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BEIJING + 15 REVIEW - UNECE - NGO ROUNDTABLES

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations. The others are the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

UNECE brings together 56 countries located in the European Union, non-EU Western and Eastern Europe, South-East Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and North America.

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BEIJING + 15 REVIEW - UNECE - NGO ROUNDTABLES

 

REGISTRATION FORM & FULL INVITATION LETTER ARE ATTACHED.

 

The NGO Working Group on Women’s Employment and Economics of Gender is organising an interactive roundtable on 30-31 October in conjunction with the regional meeting of the UN Economic Commission for Europe in preparation for the 15th Year Review of the Implementation of the Platform for Action of the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women.  This meeting will help review progress on gender-sensitive economic policies and practices in the context of the economic and financial crisis; gender and the corporate sector; and new partnerships, networks and alliances for gender equality.

 

Time is of the essence since we only have a little over two months to prepare. To ensure effective results of the NGO process, we strongly suggest that participants should read the website http://www.unece.org where all the ECE documents can be found as well as to read the responses of the governments to the questionnaire sent by the ECE Secretariat.     

 

We thank you and look forward to your collaboration and to hearing from you urgently.  Included is the Registration Form for distribution to your members.  Any queries may be sent to the organising coordinators at ngocswgeneva@gmail.com

 

Conchita Poncini

Convener, Working Group on Women’s Employment and

Economics of Gender

 

 

 

CSW

 

PROVISIONALAGENDA OF THE NGO INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLESIN

CONJUNCTIONWITH THE UN-ECEBEIJING+ 15 REGIONAL REVIEWMEETING

 

 

 

  

                                                                                                                         

Venue Maison des Associations

15, rue des Savoises, 1204 Geneva

 

30 - 31 October 2009 – GENEVA, Switzerland

Friday 30th October

 

From 8h30                   Registration In situ

 

 PLENARY MEETING – ROOM 1

 

10h00 – 11h00          Opening Plenary Session I

Opening of the meeting by the Convener of the NGO-CSW- Working Group on Women in Employment and Economics of Gender

 

Expectations from NGOs by the Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary

 

Organization of work

 

11h00– 13h00           Plenary II: “Teach-in” on Gender and Macroeconomics: Impact of and response to   the Economic & Financial Crisis and Financing for Development”, session organized by UNIFEM

 

13h00 – 14h30          Lunch break

 

14h30 – 16h00          Plenary III: Review of major achievements and challenges for gender equality in the ECE region

 

Brief presentation of the ECE paper

 

Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives (one presentation by each of the following sub-regions: 1. South-East Europe; 2. Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia; 3. Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries; North America, US, and Canada

 

Questions and Answers

 

16h00 – 16.30           Coffee break

 

Interactive Discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary III presentations, «Review of major achievements and challenges for gender equality in the ECE Region»

Sub-regional  l – South-East Europe – Rm 1A

Sub-regional 2 –Eastern Europe Causes and Central Asia – Rm 1B

Sub-regional 3 – Western EU Countries and Western non-EU countries – Rm 2

Sub-regional 4 –North America: U.S. and Canada –Rm3

 

 

18h00–19h00           Welcome drinks offered by the Conseil d’Etat de la République et Canton de Genève

 

 

 

Saturday 31st October

 

PLENARY MEETING – ROOM 1

 

9h30– 10h30             Plenary IV: Responsibility of the Corporate Sector and the Mainstreaming                        Gender and Equality

Invited OECD expert on corporate responsibility

 

General discussion and conclusions

 

10h30–11.30             Plenary V: Review of Progress in Implementing Gender-Sensitive Economic   and Employment Policies in the Context of the Present Economic and Financial Crisis*

Brief presentation of the ECE paper

 

Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives

 

Questions and Answers

 

11.30–13h00             Interactive discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary V presentations “Review of process in implementing gender sensitive economic and employment policies in the context of the present economic and financial crisis”.

 

Sub-regional 1- South East Europe– Rm 1A

Sub-regional 2- Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia – Rm 1B

Sub-regional 3- Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries –Rm2

Sub-regional 4- North America: U.S. and Canada – Rm3

 

13h00 –14.15            Lunch break

 

14h15–15h45            Plenary VI: “Building Partnerships, Networks and Alliances to Promote Gender Equality”*

 Brief presentation of the ECE paper

 

Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives

 

Questions and Answers

 

15h45–16h30            Interactive discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary VI presentations “Building Partnerships, Networks and Alliances to Promote Gender Equality”

 

Sub-regional 1- South East Europe– Rm 1A

Sub-regional 2- Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia – Rm 1B

Sub-regional 3- Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries –Rm2

Sub-regional 4- North America: U.S. and Canada – Rm3

 

16h30–18h30             Closing Plenary Session

Reports from the four sub-regional caucuses

Review and Adoption of the Draft Conclusions to be conveyed by the participating NGOs to the Intergovernmental Meeting

 

*(Cross-cutting issues to be addressed are migration, trafficking and demography).

 

Note: the results of the interactive discussions will constitute NGOs contribution to the inter-governmental process through lessons learned to stimulate implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.

 

 





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