Victim Support Europe (VSE), together with France Victimes, is pleased to welcome you to the Victim Support Europe Annual Conference 2026 (VSEAC2026) “The Frontliners: Functional, Funded, Future-Ready”, taking place on 2–3 June 2026 in Paris, at Espace Saint-Martin.
VSE Annual Conference is one of the largest and most influential events for the global victim support community.
The 2026 conference takes place at a significant moment: 2026 marks a crucial European milestone with the adoption of the revised Victims’ Rights Directive. This important development reaffirms and strengthens the European commitment to advancing victim support across the EU.
To mark this achievement, VSEAC2026 is organised as a platform to reflect on progress, highlight ongoing challenges, and strengthen cooperation across Europe — with a particular focus on translating legislative commitments into effective, sustainable support for victims.
Building on this legacy, VSEAC2026 shifts the focus from principles to practice — examining how victim support services operate, how they are sustained, and how they must evolve in a changing social, political, and economic environment.
Under the theme “Functional, Funded, Future-Ready”, VSEAC2026 is a deliberately practical conference. It asks a simple but pressing question:
How do we ensure victim support services work today, are paid for tomorrow, and remain relevant in the future?
Across two days, the programme is structured around the real operational realities of victim support organisations — from governance and staffing to service delivery, funding, innovation, and staff wellbeing. Rather than abstract policy debates, the conference foregrounds systems, services, and solutions, drawing on concrete examples from across Europe and beyond.
Both conference days follow a shared structure:
- Running a victim support organisation well — governance, coordination, training, financing, accountability, and capacity.
- Delivering victim support services well — victim accompaniment, trauma-informed practice, accessibility, innovation, and long-term support.
Throughout the programme, participants will engage with:
- Practical case studies from national victim support systems
- Hands-on workshops and labs
- Interactive and experiential session formats
- Honest discussions about challenges, failures, and recovery
- Innovation showcased as a tool for impact — not an end in itself
VSEAC 2026 is designed for leaders, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and partners who want to strengthen victim support services not just in principle, but in day-to-day reality.
Together, we will explore what it takes to build high-quality, victim-centred services that are operationally strong, financially resilient, and prepared for the future.
We look forward to welcoming you to Paris for two days of learning, exchange, and collective problem-solving — grounded in experience, guided by values, and focused on making victim support work.
