WUNRN
23-24 June, 2010 - Stuttgart,
Germany
The FemCities
Conference 2010 on "Jobs, Service Provision and Public
Procurement: Cities and Municipalities as Promoters of Gender Equality"
will be hosted by the City of Stuttgart (Germany)
from 23-24.6.2010.
It is organized in cooperation between: City of Stuttgart, Staff Unit for Equal
Opportunities for Women and Men – City of Vienna, Department for the Promotion
and Coordination of Women’s Issues
The conference focuses on gender equality strategies, steering
approaches and implementation. Municipalities and cities fulfil multiple
functions: as employer, service provider and contracting body. How can
municipalities and cities successfully promote gender equality? How can these
strategies be implemented within city administrations, but also in provision of
services? To what extent can municipalities and cities influence public
procurement procedures by applying gender equality clauses?
We are looking forward to exchanging good practice examples by presentations,
workshops and posters.
Presentation and panels about:
The European Charta on Equality – an useful instrument for
municipalities?
Mikola Sinikka, Senior Adviser, The Association of the Finnish Local and
Regional Authorities, AFLRA, Finland
Advancement of women in public procurement – legal options for
municipalities and cities in Europe
Kerstin Ahlberg, Institute for Social Private Law, Department of Law, Stockholm
University, Sweden
Panel discussions:
Advancement of women in public procurement
Practice Examples: Claim and reality
Marianne Rühl-Andresen, Head of Department for Policy and Legal Issues in
Equality Politics, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women`s
Issues, Berlin
Marion Gebhart, Head of Department for the Promotion and Coordination of
Women’s Issues, Vienna
Nicole Fletcher, Head of Sustainable Development, London Fire Brigade
Municipalities and cities as promoters of gender equality – Best
practices on equality methods, regulations and financing
Ursula Matschke, Head of Staff Unit for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men,
Stuttgart
Inés Mateos, Office for Gender Equality, Department of Presidential Affairs,
Basel
Karin Kientzl, Equal Opportunities Advisor, Vienna
In depth workshops on second day.
Target groups of the conference are women’s and gender equality officers,
offices or departments of city or municipality administrations. Equality
structures within cities in Europe differ broadly: the FemCities conference
strives to offer interesting inputs to all of them. Some cities start to set up
equality structures, others are mainly looking for detailed in-depth discussion
on implementing certain aspects of equality strategies. This conference strives
to cover all interests, addressing them in presentations, workshops and poster
presentations!
Registration till 23.5.2010.
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