DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS

TIME FIXED

WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2015

9.00 – 9.10 am

I.              Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda                                     

9.10 – 9.30 am

III.           Council of Europe Transversal Programme on Gender Equality

2.      Network of National Focal Points on Gender Equality (NFPs)

9.30 – 10.30 am

3.       Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

b.      Objective 2 - Preventing and combating violence against women

-          Exchange of views with Feride Acar, President of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) (baseline questionnaire for the 1^st round of monitoring)

Latest publications

o   Paper on Article 11 of the Istanbul Convention                               Publication

o   Paper on Article 17 of the Istanbul Convention

10.30 – 11.00 am

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.10 am

Group photo

11.10 – 12.00 pm

a.       Objective 1 - Combating gender stereotypes and sexism

-       Seminar on “Combating Sexist Hate Speech” organised by the  No Hate Speech Movement Campaign in co-operation with the Gender Equality Unit (Strasbourg, 10-12 February 2016)

12.00 – 1.00 pm

d.  Objective 4 - Achieving balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making

-          Third round of monitoring the implementation of CM Recommendation Rec(2003)3 on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making

-          Presentation by Ajla van Heel, Adviser on Gender Issues, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the compendium of good practice for advancing women’s political participation in the OSCE region

Publications/Documents

o   “Assessing the impact of measures to improve women’s political representation” – PACE Report

1.00 – 2.30 pm

Lunch break

2.30 – 3.30 pm

IV.            Co-operation with international/regional organisations

-       Exchange of views with Ingibjorg Gisladottir, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Representative to Turkey of UN Women

3.30 – 4.00 pm

Coffee break

4.00 – 4.45 pm

-     Presentation by Anastasia Divinskaya, UN Women Gender Advisor, of UN perspectives on the key priorities, challenges and ways ahead for the promotion of gender

4.45 – 5.00 pm

III.           Council of Europe Transversal Programme on Gender Equality

5.       Co-operation with other sectors of the Council of Europe

-     Presentation by Alessandra Siino, Project Officer (Strasbourg) Preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Ukraine

5.00 – 5.30 pm

3.       Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

e.      Objective 5 - Achieving gender mainstreaming in all policies and measures

-        Presentation by Robert Rustem, Support Team to the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Roma[1] Issues, of the Thematic Action Plan for Roma and Travellers (2016-2019)

THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2016

9.00 – 10.00 am

III.           Council of Europe Transversal Programme on Gender Equality

3.       Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

e.      Objective 5 - Achieving gender mainstreaming in all policies and measures

-          Presentation by Regina Jensdóttir, Head of Division and Programme co-ordinator, of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021)

10.00 – 11.00 am

1.  Draft work plan of the Gender Equality Commission 2016-2017

11.00 – 11.30 am

Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 pm

5.   Co-operation with other sectors of the Council of Europe

-          Exchange of views with Elena Centemero, Chairperson of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Rapporteur on assessing the impact of measures to improve women’s political representation

12.30 – 1.00 pm

V.            Report of events attended by GEC members, National Focal Points and                 the Secretariat

1.00 – 2.30 pm

Lunch break

2.30 – 3.30 pm

III.           Council of Europe Transversal Programme on Gender Equality

4.       Conference 2016 – Tallinn, Estonia

3.30 – 4.00 pm

3.       Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017

e.      Objective 5 - Achieving gender mainstreaming in all policies and measures

-          Follow-up to training on gender mainstreaming for Gender Equality Rapporteurs

Latest publications/documents

o   Gender mainstreaming policy briefs and CoE activities, 2nd Edition March 2016                                                                                          Publication

o   Guidelines of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection and promotion of human rights in culturally diverse societies

4.00 – 4.30 pm

Coffee break

4.30 - 4.40 pm

IV.          Co-operation with international/regional organisations

                European Union gender equality agenda

-          Netherlands Presidency (January – June 2016)

4.40 – 4.50 pm

-        Slovakian Presidency (July – December 2016)

FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2016

9.00 – 10.00 am

II.            Exchange of views with Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Chairperson of the                 Rapporteur Group on Human Rights (GR-H)

10.00 – 11.00 am

IV.          Co-operation with international / regional organisations

-       Exchange of views with Gesa Böckermann, Unit on Gender Equality, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers of the European Commission

11.00 – 11.30 am

Coffee break

12.00 - 12.15 pm

VI.           Current and future activities at national level and at international level

-        Council of Europe gender equality agenda

o   Bulgarian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

(November 2015 – May 2016)

12.15 – 12.30 pm

o   Estonian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

(May – November 2016)

12.30 – 1.00 pm

VII.          Other business

VIII.            Date and place of next meetings

Close of meeting