Keynote Speakers

Lesley Abdela – a specialist in gender and post-conflict reconstruction (Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Aceh, Sierra Leone). See Google. One of the top 50 ‘Heroes of our Time’, according to the New Statesman Magazine – cover story 22 May 2006. lesley.abdela@shevolution.com

And

Ms. Zarghuna Kargar Safi – Afghan Women’s Hour, BBC World Service.

Who should attend? The two days will provide participants with practical advice and simple check-lists on intercultural and gender issues in Afghanistan, enabling you to apply the material to core work (Planning, Implementation, Assessments) and personal conduct when deployed on NATO ISAF operations.

Time and Location:

Dates: 0930hrs Thursday 12 October through Friday 13 October (ends by 16.30hrs)

Location: NATO HQ Training Centre – Room VA. 269

Dress and atmosphere informal.

Registration and Enquiries:

Penelope Theodossiou

NATO HQ - Training & Development

Boulevard Leopold III

B-1110 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32 2 707 4694

E-mail: theodossiou.penelope@hq.nato.int

And

Fabienne Trebouvil

Officer, Staff Training and Development

NATO Headquarters

Tel. +32 2 707 37 56

E-mail trebouvil.fabienne@hq.nato.int

PROGRAMME

	DAY 1 – 12 October 2006	Speaker
09.30 – 10.00	Welcome & Introduction	ASG Executive Management
10.00 – 10.15	Purpose and Objectives	Lesley Abdela
10.15 – 11.15	Session 1 – Participants expectations Work in small groups: responding to your needs. If you were to design this seminar, what particular issues would you like to have addressed which would make it worth your while to invest two days of your busy life in it Each small group discusses and draws a list of expectations on a flip-chart for group discussion	Lesley Abdela Presentations by the different groups
11.15 – 11.30	*Coffee break*
11.30 – 12.30	Session 2 – Linking gender to NATO policy and operational effectiveness. Why bother? · Case examples – lessons identified from post- conflict regions, including Afghanistan · International Framework: o UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and UN CEDAW o European Parliament Resolution o Human Security	Lesley Abdela
12.30 – 13.30	*Lunch*
13.30 – 14.30	Session 3 – What do we mean by Gender? Current international definition and context. · Presentation and exercise followed by discussion · Conflict and aftermath of conflict have huge impacts on gender roles – impacts on women and men – group discussion	Lesley Abdela
14.30 – 15.15	Session 4 – How to integrate gender into your work in NATO. Building partnerships for peace – women and men · Current situation in conflict zones – parallel universes. Practical advice on how to bridge the parallel universes. · Dispelling gender myths – presentation · Tools for integrating gender into NATO roles – designed for busy people!	Lesley Abdela
15.15 – 17.15	Session 5 – Integrating into NATO activities	Lesley Abdela
	DAY 2 – 13 October 2006	Speaker
09.00 – 09.15	Session 6 - Feedback from previous day – from learn plan diaries	Lesley Abdela Discussion with participants
09.15 – 10.00	Session 7 - Brief history of gender roles in Afghanistan	Lesley Abdela
10.00 – 11.00	Session 8 - Gender roles since the end of the Taliban The Afghan Constitution, Elections, Security, Drugs, Violence, Economy, Policing, Media government, Rule of law, Health-care, Human Security, Education, Women’s NGOs. Presentations and interactive discussions - and possibly film clips.	Zarghuna Kargar Safi
11.00 – 11.20	*Coffee break*
11.20 – 13.00	Session 8 – continued	Zarghuna Kargar Safi
13.00 – 14.00	*Lunch*
14.00 – 15.00	Session 9 – Conduct and interpersonal contact between NATO international personnel and local men and women in Afghanistan · Advice – including do’s and don’ts	Zarghuna Kargar Safi
15.00 – 16.30	Session 10 – Key points covered and how participants can apply intercultural and gender aspects in your work within NATO. -End-	Lesley Abdela Zarghuna Kargar Safi