 17.30 13 Guided tour at the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE (see http://rigasbirza.lv/en/home)

17.30 – 21.00 14 Free time in Riga

21.00 15 Transportation back to the hotel

End of day 2

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7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe Jurmala, Latvia, 8 – 10 October 2013

Day 3: 10 October 2013 Time Item N° Subject Speaker

09.00 – 09.20 1 Historical Heritage Squad – • Carlos Emilio UBADA GOMEZ, Jefe CNP – Spain de Grupo Operativo – Patrimonio Historico

09.20 – 09.45 2 The International • Mr. Raphael ROIG, Programmes Observatory on Illicit Traffic Officer – the International Council of in Cultural Goods Museums (ICOM)

09.45 – 10.15 3 ARCHEO Network • Mr. Laurent PINOT, Technical presentation Attaché – Regional Intelligence Liaison Office Western Europe (RILO WE), Germany

10.15 – 10.30 4 Questions and Answers

10.30 – 11.00 5 Coffee Break

11.00 – 11.30 6 Operation COLOSSEUM • Mr. Laurent PINOT, Technical Attaché – Regional Intelligence Liaison Office Western Europe (RILO WE), Germany

11.30 – 12.00 7 Preventing the illicit trade in • Mr. Martin WILSON, General cultural property – the role of Counsel, Art Business – Christie’s the auction house London, United Kingdom

12.00 – 12.15 8 Questions and Answers

12.15 – 13.00 9 Press conference

13.00 – 14.30 10 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.00 11 The possible role of • Mr. Fabrizio PANONE, Criminal INTERPOL in the fight against Intelligence Officer - INTERPOL’s counterfeit art General Secretariat – Works of Art Unit

15.00 – 16.00 12 Discussion and adoption of conclusions

16.00 – 16.30 13 Coffee break

16.30 – 17.00 14 Discussion and adoption of conclusions Closing session and ceremony

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