Welcoming remarks by Tommaso Tabet, Deputy Consul General of Switzerland in Milan 4 December | Preventing torture in the OSCE region: roles, strategies and effective cooperation for change Time 09:00- 10:15 Topics SESSION IV- ADVANCING JOINTLY THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE • Introductory remarks on NPM and CSO cooperation by Barbara Bernath, APT • Comments by: Mari Amos, Head of Europe regional team, UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Natalia Taubina, Co-Chair of the Torture Prevention Working Group of the Civic Solidarity Platform • General discussion on interactions, good practices and challenges regarding cooperation between NPMs and CSOs Participants will be asked to share concrete examples of good practices and/or challenges. Facilitated by Eva Csergö, APT 10:15- 10:30 Coffee break 10:30- 11:45 SESSION V- REINFORCING COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE CHANGE ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION Four parallel working groups will discuss the following four aspects: • How to consolidate legal and policy frameworks? • How to improve practices related to immigration detention? • How to strengthen oversight? • How to raise awareness of the wider public? Discussions moderated by: Eva Csergö, APT Omer Fisher, OSCE/ODIHR Isabelle Heyer, APT Stephanie Selg, OSCE/ODIHR 11:45- 13:00 SESSION VI- PLENARY: WAYS FORWARD • Summary of working group discussions (by rapporteurs) • Ways forward: discussion in plenary 25