VSE Annual Conference 2022 | Registration is open!
Victim Support Malta and Victim Support Europe are delighted to welcome you to the Victim Support Europe 2022 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting – The Age of Resilience.
The Conference will take place at Urban Valley Resort in Kappara, which is a very central and quaint area in Malta, on the 11th and 12th of May 2022, preceded by the Annual General Meeting on the 10th of May.
COVID-19 has profoundly affected society and caused immense victimisation across the globe. The economic consequences of the pandemic are expected to be dire. The World Bank has estimated COVID-19 will cause the fourth-worst global recession in the past 150 years, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated a global contraction of 4.9 percent, the worst downturn since the Great Depression. This impact will be realised through a variety of channels. Disruptions to production will affect supply chains and global trade. The majority of businesses and organisations, regardless of size, are facing declines in revenue, insolvencies, and job losses. This has caused an environment of stress and duress within families and the society at large.
In these unprecedented times it is crucial that we think about our own, our families’ and our communities’ resilience. Keeping this in mind, the ‘VSE Annual Conference 2022’ will feature varied topics under the theme of resilience, including conflict, intolerance and the role of the victim support community during the time of COVID-19, victims and their victimisation, oppression, injustice and empowerment during a pandemic, displacement and rehabilitation of victims, amongst others.
The discussion aims at highlighting the ways to achieve resilience, individual, social, and structural, by sharing resilience strategies and approaches to contain systemic threats.
Please visit the conference website for more information and registration.
Practical information for members
1.Agenda
The provisional agenda is the following:
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING | 10 May 2022
- 13:00 – 14:00 Welcome lunch at Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta
Address: Old Hospital Street, Valletta, VLT 1645, Malta - 14:00 – 18:00 Annual General Meeting at Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta
- 20:00 Dinner for members (free)
Address: TBC
CONFERENCE DAY 1 | 11 May 2022
- 9:00 – 17:30 1st Day of the Annual Conference at Urban Valley Resort in Kappara
Address: Triq Wied Ghollieqa, Kappara, SGN4437 Malta - 20:00 Social event (TBC)
CONFERENCE DAY 2 | 12 May 2022
- 9:00 – 17:30 2nd Day of the Annual Conference at Urban Valley Resort in Kappara
- 20:00 Gala dinner
2.Registration
Registration is now open! For more information on the registration fees and the conference programme please visit the conference website: https://2022.vse-conference.eu/
Register now by using the following link: https://vse-form.typeform.com/to/iZa2Qx53
3.Funding
For these events we have available funding from our Operating Grant budget 2022 to cover the travel costs up to a maximum amount of 550 EURO per representative for the flight and two-night accommodation.
This contribution will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis with a priority for full members (maximum one representative per member organisation / VSE Executive Board members’ travel costs are covered through another budget vote).
Please apply for the funding by 8th March 2022 latest if you wish to be considered for this subsidy. In order to be considered for reimbursement or any finance issues, please send a separate email to the following address: finance@victimsupporteurope.eu.
In order the members to be eligible for reimbursements of travel costs, they should provide all supporting documents related to the claimed costs (proper invoices for flight and hotel costs, boarding passes, other receipts) and sign the reimbursement form prepared by Victim Support Europe. Please inform us before making any bookings as the reimbursements will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Please note that we will not be able to reimburse costs if the requested supporting documents are not provided within the deadlines set by VSE after the event.
We kindly ask participatory members to arrange their own accommodation and travel. Please find a link to reserve a room with a discount rate at the conference venue Urban Valley Resort in Kappara here.
The standard online selling rate is €105 per night. The discounted rate when using the PROMO CODE: ‘VSE’ is €82 per night. Please note that the discounted rate is valid until 28th February 2022.
If you prefer to stay somewhere else, a list of other nearby accommodations is available on our website: https://2022.vse-conference.eu/practical-info/other-nearby-accommodations/
VSE Executive Board and Secretariat look forward to seeing you in Malta this May!
