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