Day 1 — 30 November 2026

Family Justice Centres and Multi-Agency Working

09.00-09.30
Registration

09.30–09.40
Welcome and Start-Up
Bert Groen, president EFJCA, Marna Carroll, Service Director of Laois Domestic Abuse Service, Pascale Franck, vice-president EFJCA and Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, Adjunct Professor UL, Former CEO of DRCC and member of GREVIO

09.40–09.55
Ministrial address
Minister 0’Callaghan, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Ireland

09.55–10.05
CUAN Perspective
Dr Stephanie O'Keefe

10.05–10.15
Gender-based violence: EU policy context
Maria Popova, Policy Assistant in the Gender Equality unit of DG JUST

10.15-10.25
Local authority
Speaker: Name TBC

10.25-10.35
News from the Convention of Istanbul and other international/European conventions and directives
Marijke Weewauters, senior strategic advisor of the Institute for the Equality for Women and Men

10.35–11.00
Voices from Ireland and the EFJCA Voices network
Mary-Louise Lynch, Founding Director of SiSi – Survivors Informing Services and Institutions and Carine Van Hee, visual artist, speaker and Voice

11.00–11.30
Coffee break

Panel — Family Justice Centres and multi-agency practice
Moderator: Bert Groen

• 11.30–11.45| Family Justice Centre practice — Marie Brown, FJC Foyle
• 11.45–12.00 | Same goal, different paths: multi-agency practice across Europe — Dries Wyckmans, advisor Safe Houses Flemish government
• 12.00–12.15| Voices reflections on multi-agency working — Carine Van Hee, visual artist, speaker and Voice and Mary-Louise Lynch, Founding Director of SiSi – Survivors Informing Services and Institutions
• 12.15–12.30 | Moderated discussion and audience Q&A

12.30–13.45
Lunch break

Working with Perpetrators, Engaging Men and Boys, and Bystander Action

13.45–14.25
Engaging men and boys and working with perpetrators
Sean Cooke, Chief Executive Officer, Men’s Development Network

14.25–15.05
Empowering Bystanders: An all of community response to Ending Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Louise Crowley, Professor in the School of Law and Director of the LLM (Children's Rights and Family Law) at UCC.

15.05–15.35
Coffee break

Panel — Practice and perspectives
Moderator: Christine Lodge, CEO Safe Ireland

• 15.35–15.50 | Optimizing the potential for sustainable behaviour change in work with Perpetrators - John Doyle, Independent Consultant and Psychotherapist
• 15.50–16.05 | Who Can a Man Call Before the Violence Escalates? - Alessandra Paunzc, director European Network Work with Perpetrators
• 16.05–16.20 | ... - Detective Chief Superintendent Thelma Watters TBC
• 16.20–16.45 | Moderated discussion and audience Q&A

16.45-17.00
Closing reflections: Michelle Walsh, CEO MOVE Ireland
Bert Groen, Marna Carroll and Pascale Franck