In the frame of the EU co-funded project FOSTER – Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through Collaborative Approaches, the Centre for European Constitutional Law, in collaboration with FOSTER project partners, proudly invite you to the FOSTER Final Conference.
The Conference will take place on 21 May 2026 in Athens and in a hybrid format, allowing participation from practitioners and stakeholders across Europe.
Legal professionals and child protection practitioners from Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Hungary will participate in the Conference to exchange insights on challenges, share good practices, and explore opportunities for strengthening support to child victims of crime.
The working languages of the Conference will be Greek and English, with simultaneous interpretation available.
To attend the conference online kindly register here.
Agenda
09:15 – 09:30 | Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 – 09:45 | Welcome remarks
09:45 – 10:00 | FOSTER project: Outputs, results and achievements Natasha Alexopoulou, FOSTER project coordinator, Centre for European Constitutional Law
10:00 – 10:40 | Key note speeches
Xeni Dimitriou, Honorary Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece
Konstantinos Panagos, Assistant Professor, Law School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
10: 40 - 11:00 | Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 | Panel 1 – Safeguarding the Rights of Child Victims of Crime Moderator: Miha Hafner, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana, Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law Ljubljana
Contributions by:
Deja Kozjek, Judge at the Ljubljana Court of Appeal, Slovenia
Elitsa Lingorski, New Bulgarian University's Know-how Center for Alternative Childcare, Bulgaria
Katerina Angelopoulou, Lawyer, SOS Villages Legal Advisor, Greece
Dr. Dorina Csalár, Head of Internet Hotline Department, National Media and Infocommunications Authority, Hungary
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:45 | Panel 2 – Building Safe Communication with Child Victims of Crime Moderator: Agnes Lux, Research Fellow, PhD, ELTE Institute for Legal Studies of the Centre for Social Sciences
Contributions by:
Csilla Naggyőr, Lieutenant colonel, National Police, Hungary
Dr. Mateja Hudoklin, Child clinical psychologist, Slovenia
Sevasti Oikonomou, Head of Children’s House Piraeus, Greece
14:45 – 15:00 | Short Break
15:00 – 15:45 | Panel 3 – Improving Child-Friendly Justice Systems in Practice and Policy Moderator: Natasha Alexopoulou, FOSTER project coordinator, Centre for European Constitutional Law
Contributions by:
Tomislav Toshkov, Attorney's Training Center "Krustyo Tsonchev", Bulgaria
Nicholas Spetsidis, Project coordinator, Union of Women Members’ Associations of Heraklion Prefecture, Greece
15:45 – 16:30 | Discussion and final remarks