Victim Support Europe (VSE) and the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) are delighted to welcome you to the Victim Support Europe 2025 Annual Conference – “35 Years of Victim Support in Europe – Transforming Lives Today, Inspiring a Brighter Tomorrow”.

VSE Annual Conference 2025 will take place in Lisbon from 22 – 23 May 2025. It will be a hybrid conference, and we hope to welcome victim support community and affiliated professionals from around the world both on-site, at the spectacular premises of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and digitally.

In 2025 we celebrate VSE and APAV’s 35th anniversary, so you can expect this year’s conference to not only have plenty of memorable moments, but also be a cross-cutting time to reflect on the growth and progresses achieved throughout more than thirty decades in victim support!

Victim Support Europe 2025 Annual Conference – “35 Years of Victim Support in Europe – Transforming Lives Today, inspiring a Brighter Tomorrow” gathers Portuguese and international speakers. Therefore, the sessions will be held both in English and Portuguese.

Real-time interpretation services will be provided for both Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese during the main conference programme.

Portuguese Sign Language may also be available, if necessary.