EUROPEAN CONFERENCE

3-4 April 2003
Sala Convegni di Porta Castello della Provincia di Roma

Programma
Thursday, 3 April

10:00 – 13:00
Registration

15:00 – 16:00
Opening SESSION
Chairman: H.E. Mr. Antonio Marzano, Minister of Productive Activities, Italy

Mr. Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization
Mr. Timothy Clarke, Head, Democracy and Human Rights, EuropeAid
Cooperation Office, European Commission
Ms. Jacqueline de Rey, Honorary President, United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations (UFTAA)

16:00 - 16:15
Coffee break

16:15 – 18:00
FIRST SESSION: LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND ITS APPLICATION
Chairman: Mr. Luigi Cabrini, Regional Representative for Europe, World Tourism Organization

General Overview on the European legal and policy framework
Ms. Muireann O’Briain, Chief Executive Officer of the Dublin Rape Victims Center,
and Legal Consultant and former Executive Director of ECPAT International

National Legislation

Member of the Justice or Youth Commission of the Italian Parliament
Ms. Renate Gradistanac, MP, Member of the Tourism Committee of the German Bundestag Law enforcement
Mr. Hamish McCulloch, Assistant Director, Trafficking in Human Beings, INTERPOL
Representative of the Federal Department of Justice and Police, Switzerland

Discussion

18:30
Dinner hosted by the Italian Directorate General for Tourism

Friday, 4 April

09:30 – 13:00
SECOND SESSION: CAMPAIGNS, COOPERATION AND NETWORKING
Chairman: H.E. Ms. Stefania Prestigiacomo, Minister of Equal Opportunities, Italy (*)

Overview of the International Campaign against sexual exploitation of children in tourism

Mr. Luigi Cabrini, Regional Representative for Europe, World Tourism Organization

Inter-institutional Cooperation
President, Inter-ministerial Committee for Coordination and Fight against Pedophilia (CICLOPE), Italy

Public-Private Sector Cooperation
Representative of the Ministry of Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
Mr. Aldo Li Castri, Head of International Relations, Federturismo (CONFINDUSTRIA), Italy
Mr. Marco Scarpati, President, ECPAT Italy (*)

11:00 – 11:15
Discussion

11:15 – 11:30
Coffee break

Initiatives of religious institutions
Mgr. Piero Monni, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to WTO

Czech/German border cooperation
State attorney at Czech Ministry of Justice

International assistance to developing countries
Ms. Paola Viero, Central Technical Unit, Directorate General for Development
Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy (*)

The Code of Conduct for the Travel and Tourism Industry
Ms. Camelia Tepelus, Coordinator, Code of Conduct Secretariat

12:45 – 13:00 - Discussion

13:00 – 14:30 - Buffet Lunch

14:30 – 18:00
THIRD SESSION: EDUCATION, TRAINING AND BEST PRACTICES
Chairman: Mr. Gianni Plinio, Coordinator, Tourism Counselors of Italian Regions

14:30 – 16:00
Education and training in tourist generating countries

General Overview of existing education and training programmes for tourism professionals
Ms. Cynthia Messer, Extension Educator and Associate Professor at the
Tourism Centre of the University of Minnesota

Education programmes for universities in France
Prof. François Vellas, University of Social Sciences of Toulouse, France (*)

Training of Tour Operators and Travel Agents

· Ms. Lotta Sand, Manager Responsible Tourism Development and Market Research and Analysis, Fritidsresor Group/TUI Nordic, Sweden

Ms. Perla Goseco, Tourism Coordinator, ECPAT Italy

16:00 – 16:15 - Coffee break

16:15 – 17:30
Best practices

Airlines
Mr. François Brousse, Director of Communications, Air France (*)

Hotels
Ms. Charlotte Thouvard, Corporate Patronage, Sponsorships & Public Relations, ACCOR, France
Ms Lyndall de Marco, Executive Director Youth Career Initiative,
Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, United Kingdom

Travel Agents and Tour Operators
Mr. Leonard Reeb, Managing Director, German Travel Agents & Tour Operators Association (DRV)
Italian Travel Agents & Tour Operators Associations: ASTOI, FIAVET (*), ASSOVIAGGI

17:30 – 17:45
How to become a responsible traveler
Ms. Patricia Barnett, Director, Tourism Concern, United Kingdom

17:45 – 18:00
Closing remarks
H.E. Mr. Stefano Stefani, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Productive Activities, Italy