Agenda

Greeting message

Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin

Welcome and introoduction

Micha Klapp, State Secretary for Labour and Gender Equality, SenASGIVA, Berlin

Keynote by ...

Dr. Jan Cremers, independent expert on the Management Board of the European Labour Authority (ELA) and visiting scholar at Tilburg Law School, Netherlands

What strategies does Europe have?

In dialogue with Gaby Bischoff, Member of the European Parliament

In conversation with ...

• Kateryna Danilova, Sector Coordinator & Consultant, European Migrant Workers Union & Fair Mobility
• Sascha Lübbe, journalist and author of the book “At the bottom of the system”
• Alia Schwelling, Forced Labour Officer, Berlin Advice Centre for Migration and Decent Work (BEMA)

• Dr. Cosmin Boiangiu, Executive Director European Labour Authority (ELA)
• Dr. Kari Johnstone, Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Micha Klapp, State Secretary for Labour and Gender Equality, SenASGIVA, Berlin
• Martin Oelz, Specialist at the Working Conditions and Gender Equality Department of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Lilian Tschan, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Online, in English

Lab 1: Which challenges, but also good practice examples exist in Europe?

This lab aims to shed light on fundamental aspects and challenges in the context of labour exploitation in order to understand its impact on workers and society and to counteract it with good approaches.

INPUTS FROM:

• Dr. Norbert Cyrus, researcher at the Viadrina Centre B/ORDERS IN MOTION
• Peter Van Hauwermeiren, Member of the Council of Europe Group of Experts against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
• Dr. Anne von Oswald, Head of Department at Minor – Project Office for Education and Research

MODERATION: Lejla Medanhodžić, Minor – Project Office for Education and Research, Berlin

on-site, German and English

Lab 2: How can effective victim protection be achieved through good counselling?

We will discuss good practices for supporting victims of labour exploitation, including legal counselling, psychosocial support and the creation of job prospects.

INPUTS FROM:

• Ewa Edström, Ombudswoman, Fastighetsanställdas Förbund (Union of Employees in the Real Estate Industry), Sweden
• Ernesta Rousseva, Chief Expert, Secretariat of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Bulgaria
• Alia Schwelling, Forced Labour Officer, Berlin Advice Centre for Migration and Decent Work (BEMA)

MODERATION: Nicola Meyer, Head of the Migration and Decent Work Department (Berlin), Arbeit und Leben Berlin-Brandenburg

on-site, German and English

Lab 3: How do criminal prosecution and asset recovery work?

We will address the criminal law dimension of labour exploitation in this lab. It will focus on the work of the investigating authorities, supervisory bodies and the process of asset recovery.

INPUTS FROM:

• Sascha Haug, Berlin State Criminal Police Office, Head of the Joint Project Group on Labour Exploitation
• Christine Höfele, Senior Public Prosecutor and contact person at the Berlin public prosecutor's office for human trafficking for labour exploitation
• Dirk Iserloh, Head of Human Trafficking Department at the Federal Criminal Police Office
• Els Martens, Senior Public Prosecutor for Labour Exploitation in the Netherlands

MODERATION: Dubravko Kliska, gsub mbH

on-site, German and English

Lab 4: How should shelters for victims of labour exploitation be organised?

Due to the trauma and threat situations in which victims of labour exploitation often find themselves, the necessary framework conditions for shelters are very complex. The aim of the lab is to discuss what the ideal accommodation for victims of labour exploitation should look like.

INPUTS FROM:

• Manfred Buchner, psychosocial counsellor at MEN VIA – for male victims of human trafficking, Austria
• Frederik Dejonghe, policy officer and legal counsellor at Payoke – NGO against trafficking and exploitation of human beings, Belgium
• Anne-Kathrin Krug, Legal Research Associate, Independent National Rapporteur Mechanism on trafficking in human beings, DIMR

MODERATION: Naile Tanış, Head of Department, Independent National Rapporteur Mechanism on trafficking in human beings, DIMR

In conversation with ...

Sascha Lübbe, journalist and author

• Katja Karger, Chairwoman DGB District Berlin-Brandenburg
• Margrit Zauner, Head of the Labour and Vocational Training Department, SenASGIVA, Berlin
• Stefan Olsson, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission‘s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
• Andreas Schulz, Deputy Managing Director, Confederation of Employers and Business Associations of Berlin and Brandenburg (UVB e. V.)
• Martin Weiland, Special Representative for the Implementation of the Points of Single Contact for Employers, BMAS

Margrit Zauner, Head of the Labour and Vocational Training Department, SenASGIVA, Berlin