08.05.2023 Cycle of meetings CAFFÈ EUROPE - "Europe and children"

Andrea Tomaello –Deputy Mayor of the City of Venice

Mario Caramel – Regional Ombudsman for Personal Rights

A lawyer from Treviso, in his forty years of work experience he has gained varied experience in various organisations and companies in roles as director and manager of public enterprises. In particular, he was Secretary of the Veneto Regional Council from 2010 to 2020, holding until July 2021 the positions of director of the "Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione del Veneto (B.U.R.)" (Official Bulletin of the Veneto Region) and of the magazine "Il Diritto della Regione" (The Law of the Region), as well as director of the regional observatory on differentiated autonomy, member of the delegation negotiating for the autonomy of Veneto and of the board of directors of the "Gazzetta Amministrativa della Repubblica Italiana" (Administrative Gazette of the Italian Republic). Currently, following the election decided by the Regional Council in July 2021, he holds the position of Regional Ombudsman for Personal Rights

Simone Padovani – Guido Fluri Foundation

Luisella Pavan-Woolfe – Director of the Italian Office of the Council of Europe

Luisella Pavan-Woolfe has been Director of the Italian Office of the Council of Europe since 2015. Previously, as an official of the European Commission, she developed policies and legislation in the areas of environmental protection, gender equality and anti-discrimination. She was Director for Equal Opportunities at the European executive. She also managed the European Social Fund, a European Union instrument aimed at supporting training, education and employment. She joined the Union's Diplomatic Service in 2007 and was head of the European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe and the first resident ambassador in Strasbourg. There she represented the Union, coordinated member countries and worked on human rights and democracy issues.