Standing Committee meeting


Standing Committee of Equality of women and men in local life

 

Venue: Deutscher Städtetag, Europabüro Avenue des Nerviens 9-31, Bruxelles

 

DRAFT AGENDA

14h00 Opening of the meeting

 

14h00-14h30 Introduction of the new Chair of the Standing Committee and presentation of the objectives for his mandate during the next 2 years

 

Mr Ibon Uribe, Mayor of Galdakao and Chair of the Standing Committee for Equality

Discussion on the future work of the Committee and how to work on the objectives prosed by EUDEL

 

14h30h- 15h00 Presentation of the results of the Observatory-project and the Pilot project, presentation of the assessment of the signatories

 

Ms Angelika Poth-Mögele Executive Director – European Affairs and

Ms Johanna Törnström Policy Officer – Equality

Discussion on the new strategy for signatories and the proposal of a differentiated approach

 

15h00-15h15 Coffee break

 

15h15-16h15 Gender Equality at EU level

 

Presentation of the work of the European Commission and Commissioner Vera Jourova on Gender Equality

Ms Monika Ladmonová – Advisor Cabinet of Commissioner Vera Jourova, European Commission

 

Questions and answers

 

Presentation of the Report of the FEMM Committee of the EU Parliament on the EU Strategy on gender equality post 2015

Ms Angela Balan – Administrator FEMM Committee Secretariat, European Parliament

Comments on the report of the FEMM Committee of the EU Parliament on the EU Strategy on gender equality post 2015 from a local/regional perspective

 

Ms Anna Ulveson Senior Advisor SALAR (Swedish association of local authorities and regions)

Discussion on how to further strengthen the role of the Standing Committee as an active dialogue partner with European institutions

 

16h15-16h45 Future work of the Committee and the next meeting in Nicosia in April

Discussion on messages that the Standing Committee would like to transmit to the Policy Committee

 

16h45-17h00 AOB

 

17h00 End of the meeting

 


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