Programme

Conference Language: The conference will be held in English language.

Real-time captioning during all plenary sessions and selected workshops will be provided. Other accessibility needs can be also accommodated, including Albanian Sign Language Interpretation, upon request and Albanian language for the local participant.

Conference Venue: Tirana International Hotel & Conference Center, Sheshi Skënderbej 8, Tirana 1001, Albania.

Thursday 8th June 2023

08:00 - 08:45	Registrations
08:45 - 09:30	Welcoming Remarks Moderator: Maya Doneva, EASPD Emanuela Zaimi, Down Syndrome Albania Albanian government representative Representative of UNICEF Jim Crowe, EASPD
09:30 - 10:00	Keynote speeches: Professor Milica Pejović-Milovančević, University of Belgrade Emily Vargas-Barón, RISE Institute
10:00 - 11:10	1^st Panel: ECI principles in practice Moderator: Maya Doneva, EASPD (TBC) Setting the scene: Irene Bertana, EASPD, Key principles of family-centred ECI, according to the EASPD position paper “Family-centred ECI: The best start in life” The principles in practice: Agapi Papadaki, Amimoni, Greece Miguel Valles, CECD Mir Sintra, Portugal (TBC) Maria Kastanis, University of Illinois, US Representative of World Vision Albania 10 min. Q&A
11:10 - 11:40	Coffee Break
11:40 - 13:15	2^nd Panel: Building and strengthening national ECI systems Moderator: UNICEF Regional Office for ECA Setting the scene: Camille Roux, COFACE Families Europe UNICEF Regional Office for ECA and Flavia Shehu, DSA Looking for solutions: Organisation and provision of ECI services across countries Dr. Anneke Kesler – Koppe, Municipality of Amsterdam (TBC), The Netherlands, Teresa Nunes Marques, Great Lisbon Commissioner of the Ministry of labour and social security (TBC), Portugal Rusudan Bochorishvili (TBC), Georgia Representative of the Government (TBC), Serbia Eglantina Likaj, Help the Life Association (TBC), Albania 10 min Q&A
13:15 - 14:15	Lunch Break
14:15 - 15:45	Workshops on policies and practices
15:45	End of Day 1
19:30	Conference Dinner

Friday 9th June 2023

09:00 - 10:30	3^rd panel: ECI in the context of emergency and displacement Moderator: UNICEF or EASPD Setting the scene: Anna Kukuruza Representative of ECDUR project Looking for solutions: Adapting ECI in the context of emergency and displacement Dzherelo Centre, Ukraine Uliana Tokarieva, Deputy Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Ukrainian government Karin Dom, Bulgaria (TBC) Moldova (or Czech Republic or Slovakia) 10 min Q&A
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00	4^th panel: How to use existing policy and financial instruments to advance ECI in Europe Moderator: Thomas Bignal, EASPD Setting the scene: EU instruments in support of ECI Representative of the EU Commission, DG Employment Representative of the EU Commission, DG Reform Representative of UNICEF Reflections of the panel: What is the way forward? Katarina Ivankovic, EU Commission (TBC) Representative of UNICEF Milan Brglez, Member of the European Parliament (TBC) Catherine Naughton, European Disability Forum (TBC)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30	Workshops on policies and practices
15:30 - 16:00	Concluding Remarks Maya Doneva, EASPD Emanuela Zaimi, Down Syndrome Albania (TBC) Representative of UNICEF Jim Crowe, EASPD
16:00	End of Day 2

List of workshops and trainings

Workshops on policies	Tools for early detection: developmental monitoring through primary health care system and the case of ECI work with communities and nurseries ECI Situation analysis, lessons learnt from UNICEF and the case of North Macedonia ECDUR – documentaries / action plans (TBD) Roadmaps to national ECI system building and the lesson learned through the ECI Greece project policy journey
Workshops on practices	Trauma-informed approaches The use of Person-Centred Technologies in ECI Routine-based Intervention & home visiting Parental and ECI staff burnout, definition and strategies for preventing it Training parents: the Denver model by Help the Life association and “Now & Next” by Plumtree Learning