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, Marna Carroll, Pascale Franck and Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, Adjunct Professor UL , Former CEO of DRCC and member of GREVIO

09.40–09.55
Address by the Minister of Justice, Ireland
Minister 0’Callaghan

09.55–10.05
Address by CUAN
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
The Istanbul Convention
Marijke Weewauters Institute for Equality between Women and Men

10.35–11.00
Voices from Ireland and the EFJCA Voices network
Mary-Louise Lynch, SiSi, collective of women survivors of intimate partner violence and Carine Van Hee

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 and Mary Louise Lynch
• 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: Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop

• 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 | TBC
• 16.20–16.45 | Moderated discussion and audience Q&A

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