7th Working Meeting on the Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property Stolen in Central and Eastern Europe
Jurmala, Latvia, 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 Riga to the Baltic Beach Hotel in Jurmala, Latvia
19.30 Cocktail reception hosted by Latvian State Police 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 Major 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, Latgale 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 Romanian police 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 Federal Police 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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