European Commission : The Gasperi meeting room (Charlemagne building)
rue de la loi 170, 1000 Brussels

8 AM: Reception and registration

9.30 AM: Introductive and welcome adress

• Maria-Anna Paraskeva, Senior Policy Officer, European Commission, DG EMPL
• Edwin de Boevé, Director of Dynamo International

9.45-11 AM: FIRST ROUND TABLE: The Globalisation of poverty: fatality or a social project?

Animation: Edwin De Boevé, Dorector of Dynamo International

Speakers:

• Testimony of a young on poverty
• Jana Hainsworth, Eurochild Secretary General (about Child Poverty)
• Christine Mahy, Walloon Poverty Reduction Network
• Khaled M.A. Quzman, DEI Palestine, Director
• Moussa Sow, Africa Regional Coordinator of Dynamo International – Street Workers network
• Pierre Galand, President of Laïcité et Humanisme en Afrique Centrale asbl (LHAC)

 11-11.15 AM: break

11.15 AM – 12.15 PM: SECOND ROUND TABLE: Social street work, a social response to social problems?

Animation: Cis Dewaele, SAM vzw

Speakers:

• Wim Van Lancker, researcher: wimvanlancker.be
• Anne Sophie Fontaine, President of Fédération Laïque de l’Aide à la Jeunesse (FLAJ)
• Luis Enrique Hernández, Director of El Caracol A. C. (Mexico)
• Bernard Devos, General Delegate for Children’s Rights
• Philippon Toussaint, President of the Community Youth Support Council

12.30-1.30 PM: CLOSING AND CONCLUSIONS of « Words from the street » forum

Animation: David Lallemand, Communication Advisor to the General Delegate of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation for Children’s Rights

• Speaking up for social street workers – Findings and Recommendations
• Speaking up for the youth – Findings and Recommendations

Reactions:

• Ruth Paserman, Director DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at European Commission, Deputy Director-General – Funds, Fair Transition and Analysis – Funds: Programming and Implementation (EMPL.G)
• Valérie Glatigny, Minister for Youth Aid in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
• Wouter Beke, Flemish Minister for Welfare
• Saskia Bricmont, Member of the European Parliament

1.30-3 PM: Lunch