Launch of EIGE s Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC)

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1 Launch of EIGE s Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC) YOUR GATEWAY TO GENDER EQUALITY KNOWLEDGE AT THE EU LEVEL Vilnius 1 October 2013

2 Agenda TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2013, 10:00 17:00 10:00 10:30 Arrival and Registration 11:00 11:20 Opening EIGE s RDC Entry Point Keynote Address Maire Geoghean-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science 11:20 12:00 Opening (cont.) Lazar Lazarov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Republic of Bulgaria Eva Maria Welskop Deffaa, former Chair of the Management Board, EIGE Virginija Langbakk, Director, EIGE 12:00 13:00 Presentation of EIGE s Resource and Documentation Centre (RDC) Ana Sofia Fernandes, Resource and Documentation Centre Officer, EIGE Dimitrios Tsoutsias, Online Communications Officer, EIGE Katarzyna Pabijanek, Electronic Network Animator, EIGE 13:00 14:30 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Tour of the Premises of EIGE s RDC Lunch Reception at EIGE s RDC at the 4th Floor of the EU House 14:30 16:00 EIGE s RDC Added Value for Policy Makers, Researchers, Practitioners and Activists Facilitator: Thérèse Murphy, Head of Operations, EIGE Agnes Hubert, Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), European Commission by videoconference Barbora Holubová, Institute for Labour and Family Research, Slovak Republic Maria Regina Tavares da Silva, International Consultant on Gender Equality, Portugal Brigitte Triems, European Women s Lobby (EWL) 02 Agenda Agenda 03 16:00 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 17:00 Conclusions Followed by Discussion with the Participation of EIGE s RDC Partners Belgium: Amazone Resource Centre for Equality between Women and Men in Brussels Denmark: Kvinfo The Danish Centre for Research and Information on Gender, Equality and Diversity Germany: Gender Library of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luxembourg: Cid-femmes et genre Information and Documentation Centre for Women and Gender Issues in Luxembourg Netherlands: Atria Institute for Gender Equality and Women s History in Amsterdam Sweden: KvinnSam National Resource Library for Gender Studies at Gothenburg University Ana Sofia Fernandes, Resource and Documentation Centre Officer, EIGE Virginija Budiene, Chief Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania Pauline Moreau, Ireland, Chair Management Board, EIGE

3 MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN LAZAR LAZAROV ANA SOFIA FERNANDES DIMITRIOS TSOUTSIAS EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY, REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA RESOURCE AND OFFICER, EIGE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, EIGE Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has been the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science since Between 2000 and 2010, she served as a Member of the European Court of Auditors. From 1975 to 1997, she was a Member of the Irish parliament. In 1979, she became the first woman to be appointed as a Cabinet Minister since the foundation of the Irish state, and served as Minister until She has held various other ministerial posts, including Minister for European Union Affairs ( ), when she oversaw the preparation of the Irish presidency of the European Union in 1990; Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications ( ). She was the Irish Minister for Justice ( ) and one of the negotiators of the Downing Street Declaration. From 1997 to 2000, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn served as Non-Executive Director of both Aer Lingus and the Ryan Hotel Group. She has been a TV presenter and a columnist in the Irish Times newspaper, and is a former Member of the Governing Authority of the National University of Ireland Galway. Mr Lazar Lazarov presently runs his second mandate as Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy. His areas of intervention are non-discrimination, Gender Equality, Integration of Disabled Persons, Social Assistance, Equal treatment, etc. He graduated from the Sofia University of National and World Economy. Major in Macroeconomics, MBA with major subjects: Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Labour Economics, Social Policy, Economics of the Public Sector, Corporate Finance, Public Finance. In the period he was Advisor with the Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Social Policy, providing support and advice on the elaboration of legislation and case law solutions in the area of labour law and social security legislation. RDC officer since May 2012 and certified gender equality trainer. With studies in International Relations, Cooperation for Development, her engagement in the area of gender equality started 1998, when she was the first President of the Portuguese Network of Young People for Gender Equality. She was member of the consultative council of the Portuguese Commission for Equality and Women s Rights, President of the Portuguese Platform for Women s Rights, member of the General Assembly of the EWL and Board member of the Association of Women from Meridional Europe. Her professional activity dates back to Among others, she was engaged in the the 1st World Conference of Ministers of Youth of the United Nations System, and worked in several policy areas of the Portuguese Administration, having performed duties at the General Directorate for Health, Institute for the Management of the European Social Fund, cabinet of the Minister of Work and Social Solidarity and cabinet of the High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue. Dimitrios Tsoutsias is EIGE s Online Communications Officer since September Having a diploma of Information and Communication systems Engineering and a MSc in ICT Entrepreneurship, Dimitrios is focusing on Information Architecture and its communication through online channels. Before joining EIGE, Dimitrios was an IT Consultant in the private sector. EVA MARIA WELSKOP-DEFFAA VIRGINIJA LANGBAKK KATARZYNA PABIJANEK THÉRÈSE MURPHY FORMER CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD, EIGE DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER EQUALITY ELECTRONIC NETWORK ANIMATOR, EIGE HEAD OF OPERATIONS, EIGE Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa has been a member of National Executive Board of the United Services Union ver.di in Germany since June She is responsible for Employment and Social Policy, participation of persons with disabilities, unemployed and migrants. Eva Welskop-Deffaa was head of the department for gender equality in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Berlin) and at the same time chair of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality. Eva Welskop-Deffaa is vice-chair of the Hildegardis society, the oldest association to fund women s studies in Germany. Furthermore she is a member of the Management Board of the Federal Employment Agency and spokeswoman of the Central Committee of German Catholics for General Questions of Society and Economy. Virginija Langbakk is currently the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius, Lithuania. EIGE is an EU regulatory agency. It supports the EU and Member States in promoting gender equality, fighting discrimination based on sex and raising awareness about gender issues. Previously, Ms Langbakk worked as Deputy Director at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. As a gender expert with 18 years of experience, she was involved in bringing the gender perspective into the public sector at local, regional and national levels in 38 countries worldwide. At EIGE, she is responsible for managing both the administrative and operational structures. Her role includes developing and implementing the Institute s mid-term and annual work programmes. She aims at positioning the Institute as the most important knowledge centre for gender equality in the EU. In EIGE since March Electronic Network Animator, passionate about gender equality and social media. Prior to joining EIGE, she coordinated ASTRA Central and Eastern European Women s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and lectured at the Gender Studies Programme of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Thérèse Murphy is currently Head of Operations of EIGE. She has been involved with the pursuit of Gender Equality as a Trade Union Representative for more than 20 years. Beginning as Equality Officer for the ESB Officers Association (an Energy Utility), she held the position of Secretary and Deputy Chairperson of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Women s Committee, Chairperson of the National Women s Council of Ireland, Board member of the Equality Authority of Ireland, Vice President of the European Women s Lobby and most recently President of the Energy Services Union of Ireland, during which time she was Chairperson of the ESB Group of Unions.

4 AGNES HUBERT BARBORA HOLUBOVÁ VIRGINIJA BUDIENE PAULINE MOREAU ADVISER, BUREAU OF EUROPEAN POLICY ADVISERS (BEPA), EUROPEAN COMMISSION INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR AND FAMILY RESEARCH, SLOVAK REPUBLIC CHIEF ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA CHAIR MANAGEMENT BOARD, EIGE, IRELAND Agnes Hubert is an adviser in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers of the European Commission. She is a graduate in Economics (BSc and DEA) and in Political Science (DEA) of the University of Paris 1 and has held responsibilities in development & cooperation, communication, social & employment policy (head of the Unit Equal Opportunities for Women) and for the White Paper on European Governance. In BEPA she works on Gender Issues, Social Innovation, Social and Employment Policies, Youth, Migration and Well-being. She is the author of books, chapters, articles and academic contributions in the field of gender equality and European integration and EU related issues. Barbora Holubová is a researcher at the Institute for Labour and Family Research in Slovakia. A sociologist by background, her extensive research interests include various topics in the field of gender equality, particularly statistics and indicators of gender equality, unpaid work and workfamily reconciliation/balance, women and media, equal parenthood and masculinities. Her special interest is violence against women, with a focus on prevalence measurement and administrative data. She has experience in applied research and projecting the research findings to social policy recommendations. Using her involvement in numerous gender equality projects, she is responsible for gender data analysis and research findings compilation to prepare policy documents for Slovak stakeholders and decision makers. She is responsible for the Global Report on Gender Equality in Slovakia and Violence against Women Report in Slovakia on an annual basis since Virginija Būdienė Chief Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, former Deputy Minister of Education and Science. She has worked as a Director of Education Policy Centre of Vilnius University and Education Program Director at Open Society Fund, OSI Budapest. Director of Gender Equality Division in the Department of Justice and Equality since late A graduate of the University of Dublin (Trinity College Dublin) in Public Administration, also specialised in Health Economics and Social Research. Served across a number of Departments in the Irish Civil Service (including Health; Industry and Commerce; Tourism and Trade). Attached to the Department of Justice and Equality since 2000, Pauline oversaw the implementation of a major initiative to develop quality childcare services before her current appointment to Gender Equality Division. Represents Ireland on the European Commission s High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming, and on its Advisory Committee on Equality between Women and Men and also at the Council of Europe and the UN CSW. A member of the first Management Board of EIGE (2007 to 2010) and elected to the Chair when Ireland rejoined the Management Board in June MARIA REGINA TAVARES DA SILVA BRIGITTE TRIEMS REGINE ANCIAUX INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT ON GENDER EQUALITY PAST PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN WOMEN S LOBBY RESOURCE & ASSISTANT After teaching in Portugal and Cambridge University, she had a long career in the area of women s rights and gender equality. Former president of the governmental machinery for equality, Commission for Equality and Women s Rights, national delegate to UN and World Conferences, and responsible for EU coordination in Beijing+5; was president of the former Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men of the Council of Europe and of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the EC. Former member of the UN CEDAW Commitee, of the Advisory Committee of the Convention for the Protection of National Minor - ities of the Council of Europe and of the Experts Forum of EIGE. Consultant for the Council of Europe in programmes of technical assistance to countries of Central and Eastern Europe, for various UN agencies (DAW, UNIFEM, UNICEF, UNESCO; UNECE), as well as for OSCE, on matters related to women s rights, CEDAW and national mechanisms for equality, as well as for the elaboration of several studies and former expert of the EC network on women and decision-making. Ms Brigitte Triems is the past President of the European Women s Lobby ( ). She holds a diploma as graduated interpreter and translator and a diploma in political sciences. She speaks German, French, Russian, English and Spanish. She has professional experience in institutions working at international level, the main fields of work having been Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East as well as the UN (CEDAW and UN Commission on the Status of Women) and its specialized agencies. Since 1992 she works as managing director of a non-profit employment and qualification company in Berlin that deals with the integration of immigrants into German society and the fostering of international understanding.since 1980 she is active in women s organizations as chairwoman of the Democratic Women s Union, as vice-chairwoman of the National Council of German Women s Organizations. Currently, she is a member of the Management Committee of the European Platform of Social NGOs. LINA SALADZIUVIENE RESOURCE & INTERIM SUPPORT ANNA-LENA VALLENTIN RESOURCE & INTERIM SUPPORT

5 What it is EIGE is launching today its Resource & Documentation Centre (RDC): a unique European source of gender equality knowledge, where EIGE collects, processes and makes available data, tools, methods, good practices and resources on gender equality. With the ultimate goal to make gender equality-related knowledge available at the right time to the right actors, the RDC allows quick and easy access to more than 238,000 resources on gender equality. It provides the best quality gender statistics currently available, research, methods, tools and good practices in implementing gender equality policies and gender mainstreaming that have been processed and produced by EIGE and other sources. A platform to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and information between gender equality actors from all over the EU through the European Network on Gender Equality EuroGender is also a feature of the RDC. The long-term objective is to put together the memory of all gender equality work at EU and Member State level and to make it accessible to all, actively fostering cooperation between gender equality actors across the EU. This unique innovative and practical tool will: assist policy makers and practitioners in locating key resources on gender equality, facilitate an exchange of knowledge amongst those with an interest in gender equality policy and practice, and provide a space to discuss and debate key issues on gender equality. The context There is a multitude of gender equality actors at the EU and Member State level. The vast amount of data, knowledge and resources in the field of gender equality they produce or deal with are not always easily identified or accessible to decision makers, practitioners, researchers or citizens. Knowledge about existing relevant resources is crucial to strengthen the capacity of policy makers. With its specific focus on gender equality, EIGE s RDC provides the necessary resources for those who are seeking to mainstream gender into policies and programmes, or looking for good practices on effective gender equality measures, as well as providing access to reliable and comparable gender statistics considered to be important levers for achieving de facto gender equality. It is in this context that EIGE s RDC was created. The setting up of a documentation centre and the establishment of a virtual European-wide network on gender equality is in line with the founding regulation of the Institute. EIGE s RDC contributes also to the implementation of the Commissions Strategy for Equality between Women and Men Current status EIGE s RDC is built around three main functions: Compiling, organising and making available, through a single access point, gender equality related resources that were, until now, scattered across a multitude of sources throughout the EU; Disseminating the knowledge produced by the Institute; Provide an online collaborative platform where decision makers, experts and other stakeholders can debate and share their expertise and resources in the field of gender equality. and has three main instruments to accomplish these goals: An online and physical documentation centre A knowledge centre EuroGender the European online network on gender equality 8 Agenda Agenda 9 Examples of what we do In 2012, a special collection of information was produced and made available online on gender-based violence with more than 26,000 resources. Since 2013, collections of resources are being made available on gender and media, gender and climate change, reconciliation between work, family and private life, men and gender equality, and institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, with a specific focus on gender mainstreaming. These resources are available through an expanding network of partnerships between EIGE and leading documentation and information centres in the EU Member States. To date, EIGE has established partnerships with: Atria institute for gender equality and women s history in Amsterdam, Amazone Resource centre for equality between women and men in Brussels, Cid-femmes et genre Information and documentation centre for women and gender issues in Luxembourg, Gender Library of the Centre for transdisciplinary gender studies at Humboldt University in Berlin, KvinnSam National resource library for gender studies at Gothenburg University and, most recently, Kvinfo The Danish centre for research and information on gender, equality and diversity. The knowledge centre comprises EIGE s own research reports and specialised databases made available online. EuroGender the European Network on Gender Equality, an online collaborative platform which brings together decision makers, practitioners, researchers, individuals and organisations to exchange views, experiences, information and relevant data in the field of gender equality. It fosters the exchange and dissemination of information among the centres, bodies, organisations and experts dealing with gender equality to better support and encourage research and optimise the use of available resources. Populated by EIGE s stakeholders database, it hosts regularly online discussions. Physical documentation centre located in the EU House in Vilnius is composed of: A public Entry Point, which provides information and free publications on gender equality work in the EU, reading facilities, free WiFi and other amenities. The entry point is open to all citizens and is freely available to host gender-equality related events (film screenings, discussions, book launches, exhibitions etc.) The examples of organisations using the facilities include the Lithuanian Institute for Social Integration, the Soroptimist Union and LGBTQ Youth. It is also possible to search the database of EIGE s RDC collections from here. A small, specialised library organised around five main areas: the core collection, a grey literature collection, EIGE s collection, multimedia resources, serials, periodicals and journals. Find out more at: The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is an autonomous body of the European Union, established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality, including gender mainstreaming in all EU policies and the resulting national policies, and the fight against discrimination based on sex, as well as to raise EU citizens awareness of gender equality. Further information can be found on the EIGE website

6 Partners AMAZONE RESOURCE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN IN BRUSSELS Amazone is the Belgian resource centre for equality between women and men located in Brussels. It supports and brings together THE BELGIAN women s associations. Its information & documentation centre and congress centre provide a wide range of services to gender equality stakeholders. Amazone is a unique place and concept IN EUROPE as it connects gender equality actors from the feminist movement, institutions, government, civil society and the academic world. The specific role of Amazone is reflected in the collection of the information & documentation centre, which consists mainly of official publications and grey literature from both the women s movement and gender equality bodies. It is funded by the Federal Institute for the Equality of Women and Men. It is funded by the Federal Institute for the Equality of Women and Men. KVINFO THE DANISH CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INFORMATION ON GENDER, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY KVINFO was founded in 1982 to promote and qualify the gender equality debate in Denmark. In order to meet this goal KVINFO collects and disseminates books, journals and grey literature on a wide range of topics related to gender, equality and diversity. As well as maintenance of the research library KVINFO also publishes an online journal which focus on a broad range of subjects in the areas of politics, social affairs and the arts. KVINFO is also responsible for a number of projects in the Middle East and Northern Africa in cooperation with local partners projects concerned with e.g. political empowerment and gender based violence. KVINFO is a self-governing institution with its own managerial board which receives funding from a number of government bodies, including the Ministry of Culture. 10 Agenda Agenda 11 CID-FEMMES ET GENRE INFORMATION AND FOR WOMEN AND GENDER ISSUES IN LUXEMBOURG Cid-femmes et genre is an independent documentation and information centre in Luxembourg. It houses a specialised library offering more than 28,000 books, CDs, music scores and periodicals relating to women, feminism and gender topics. Cid-femmes et genre runs political, cultural and pedagogical projects lobbying for gender equality. The project was founded in 1992 by a group of women, many of whom former members and activists of the women s liberation movement in Luxembourg. ATRIA: INSTITUTE ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN S HISTORY is the result of the merger between Aletta, Institute for Women s History and E-Quality, Knowledge Center for Emancipation, Family and Diversity in the Netherlands. The new institute officially began operations on the 1st of May The institute provides a wide range of products and services on the cutting edge of academic research and policy development in the field of gender equality. It is our mission to share knowledge and information about women s history and women s position in society as widely as possible and to encourage and promote further research about women and women s history. The institute s archive and library were founded in The international collections on gender and the position of women in society are open to the public at KVINNSAM NATIONAL RESOURCE LIBRARY FOR GENDER STUDIES AT GOTHENBURG UNIVERSITY KvinnSam is the Swedish National Resource Library for gender studies. The library holds a large collection of manuscripts and archives documenting the Swedish women s movement as well as books and periodicals on women s history and gender studies. KvinnSam produces four databases, among which KVINNSAM, with approx. 130,000 entries, is the most extensive database in the Nordic countries for research on women, men and gender. GENDER LIBRARY OF THE CENTRE FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY GENDER STUDIES AT HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN The Gender Library is a specialised research library, established in The library is a part of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin. The Gender Library strives to meet the needs of everyone involved in gender studies whether as researchers, teachers, students, or individuals interested in gender theory. Since 2000 the Gender Library has offered an online catalogue, GReTA, and since 2006 the Gender Library has also provided its patrons with a weblog, as well as special courses to teach information literacy and gender studies research skills.

7 Contact information European Institute for Gender Equality, EIGE Gedimino pr. 16 LT Vilnius LITHUANIA eige.sec@eige.europa.eu rdc@eige.europa.eu