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