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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

officiel oppening 9.00am - 10.30pm

speakers

Michel SAPPIN

President of the Association of Local Authority Ombudsmen - France

Christelle LARDEUX-COIFFARD

1st Deputy Minister, Deputy Minister for Active Solidarity and Women's Rights - France

Gilles LEROY

Vice-President of the Maine-et-Loire Departmental Council - France

Constance NEBBULA

Vice-President of the Pays de la Loire Region - France

Claire HEDON

Defender of rights - France

Christian LEYRIT

President of the Commission National du Débat Public, Ombudsman (2013-2018), Ombudsman for the Charente-Maritime Departmental Council - France

Serge CHARBONNEAU

Strategic advisor Equijustice - Canada

PLENARY 11.00am - 12.30pm - Mediation as a lever in the fight against discrimination and for equality

Thematic 1: Mediation as a lever in the fight against discrimination and for equality

In the fight against discrimination, mediation is one of the options chosen by a number of equality bodies to provide answers to the people who turn to them. The plenary session, which will bring together bodies from Belgium, France, Quebec and Colombia, will provide an opportunity for an initial discussion on the strengths and limitations of the use of mediation, in the broadest sense, in discrimination cases. What institutional strategies have been implemented in this area, for what types of discrimination situations?

moderator

Néphèli YATROPOULOS

Advisor on European and international affairs to the Défenseure des droits, also in charge of coordinating issues relating to “Gens du voyage” (Gipsy Travellers) at national level for the institution, and conducts forward-looking work for the DDD on fundamental rights in the context of environmental issues - France

speakers

Claire HEDON

Defender of rights - France

Patrick CHARLIER

Director of UNIA, President of Equinet and alternate member of the Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire - Belgium

Philippe-André TESSIER

President of the Commission of Human Rights and Youth Rights of Québec (Commission) since February 28, 2019, Former Vice-President responsible for the Charter mandate since December 2017, Former President of the Société québécoise d'information juridique (SOQUIJ) - Québec

Carolina VERGEL TOVAR

National Director for the Promotion of Human Rights of the Colombian Ombudsman - Colombia

round table 1.30 pm - 3 pm - Mediation as close as possible to victims of discrimination

Thematic 1: Mediation as a lever in the fight against discrimination and for equality

Acting in mediation as close as possible to victims of discrimination in the Loire region. The joint intervention of the Défenseur des droits and its institutional and association partners is aimed at preventing and remedying discriminatory practices at local level. The aim is to enable the people concerned and those who support them to become better acquainted with non-discrimination law and to be informed of the various levers for action available, in particular mediation, but also to reveal systemic differences in treatment in order to prevent them more effectively. The aim of this round table is to discuss the inspiring schemes put in place in the region, to gain a better understanding of the role of mediation in this area, what it can do for the people concerned and to compare the views of these different partners.

moderator

Clémence RICHARD-PARRET

Head of the Brittany and Pays-de-La-Loire Regional Unit at the French Human Rights Defender - France

speakers

Mariline LEPICIER

Rights Defender delegate in the Roseraie priority district - MJD d'Angers - France

Marine GUERIN

In charge of public action to prevent and combat discrimination within the Nantes and Nantes Métropole Equality Department - France

Océane GUDEFIN LEGRAND

Angers University - France

Stéphanie BRUNET

CSR and Anti-Discrimination Employment Project Manager - France

round table 1.30 pm - 3 pm - Teaching mediation

Thematic 3: Generate trust to promote mediation

Learning to mediate at school in the form of peer mediation for minor conflicts between peers has existed since the early 1980s in the United States. Since then, it has developed in many countries, with specific organisation and implementation. During this round table, several programmes from three different European countries, Great Britain, Poland and France, will be described. For each project, the historical context, the project itself, using specific examples, and the evaluation will be discussed.

moderator

Marianne SOUQUET

Independent mediator and trainer - France

great witness

Catherine MOALIC

Academic Director of National Education Services (DASEN) for Finistère - France

speakers

Dominique WEBER

President of the National Association of Mediators (ANM), mediator and co-author of books - France

Vivien DAVID

Magistrate of the judiciary, member of the legal department of the Constitutional Council - France

Marzena KORZONEK

Judge, President of the District Court in Raciborz, Poland. Co-founder of the "Legal Education Center" and coordinator for legal education at the District Court in Raciborz Member of the European Association of Judge. Member of the European Association of Judges For Mediation GEMME

Victoria HARRIS

Deputy Chief Executive of the Civil Mediation Council and Director of Mediation Hertfordshire, Member of the Jury for the National Mediation Awards 2022, also sits on the Mediation Standards Board - UK

round table 1.30 pm - 3 pm - Preventing or remedying social and economic crises in the company

Thematic 2: Mediation, a lever for companies to use to overcome crises

Global upheaval, the health crisis and international competition have been impacting the company for several years. The tensions it is undergoing are hardening commercial relations, the Quality of Life and Working Conditions. Can mediation help to prevent and calm corporate disputes, whether at work or in the commercial sphere, and facilitate the amicable resolution of differences that arise in the day-to-day life of organisations? Does mediation in the service of companies have a place in the future in the development of social peace and projects, and in the improvement of human relations in order to respond positively to today's human and economic challenges?

moderator

Patricia MALBOSC

President of Planet'Mediation and corporate mediator - France

great witness

Claude DUFAUR

Doctor of Law, former General Counsel of ENGIE, currently President of the Bobigny Commercial Court - France

speakers

Franck RAIMBAULT

Director of Employment Law at Air France - France

Massimiliano FERRARI

Chartered accountant, mediator and founder of Ferrari & Associati. He is the creator of an experiential and behavioral method designed to address and manage conflict constructively. International speaker and trainer - Italy

Stéphanie SALEN

State administrator, in charge of internal mediation at the General Directorate of Public Finance, Ministry of the Economy and Finance - France

Orit ASNIN

Independent mediator and expert in professional and interpersonal conflict management in Tel Aviv & Haifa - Israel

PLENARY 3.30 pm - 5 pm - Mediation, a lever for companies to use to overcome crises

Thematic 2: Mediation, a lever for companies to use to overcome crises

Mediation is not just an amicable way of resolving disputes, it is first and foremost a means of clarifying needs, understanding the issues and anticipating difficulties. At a time when companies are facing a multiplicity of crises - economic, financial, social, environmental - the practice of mediation offers them far richer and more beneficial feedback than litigation, and the possibility of turning pitfalls into development opportunities.

moderator

Bertrand DELCOURT

Lawyer and mediator, President of the Teaching Center for the Amicable Methods (CEMA) and member of the National Mediation Council (CNM) - France

great witness

Pierre PELOUZET

Mediator for companies - Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty - France

speakers

Dominique WEBER

President of the National Association of Mediators (ANM), mediator and co-author of books - France

Frédéric VISNOVSKY

National Credit Mediator of the Bank of France - France

Eric BATTISTONI

Legal Director of the PPG AC industrial group - France

Linda BENRAÏS

Affiliate Professor at ESSEC Business School, Director of the Governance and Conflict Resolution Programs at IRENE, assessor judge and mediator - France

round table 5.30 pm - 7 pm - Mediation and migration crisis

Thematic 5: Reducing tensions in the world, the power of mediation

Discussions will focus on the role of mediation as an essential approach to dealing with the tensions generated by the migration of people in general and at international borders in particular. The different approaches of each of the speakers in this field will aim to provide strategies, tools and ways of resolving the conflicts linked to these processes. There will be plenty of opportunity for debate between the speakers and the audience, to ensure a diversity of viewpoints and approaches to the complexity of a situation that involves responsibility and work on the part of all social and institutional agents.

moderator

Pepa GONZALEZ

Defender of the town of Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Catalonia - Spain

speakers

Pablo CERIANI CERNADAS

Independent Expert of the United Nations Committee on Migrants' Rights - Argentina

Sylvie FAVIER

Administrative Magistrate and senior civil servant from 1983 to 2023 and Mediator appointed by the administrative courts since November 2023 - France

Miguel ANGEL ALZATE

Mediator for the city of Barranquilla - Colombia

round table 5.30 pm - 7 pm - Mediation against discrimination in employment

Thematic 1: Mediation as a lever in the fight against discrimination and for equality

Discrimination can occur at any stage of a person's working life: in access to training, a work placement, a job, in employment or at the end of an employment relationship. Long seen as an issue that naturally lends itself to litigation, discrimination is increasingly being addressed through mediation. As well as being a way of resolving disputes, mediation is also seen as a means of changing practices. Bringing together legal practitioners, academics and employer representatives, this round table will provide an opportunity to discuss professional practices and the possibilities and limits of mediation in situations of discrimination in employment.

moderator

Slimane LAOUFI

Head of the DDD Normandie-Centre-Val-de-Loire regional unit, Master's degree in law and DESS in European law and European law in 1991, Former head of the “Employment, private goods and services” unit in the “Protection of rights - Judicial affairs” directorate within the DDD from 2006 to 2020, Lawyer at the European Parliament for 13 years, Former “Diversity and anti-discrimination” advisor in the office of the Minister Delegate for Equality between women and men, Elisabeth Moreno from 2020 to 2021 - France

speakers

Marie MERCAT-BRUNS

University Professor of Private Law at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM) and founding member of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law - France/USA

Maître Dominique Retourné

Lawyer specialising in employment law, mediator, supervisor and analyst of mediators' professional practices - France

Marie AIMEE PEYRON

President of the association ‘A Compétence Egale’ - France

Frédérik Millet

Mediation officer in the ‘discrimination in the private sector’ unit since 2011 at the Défenseur des droits. Since 2000, ‘listener’ at ‘114’, a national telephone hotline to fight racial discrimination, then since 2004 Investigator at the HALDE (Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l'Egalité) - France

round table 5.30 pm - 7 pm - Mediations and conflicts of use of public space

Theamatic 4: Mediations: access to rights, public space, child protection. Tensions in public services

The Territorial Mediator grapples with the difficult balance of the use of the Mayor's police powers: developing mediation to prevent and calm conflicts over the use of public space: - How to accommodate recreational activities, guarantee public tranquillity and prevent crime, - How to ensure safety to promote the smooth running of economic activities and the sharing of public space.

moderator

Sandrine SERPENTIER-LINARES

Mediator for the city of Lyon - France

Santiago SERRANO

Mediator for companies - Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty - France

GRAND TéMOIN

speakers

Laurent GIRAUD

Director of the national association France Médiation - France

David BONDIA

Barcelona Grievance Commissioner, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Barcelona and President of the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia - Spain

Jaime Alonzo ZETIEN CASTILLO

General secretary of the Bogota ombudsman - Colombia

Marie-Joëlle CARBONNEAU

Planning Advisor City of Montreal- EMMIS-Prévention, médiation et intervention sociale (PREMIS) - Canada

Luc SIMARD

Mediator and Director of Social Mediation at Équijustice - Canada

round table 5.30 pm - 7 pm - Citizen participation and mediation

Against a backdrop of growing social tensions, the question of how to develop mediation arises. This involves rethinking the role of mediators in the face of varied needs, integrating citizens more fully into the conflict resolution process and identifying ways of widening access to mediation. How can this mediation process be developed for vulnerable and disadvantaged people, so that mediation becomes a real lever for social change?

moderator

Jacques FAGET

Director of Emeritus Research at the CNRS, mediator and trainer - France

speakers

Benoit BOURRAT

Managing Director of the Pimms Médiation national network - France

Cyril SUQUET

Rural councillor in Pas de Calais, Mediator France Travail Hauts-de-France and coordinator of the partnership for the national mediation France Travail - France

Maxence HENRY

Deputy Mayor in charge of the South Angers districts - France

Anne ROBIN

Mediator with the Cité et Médiation association in Rennes - France

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