2016 Conference

Are we there yet? Assessing progress, inspiring action –

The Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

30 June – 1 July 2016

Radisson Blu Hotel Olümpia

Tallinn, Estonia

Thursday, 30 June 2015

8.15 - 9.00 am

Registration of participants

Opening Session

Moderator: Sergiy Kyslytsya, Chairperson of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, Ukraine

9.00 - 9.30 am

Opening remarks by:

Ø  High level representative of Estonia

Ø  Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director General of Democracy, Council of Europe

Ø  High level representative of UN Women

Ø  Salla Saastamoinen, Director of Equality, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, European Commission

Panel 1 – Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017: Taking stock

Moderator: Kira Appel, Vice-Chairperson of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, Denmark

Progress and challenges

9.30 - 9.45 am

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Chairperson of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission

The impact of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy

9.45 - 9.55 am

Pamela Morinière, European Federation of Journalists - gender equality and media, gender stereotypes and sexist hate speech

9.55 - 10.05 am

Hilary Fisher, Director of Policy, Research & Campaigns, Women's Aid - preventing and combating violence against women

10.05 - 10.15 am

Ivana Radacic, Lawyer, Senior Research Associate, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Science, Zagreb (tbc) - promoting equal access of women to justice

10.15 - 10.25 am

Elena Centemero, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly - achieving balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making

10.25 - 10.45 am

Questions and discussion

10.45 - 11.15 am

Coffee (& networking) break

Panel 2 – Sharing knowledge and information to advance the gender equality agenda and implement the Council of Europe Strategy: the role of new media

Moderator: …., member of the Gender Equality Commission, …

11.15 - 11.30 am

Introductory speech: Overview of initiatives and examples regarding the positive and negative aspects of new media for the promotion of gender equality - Léa Clermont-Dion, Researcher on cyber-violence against women, Laval University, Canada

11.30 – 12.15 pm

Short interventions from panellists and panel discussion

Charlotte Proudman, Barrister, United Kingdom

Emma Holten, Editor and feminist activist, Denmark

Kurt-Ole Linn, Nordic Committee of Senior Officials for Gender Equality, Norway

Expert from Estonia

Other?

12.15 - 12.45 pm

Questions and discussion

12.45 - 2.15 pm

Lunch Break

Panel 3 – Gender matters: Gender mainstreaming in international organisations – best practices and impact on national policies and strategies

Moderator: …, member of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, …

2.15 – 2.30 pm

Introductory speech: Overview of institutional challenges and opportunities for gender mainstreaming at the international level and impacts at the national level -

2.30 – 3.15 pm

Short interventions from panellists and panel discussion

Gender mainstreaming at the Council of Europe

Gender mainstreaming in UN Women

Barbara Limanowska, Senior Gender Mainstreaming Expert, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)

Maaike Van Adrichem, Adviser on Gender Issues, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Marina Wes, Country Manager, the World Bank Group, Poland

Gender mainstreaming in the OECD (tbc)

3.15 – 3.45 pm

Questions and discussion

3.45 - 4.15 pm

Coffee (& networking) break

Panel 4 – Tools for enhancing gender mainstreaming – from political will to e-solutions

Moderator: …., member of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, …

4.15 - 4.30 pm

Introductory speech: Overview of examples from member states about national policies for gender mainstreaming -

4.30 – 5.15 pm

Short interventions from panellists and panel discussion

Lillemor Dahlgren, Head of Operations on Gender Equality, Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

The experience of Estonia

The experience of [country]

The experience of [country]

5.15 - 5.45 pm

Questions and discussion

8.00 pm

Dinner offered by the Estonian authorities

Friday, 1 July 2016

Panel 5 - High level panel: The way forward

Moderator:……, member of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, …..

9.00 - 9.10 am

Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Social Protection, Estonia

9.10 - 9.20 am

Cyprus

9.20 - 9.30 am

Czech Republic

9.30 - 9.40 am

Denmark

9.40 - 9.50 am

UN Women

9.50 - 10.00 am

Salla Saastamoinen, Director of Equality, Directorate-General for Justice, European Commission

10.00 - 10.15 am

Questions and discussion

10.15 - 10.45 am

Coffee (& networking) break

Panel 5 – High level panel – the way forward (cont.)

Moderator: ...... member of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, ...

10.45 – 10.55 am

Joanna Maycock, Secretary General of the European Women’s Lobby

10.55 – 11.05 am

Anne Nègre, Gender Equality Expert, Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

11.05 – 11.15 am

Gender Equality Commission

11.15 - 12.00 pm

Questions and discussion

Closing session

Moderator: Sergiy Kyslytsya, Chairperson of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Commission, Ukraine

12.00 - 12.20 pm

Conclusions and Recommendations

Pauline Moreau, General Rapporteur

12.20 - 12.30 pm

12.30 - 12.40 pm

Closing remarks by:

Ø  Representative of the Council of Europe

Ø  Representative of Estonia

12.40 pm

End of conference

12.40 - 2.00 pm

Lunch