Preliminary agenda

Day 1

Lunch and registration (12.00- 13.00)

Light meal will be served

13:00 – 13:50 Opening of the conference

Child participation in disaster risk reduction activities (DRR)

  • Ms Vineta Polatside, Senior Adviser, Council of the Baltic Sea Sates (CBSS)
  • Ms Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Senior Adviser & Head of Children at Risk Unit, Council of the Baltic Sea Sates
  • Ms Ana Gabriele Sabancevaite, Teacher, Youth Engagement Consultant

13:50 – 14:00 Break

14:00 – 14.50 Presentation of the guide for involving children in DRR activities

  • Ms Franziska Seufert, Project Coordinator, CBSS
  • Mr Sven Wilson, Policy and Research Assistant, CBSS
  • Secure Kids Youth Working Group

14:50 – 15:20 Coffee Break (30 min)

15:20 – 16:20 Panel – How can children play a meaningful role in strengthening resilience?

  • Ms Liene Jakobsone, Valmiera Municipality, Latvia
  • Ms Riho Juurik, Estonian Defence Forces, Estonia
  • Mr Valtteri Tervala, National Expert, Finland
  • Ms Une Kaunaite, Edu Vilnius, Lithuania

Moderator: Ms Olivia Lind Haldorsson, Head of the Children at Risk unit, CBSS 

16: 20 – 16:30 Break

16.30 – 17.20 Table Top Role-Playing Exercise

  • Secure Kids tabletop game will conclude the first day. The conference participants will be divided into groups and play the game.

17.20 -17.30 End of Day 1

Day 2

09:00 – 09:10 Opening of Day 2

09:10 – 09:50 Inclusive crisis communication: How to communicate with children effectively?

  • Mr Fredrik Barkenhammar, Barkenhammar Strategic Communication
  • Mr Henrik Olinder, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)

09:50-10.00 Break

10:00 – 10:40:An awareness raising campaign for children: Children in DRR activities and crisis communication

  • Ms Ilze Norvaisa, Interactive Youth Association TREPES, Latvia

10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break

11.10 – 12:00 Panel – Inclusive crisis communication with children

  • Ms Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani, Psychosocial Focal Point at MSF Denmark
  • UNDRR/UNICEF/WHO Europe “Youth risk communications challenge” award presentation, Domas Miežetis and  Nojus Dvarijonas, Lithuania
  • Ms Merisade Kuusela,  Kymenlaakso Rescue Department, Finland

Moderator: Mr Andriy Martynenko, Adviser, CBSS

12:10 – 12.40 Communication with children in the war time. UA experience.

  • Ms Elly Reinolds, Operation Aid

12:40 – 13:00 Closing of the conference

13:00 Lunch and farewell