AGENDA

Budva, Montenegro

Hotel Splendid, Balsic and Crnojevic Dynasty Room, 3rd floor

Sunday 11 December 2016
Time / Activity
18.00 / Arrival of participants
Final preparations for the meetings
Final consultations among organizers
19.00 – 20.30 / Play: Women’s political history.Petrovic and Balsic Dynasty, 3rd floor
20.30 – 22.00 / Dinner. La Bussola Restaurant, 2nd floor
Day 1: Monday 12 December 2016
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
10:00 – 11:30 / Welcome and introductory remarks
To set the stage and highlight objectives / Ivan Brajović, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro
CihanSultanoğlu, UN Assistant Secretary-General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
IngibjörgSólrúnGísladóttir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey
VirginijaLangbakk, Director, European Institute for Gender Equality
AivoOrav, European Union Ambassador to Montenegro
SahibaGafarova, General Rapporteur on violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Sonja Lokar, Executive Director, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues
MehmedZenka, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Montenegro / Fiona McCluney
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Montenegro
Note keeper:
JelenaTadžić, UNDP
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
11:30 – 13:30 / Session 1. Development dynamics and the gender equality agenda
To understand the social and political context of efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment and identify key indicators for gender equality to facilitate structured dialogue and comparisons across countries / Randi Davis, Director, Gender Team, UNDP, New York (via video link)
SamraFilipović Hadžiabdić, Director, Agency for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina
GordanaČomić, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Serbia
Nada Drobnjak, Chair, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Montenegro
DašaSilović, Chair of the Board, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues
Discussion / IngibjörgSólrúnGísladóttirUN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey
Note keeper:
JelenaSekulić, UNW
13:30– 15:00 / Lunch. La Bussola Restaurant, 2nd floor
15:00 – 16:30 / Session 2. Clinic sessions: government, civil society and parliamentary perspectives
To understand capacities and existing political commitments to integrate gender equality concerns in policy planning and implementation / Clinic 1. Role of gender equality mechanisms in implementing commitments to gender equality
EraldaÇani, Deputy Minister of European Integration, and Permanent Member, National Council on Gender Equality, Albania
BrankaDrašković, Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Coordination Body for Gender Equality, Serbia
Elena Grozdanova, Head, Department for Gender Equality, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
BiljanaPejović, Head, Department for Gender Equality, Montenegro
Kika Babić Svetlin, Senior Advisor, Agency for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina / LimyaEltayeb, UNDP Country Director, Albania
Note keeper:
BiljanaNastovska,UNDP
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
To understand pre-accession commitments to gender equality and identify fields of cooperation / Clinic 2. Civil society perspectives on gender equality in the Western Balkans and Turkey
AurelaBozo, Project Coordinator, Center for Legal Civic Initiatives, Albania
NunaZvizdić, Independent expert, Bosnia and Herzegovina
MarijaBashevska, Senior Researcher, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
NatašaMeđedović, Head, SOS Nikšić, Montenegro
EzgiKoçak, Turkey Women’s Union, CEDAW Secretariat, Turkey / StelianaNedera, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Serbia
Note keeper: EntelaLako,UNDP
To identify ways to increase women’s political participation and strengthen parliamentary outcomes for gender equality / Clinic 3. Parliamentary women’s networks for women’s political participation
MirsadIsaković, Head, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nada Drobnjak, Chair, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Montenegro / EminaAbrahamsdotter Nordic Consulting Group, Sweden
Note keeper:
BiljanaLedenican, UNDP
16:30-17:00 / Coffee break
17:00-18:00 / Session 3. Towards a regional gender equality platform for Western Balkans and Turkey
To create a Regional Gender Equality Platform for Western Balkans and Turkey / Presentation of key findings from the clinic sessions
Identification of common goals and actions for a regional platform on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
DašaSilović, Chair of the Board, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues / SezinSinanoğlu
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Note keeper:
Nera Monir Divan, UNDP
19.00–20.30 / Reception. Conference Bar, 3rd floor
Day 2: Tuesday 13 December 2016 ISTANBUL CONVENTION on preventing and combating
violence against women and domestic violence
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
9:00 – 10:00 / Welcome and introductory remarks
To set the stage and highlight objectives / Filip Vujanović, President of Montenegro (via video link)
Kemal Purišić,Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Montenegro
IngibjörgSólrúnGísladóttir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey
SahibaGafarova, General Rapporteur on violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Tanja Ignjatović, Regional Coordinator, “I Sign” Network / Sonja Lokar, Executive Director, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues
Note keeper:
EnkhtsetsegMiyegombo, UNW
10:00 – 10:45 / Session 1. Istanbul Convention: institutional responses
To understand where countries stand in regards to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention / BrankaŽiganteŽivković, Judge, High Misdemeanor Court of the Republic of Croatia
Marina Ileš, Senior Officer for Gender Equality, Provincial Secretariat for Social Policy, Demography and Gender Equality, Serbia / SahibaGafarova, General Rapporteur on violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Note keeper:
Margaux Pimond, UNDP
10:45 – 11:15 / Coffee break
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
11:15 – 12:30 / Session 1 (cont’d). Istanbul Convention: parliamentary and civil society support
To understand where countries stand in regards to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention / SnežanaJonica, former MP, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Montenegro
SašaMagazinović, MP, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina
VanjaMacanović, Member, Observatory on Violence against Women, European Women’s Lobby, Serbia / IsmetaDervoz, Former MP, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Note keeper:
Ivan Zverzhanovski, UNDP
12:30– 14:00 / Lunch. La Bussola Restaurant, 2nd floor
14:00 – 15:30 / Session 3. Clinic Sessions: impact of measures in the field
To identify key practical measures to improve survivor-centered responses / Clinic 1. Awareness raising
Monika Kocaqi, independent expert, Albania
SnežanaJakovljević, NGOPeščanik, Serbia
LjiljanaRaičević, Founder and President, Women’s Safe House, Montenegro / BiljanaMaletin, independent expert, Serbia
Note keeper:
SrđanMilojević, UNDP
Clinic 2. Survivor support services
SelinNakıpoğlu,Lawyer and volunteer,MorÇatı Women's Shelter Foundation,Turkey
Danica Jovanović, Manager,Association of Roma Novi Becej, Serbia
Adriana Bego, Centre for Women War Victims ROSA, and Member,“I Sign” Network, Croatia / VesnaRatković
GREVIO, Montenegro
Note keeper: EntelaLako, UNDP
Clinic 3. Skills of professionals working in the field
StojankaMircheva, National Expert on the Istanbul Convention and Professor, University for Security Studies, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
TülinayKambur, Member, Women’s Solidarity Foundation, Turkey / BarboraGalvankova,Programme Specialist,
UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub
Note keeper:
Jelena Sekulić, UNW
15:30-16:00 / Coffee break
Time / Objectives / Activity / Moderator
16:00-17:00 / Session 4. Next steps
To arrive at a common understanding of key messages and recommendations for future work / Presentation of key findings from clinic sessions
Conclusions and recommendations:
IngibjörgSólrúnGísladóttir, UN Women
BharatiSadasivam, UNDP / KaćaDjuricković
Gender Programme Manager, UNDP Montenegro
Note keeper:
JelenaTadžić, UNDP

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