AGENDA. Budva, Montenegro Hotel Splendid, Balsic and Crnojevic Dynasty Room, 3 rd floor

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1 AGENDA Budva, Hotel Splendid, Balsic and Crnojevic Dynasty Room, 3 rd floor Sunday 11 December 2016 Time Activity Arrival of participants Final preparations for the meetings Final consultations among organizers Play: Women s political history. Petrovic and Balsic Dynasty, 3 rd floor 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 Ivan Brajović, Speaker of the Parliament of and highlight objectives Cihan Sultanoğlu, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey Virginija Langbakk, Director, European Institute for Gender Equality Aivo Orav, European Union Ambassador to Sahiba Gafarova, 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 Mehmed Zenka, Minister of Human and Minority Rights, Fiona McCluney UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative, Jelena Tadžić, 1

2 11:30 13:30 13:30 15:00 15:00 16:30 Session 1. Development dynamics and the gender equality agenda 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,, New York (via video link) Samra Filipović Hadžiabdić, Director, Agency for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina Gordana Čomić, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Serbia Nada Drobnjak, Chair, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Daša Silović, Chair of the Board, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues Discussion Lunch. La Bussola Restaurant, 2nd floor Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey Jelena Sekulić, UNW Session 2. Clinic sessions: government, civil society and parliamentary perspectives 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 Eralda Çani, Deputy Minister of European Integration, and Permanent Member, National Council on Gender Equality, Albania Branka Drašković, 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 Biljana Pejović, Head, Department for Gender Equality, Kika Babić Svetlin, Senior Advisor, Agency for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina Limya Eltayeb, Country Director, Albania Biljana Nastovska, 2

3 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 Aurela Bozo, Project Coordinator, Center for Legal Civic Initiatives, Albania Nuna Zvizdić, Independent expert, Bosnia and Herzegovina Marija Bashevska, Senior Researcher, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Nataša Međedović, Head, SOS Nikšić, Ezgi Koçak, Turkey Women s Union, CEDAW Secretariat, Turkey Steliana Nedera, Deputy Resident Representative, Serbia Entela Lako, 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 Mirsad Isaković, Head, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nada Drobnjak, Chair, Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, Emina Abrahamsdotter Nordic Consulting Group, Sweden Biljana Ledenican, 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: Daša Silović, Chair of the Board, Central and Eastern Europe Network for Gender Issues Sezin Sinanoğlu UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative, Bosnia and Herzegovina Nera Monir Divan, 3

4 Reception. Conference Bar, 3 rd 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 (via video link) Kemal Purišić, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Government of Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and Representative to Turkey Sahiba Gafarova, 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 Enkhtsetseg Miyegombo, UNW 10:00 10:45 Session 1. Istanbul Convention: institutional responses where countries stand in regards to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention Branka Žigante Živković, 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 Sahiba Gafarova, General Rapporteur on violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Margaux Pimond, 10:45 11:15 Coffee break 4

5 11:15 12:30 Session 1 (cont d). Istanbul Convention: parliamentary and civil society support where countries stand in regards to the implementation of the Istanbul Convention Snežana Jonica, former MP, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Saša Magazinović, MP, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina Vanja Macanović, Member, Observatory on Violence against Women, European Women s Lobby, Serbia Ismeta Dervoz, Former MP, Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Zverzhanovski, 12:30 14:00 14:00 15:30 15:30-16:00 Lunch. La Bussola Restaurant, 2nd floor Session 3. Clinic Sessions: impact of measures in the field To identify key practical measures to improve survivorcentered responses Coffee break Clinic 1. Awareness raising Monika Kocaqi, independent expert, Albania Snežana Jakovljević, NGO Peščanik, Serbia Ljiljana Raičević, Founder and President, Women s Safe House, Clinic 2. Survivor support services Selin Nakıpoğlu, Lawyer and volunteer, Mor Çatı 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 Clinic 3. Skills of professionals working in the field Stojanka Mircheva, National Expert on the Istanbul Convention and Professor, University for Security Studies, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tülinay Kambur, Member, Women s Solidarity Foundation, Turkey Biljana Maletin, independent expert, Serbia Srđan Milojević, Vesna Ratković GREVIO, Entela Lako, Barbora Galvankova, Programme Specialist, Istanbul Regional Hub Jelena Sekulić, UNW 5

6 16:00- Session 4. Next steps 17:00 To arrive at a common understanding of key messages and recommendations for future work Presentation of key findings from clinic sessions Conclusions and recommendations: Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, UN Women Bharati Sadasivam, Kaća Djuricković Gender Programme Manager, Jelena Tadžić, 6