programme programme

project lead Thursday, 26. 2. 2015 Friday, 27. 2. 2015

Moderation: Jochen Butt-Posnik Moderation: Jochen Butt-Posnik
SPORTUNION Österreich
Falkestraße 1, 1010 Wien
Phone: +43 (0) 1 – 513 77 14 9.00– 9.15 Arrival
10.00 Press conference invitation only
office@sportunion.at With Dr. Sophie Karmasin, Austrian ­Federal
9.15– 9.30 Welcome to the second day
­Minister of Families and Youth
www.sportunion.at Jochen Butt-Posnik
until 11.00 Arrival and accreditation
9.30– 10.30 Summary and prospects of the
project partners
11.00– 11.30 Introduction project / Discussion
Edge Hill University | uk Recommendations from Sport respects
Jochen Butt-Posnik
Italian Aerobic and Fitness Federation your rights
My story Dr. Bettina Rulofs and Anno Kluß,
Campaign Against Homophobia | pl
Gloria Viseras, former professional athlete German Sport University Cologne
NOC*NSF | Dutch Olympic
Committee * Dutch Sports Federation 11.30– 12.00 Opening
1o.30– 11.00 Coffee break
DJK Sports Youth | de Brigitte Luggin, Official representation
German Sport University Cologne of the EU in Austria
11.00– 11.15 Safe Sport International – an
Hartwig Löger, President of SPORTUNION Austria
German Sports Youth end to violence against athletes?
Dr. Sophie Karmasin, Austrian Federal Minister
Austrian Athletics Federation Prof. Celia Brackenridge, Brunel University
for Families and Youth
ENGSO Youth | eu
12.00– 12.20 Harassment and abuse in sport: 11.15– 12.15 Panel discussion: Policy and
What research tells us empowerment – Creating a safe
Prof. Em. Celia Brackenridge, Brunel University sport environment
Moderator: Jochen Butt-Posnik
12.20– 12.35 My mission
Ulrike Lunacek
Charlie Webster, TV presenter and campaigner
Vice President of the European Parliament
12.35– 12.50 What do you think? Heinz K. Becker
Meike Schröer and Anno Kluß, Member of the European Parliament
German Sport ­University Cologne
Dr. Sophie Karmasin
12.50– 13.05 Sport respects your rights – Austrian Federal Minister of Families and Youth
Project overview Yves Le Lostecque
final conference
supported by Agnes Kainz, SPORTUNION Austria Head of Sport Unit, ­Directorate General
Jan Holze, ENGSO Youth Education and Culture, European Commission

13.05– 14.00 Lunch break Marja Routanen

University of Vienna, Kleiner Festsaal (1st floor) Director of Human Dignity and ­Equality,
Guided walk to the location, ca. 500m ­Directorate General of Democracy, Council ­
14.00– 15.20 Exhibition of the youth campaigns of Europe
Guided walk back to Haus der EU Robert Biedron
General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT
15.20– 15.50 Beginning with oneself people towards the Parliamentary Assembly
Knowledge, understanding and the of the Council of Europe
This publication has been produced with the
prevention of child sexual exploitation Anne Tiivas
­financial support of the DAPHNE III Programme and abuse in European sport Director of Child Protection in Sport Unit,
2011/2012 of the European Union. The ­contents Dr. Mike Hartill, Edge Hill University National Society for the Pre­vention of Cruelty Empowering young Europeans
of this publication are the sole responsibility to Children in sport for a culture of respect and
15.50– 16.30 Insights on project
of the project network Sport respects your rights
implementation Jan Holze integrity — against sexualised
and can in no way be taken to ­reflect the views Vice Chairman of German Sports Youth
of the European Commission.
From the coordinators’ perspectives violence and gender harassment
Representatives of the partner organisations 12.15–12.30 Closing of the conference
Presentation of the Sport respects your rights
16.30– 17.00 Coffee break
w w w.sport-respects-your-rights.eu project publication
programme
17.00– 17.45 Stories from grass roots level Jochen Butt-Posnik
Representatives of the local participating clubs
12.30–13.30 Lunch snack and departure
sport
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17.45– 18.00 Closing Final Conference
Jochen Butt-Posnik 26  +  27 February 2015
18.30–21.00 Dinner reception Vienna
Hosted by the Austrian Ministry of
Families and Youth | Restaurant Hansen,
The conference will be held in English Haus der EU
Wipplingerstraße 34, 1010 Vienna Haus der EU: Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Vienna
Opposite the conference venue Tram 1, D, 71 Börse | Subway U2 Schottentor www.sport-respects-your-rights.eu
 speakers speakers speakers speakers

Gloria Viseras Meike Schröer Dr. Bettina Rulofs Marja Routanen

Former professional athlete
1980 Spanish national champion in
artistic gymnastics; Moscow 1980
­Olympian; survivor of child sexual
abuse in elite gymnastics in Spain.
Gloria Viseras
My story
Thursday, 11:00
Dr. Sophie Karmasin
Federal Minister of Families
and Youth, Austria
Dr. Sophie Karmasin is the patroness
of the final conference of Sport respects
your rights.
Dr. Sophie Karmasin
Press Conference
Thursday, 10:00
Opening
Thursday, 11:30
Panel Discussion
Friday, 11:15
Hartwig Löger
President of Sportunion Austria first Austrian politician to be open about
Hartwig Löger is CEO of UNIQA
­Österreich AG.
Hartwig Löger
Opening
Thursday, 11:30
Prof. Celia Brackenridge
Brunel University, London Heinz K. Becker
Celia Brackenridge has worked in gen­
der equity and harassment research and
prevention in sport for the past thirty
years, specialising in sexual abuse and
Prof. Em. Celia
child protection. She was awarded the
Brackenridge OBE
Harassment and Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
abuse in sport: 2012 Queen’s New ­Year’s Honours and
What research tells us
now co-chairs Safe Sport International,
Thursday, 12:00 Project overview
a new NGO for p­ revention of violence
in sport.
Charlie Webster
TV presenter and campaigner,
Great Britain
British TV presenter Charlie Webster
is an ambassador of Women’s Aid and
is a member of the UK government’s
Charlie Webster
­Ministry of Justice advisory panel.
My mission
Thursday, 12:20 Charlie campaigns extensively around
domestic violence issues and has been
honoured at a House of Commons
­reception for her work.
German Sport University Cologne,
Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies
Meike Schröer is a lecturer at the German
Sport University in Cologne. Since 2010
she instructs and supports sport organisa­
Meike Schröer
tions to set up Child Protection and Safe­
What do you think?
Thursday, 12:35 guarding Policies. She is a mediator and
systemic coach by profession.
Anno Kluß
German Sport University Cologne,
Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies
Anno Kluß contributed to Sport respects
your rights with approved concepts of
intercultural communication in sports, as
Anno Kluß
well as external evaluation of the educa­
What do you think?
Thursday, 12:35 tional process. Facilitating international
trainings is one part of Kluß’ wide-ranged
portfolio on intercultural learning.
Agnes Kainz
Project ­Manager of Sport respects your
rights, SPORTUNION Austria
Agnes Kainz initiated the project Sport
respects your rights for SPORTUNION
­Österreich and is working there as project
Agnes Kainz
manager. She has conceived and coordi­
Project overview
Thursday, 12:50 nated numerous transnational network
projects in the European sport and youth
sector since 2010.
Jan Holze
ENGSO Youth; dsj | German Sports Youth
Jan Holze is Chairman of ENGSO Youth
(Youth organisation of the European
Non-Governmental Sport Organisation)
as well as Vice Chair of German Sports
Jan Holze
Youth (dsj | Deutsche Sportjugend); both
organisations have a focus on children’s
Thursday, 12:50
Panel discussion rights in their work.
Friday, 11:15
Dr. Mike Hartill
Edge Hill University
Mike Hartill is the coordinator for Edge
Hill University, or Sport Respects Your
Rights UK. He lectures in the sociology
of sport and researches the sexual abuse
Dr. Mike Hartill
of children in sport and the systems
Beginning with ­
one­self: Knowledge, ­developed to safeguard athletes’ welfare.
understanding
and prevention of
child sexual exploi­
tation and abuse
in Euro­pean sport
Thursday, 15:20
German Sport University Cologne,
Institute of Sociology and Gender Studies
Dr. Bettina Rulofs is a senior lecturer at
the German Sport University. She is a
member of the National Working Group
Dr. Bettina Rulofs
on Child Protection in Sport and leads
Summary and
prospects of the a research project on safeguarding
project ­children funded by the German Ministry
Friday, 9:30 of Education and Science.
Ulrike Lunacek
Vice President of the European
Parliament, The Greens/EFA, Austria
Ulrike Lunacek has been a member of the
European Parliament (Greens/Austria)
since 2009; she is a member of the Com­
Mag.a Ulrike Lunacek
mittee on Foreign Affairs and Substitute
Panel discussion
Friday, 11:15 in the
Committee on Civil Liberties,
­Justice and Home Affairs and co-president
of the LGBTI Intergroup of the European
Parliament. In 1995/1996 she was the
her lesbian sexual orientation.
Heinz K. Becker
Member of the European Parliament
As a member of the Committee on Em­
ployment and Social Affairs and a former
member of the Committee on Culture and
Education, Heinz K. Becker has always
regarded the issues of fair play, tolerance,
Panel discussion
equal opportunities, social inclusion and
Friday, 11:15
intercultural dialogue as central points
in his political endeavour.
Yves Le Lostecque
Head of Sport Unit, Directorate ­General
Education and Culture (DG EAC),
­European Commission
Yves Le Lostecque joined the Commission
in 1993 where he worked as a lawyer in DG
Yves Le Lostecque
Internal market. He was then responsible
Panel discussion
Friday, 11:15 for inter-institutional issues in DG EAC
and served as the assistant of two Direc­
tors General. Since 2013 he is Head of the
Sport Unit (DG EAC).
Director of Human Dignity and
­Equality within the ­Directorate General
of Democracy, Council of Europe
Marja Routanen has held several posi­
tions in the Council of Europe since
Marja Routanen
1990. In her current role she is respon­
Panel discussion
Friday, 11:15 sible for Violence against Women, Traf­
ficking in Human Beings, Children’s
Rights, Gender Equality, Sexual Orien­
tation and Gender Identity issues, as
well as Anti-Discrimination and Sport.
Robert Biedron
Mayor of Słupsk, Poland, and General
Rapporteur of Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe
As a founder and long-time president of
the Campaign against homophobia in
Robert Biedron
Poland, one of the most successful LGBTI
Panel discussion
Friday, 11:15 rights groups in Central and Eastern
Europe, Robert Biedron was an active
member of the Parliamentary ­A s­sembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE) and
elected as the general rapporteur on
LGBT issues. In December 2014 he was
elected as Mayor of the city of Słupsk.
Anne Tiivas
Director of Child Protection in Sport
Unit, National Society for the Pre­
vention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Anne Tiivas manages the Child Protec­
tion in Sport Unit of the National Society
Anne Tiivas
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Panel discussion
Friday, 11:15 (NSPCC) which provides safeguarding
support to over 200 sports bodies in the
UK, among them the Sport respects your
rights project partners in the UK.
Jochen Butt-Posnik
Die Zusammen­denker
As a moderator and project coordinator,
Jochen Butt-Posnik has been involved in
a number of European projects on youth,
participation, sports and integration. He
Jochen Butt-Posnik
works in various educational and social
Moderation
fields in ­Germany and all over Europe.