Brainstorming meeting for the 5^th International Roma Women Conference

(2015, Istanbul)

Alkoclar Keban Hotel

Sıraselviler Cad.No:17 Taksim, Beyoglu

 Istanbul Turkey

Draft AGENDA

Tuesday 18 March 2014

 Arrival of participants

20:00    Dinner for participants

20:00    Official dinner at the Hotel between the Council of Europe and Officials in Turkey

Wednesday 19 March 2014

09:30 -15:30

The meeting will provide interpretation in English and Turkish

Chair:  Ahmet Murat Altug, Head of Social Inclusion, Ministry of Family and Social Policy

Opening            

09:00 – 10:00                                

Mr Ercument ISIK, Head of EU and International Relations Department, Ministry of Family and Social Policy

Mr Sixto Molina, Council of Europe, Head of the Support Team of the Special Representative of the Council of Europe for Roma Issues

MP Nursuna Memecan, Justice and Development Party (to be confirmed)

Finnish Embassy in Turkey (to be confirmed)

Figen Kelemer, EDROM NGO on behalf of Roma women

10:00 -10:30 Coffee break

Chair: Sixto Molina, Head of the Support Team, Council of Europe

Preparation process of the 5th International Conference

10:30 – 12.00                                

10:30 – 10:40   The experience of previous international conferences by the CoE

10:40 – 11:40   Agenda of the 5th International Conference

• Turkish Government priorities
• Themes of previous international conferences
• • 1st Conference in Sweden: Roma women's rights, combatting trafficking, respecting reproductive rights and Roma women's access to health care;
  • 2nd Conference in Greece: challenging negative stereotypes – Roma women and media, changing harmful practices – effective use of human rights, entrepreneurship – economic empowerment, networking and follow up;
  • 3rd conference in Spain: situation of Roma women in the world – Roma women and culture, human rights of Roma women;
  • 4th Conference in Finland: education as a precondition for the fulfilment of rights of Roma women, advancement of the Rights of gender equality of Roma women in society and community and mobilisation, enhancement of active citizenship, participation and networking of Roma women

• Priorities identified by Roma women and relevant actors in Turkey based on a consultative process
• Possible themes in the context of current work by various institutions: education, employment and economic empowerment, violence against women and child marriage.

11:40 – 12:10                   Consultation mechanisms: consultation meetings, questionnaire etc.

• Partners/relevant stakeholders to be involved in the consultation process
• • Relevant Ministries
  • MP Nursuna Memecan, Justice and Development Party, Turkey
  • EU Delegation
  • Roma/women NGOs and groups

12:10 – 12:30                   Date of the conference and Participants

• Number of participants
• Possible institutions and organisations/groups
• • Government representatives
  • Members of Parliament
  • Equality bodies
  • International organisations (EP, EC, FRA, UN WOMEN, OHCHR,  UNDP, OSCE/CPRSI, CoE bodies etc.)
  • CAHROM members
  • Previous hosting Governments (Sweden, Greece, Spain, Finland)
  • International NGOs (ERTF, EWL, OSF, ERRC, REF, ERPC, ERIO etc.)
  • Romani women (Romani Women's NGOs, Romani women's Groups)
  • Roma NGOs – Romani men
  • Non-Roma Turkish women's networks

 

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15.30                 Preparation process of the 5th International Conference - Continuation

13:30 – 13:40                   Languages/ Interpretation during the conference

§  Turkish, English, French, Romani

13:40 – 14:00                   Promotion and visibility of the conference

§  Press conferences

§  Campaign: posters, leaflets, postcards, anti-discrimination workshops

§  Social media: websites/FB/Twitter etc.

14:00 – 14:30                   Technical aspects

§  Budgetary questions

§  Division of responsibilities

14:30 –15:00                    Next steps and follow-up preparation meeting

15:00 ­– 15:30                   Follow-up activities on Romani women and girls to the International Conference

15:30 Departure of participants