Strasbourg, 4 June 2008

EG-VAW (2008) Prog Final

Council of Europe Campaign
to Combat Violence Against Women, including Domestic Violence
(2006-2008)

CLOSING CONFERENCE

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, PALAIS DE L’EUROPE, ROOM 1
STRASBOURG

10-11 JUNE 2008

Organised by the Gender Equality and Anti-Trafficking Division,
Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe

Programme

Working languages: English, French, German,
Italian, Russian, Spanish (passive)

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

9 am Registration of participants

I. Opening of the Conference

9.30 am Address by The Right Honourable Terry DAVIS, Secretary General, Council of Europe

9.50 am Welcoming addresses by

· Ms Nyamko SABUNI, represent ative of the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden
· Mr Paul WILLE, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe
· Representative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe

Chair: Mr Pēteris Kārlis ELFERTS
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the Council of Europe, Thematic Co-ordinator on Gender Equality of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

II. Council of Europe Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence: Assessment of the first European Campaign

10.20 am Keynote speaker: Ms Hilary FISHER, Chair of the Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence

Keynote speaker: Mr José MENDES-BOTA, Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe

Keynote speaker: Mr Valerio PRIGNACHI, Chair of the Committee on Social Cohesion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe

Questions and discussion

11.15 am Break

III. Violence against women: analysis of the measures and action taken by Council of Europe member states

11.30 am Keynote speaker: Ms Carol HAGEMANN-WHITE, Council of Europe Consultant, Professor, Faculty of General Pedagogy and Gender Studies, University of Osnabrück, Germany

Questions and discussion

IV. Proposals for future action by the Council of Europe and its member states to prevent and combat violence against women

11.50 am Keynote speaker: Ms Dubravka ŠIMONOVIĆ, Vice-Chair of the Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence

Questions and discussion

V. National governmental action to prevent and combat violence against women within the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign

12.10 pm Panel discussion

· Ms Jadranka KOSOR, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, Croatia
· Mr Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Portugal
· Mr Stefan WALLIN, Minister of Culture and Sport and Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
· Mr Fiorenzo STOLFI, Minister for Foreign and Political Affairs, San Marino
· Ms Doris BURES, Minister for Women, Media and Civil Service, Austria
· Ms Nyamko SABUNI, Minister for Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden

Questions and discussion

1.15 pm Family photo of Heads of Delegations

1.20 pm Luncheon hosted by The Right Honourable Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, for Heads of Delegations

Chair: Mr José MENDES-BOTA
Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe

VI. National governmental action to prevent and combat violence against women within the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign (continuation)

2.45 pm Panel discussion

· Ms Galina BALMOS, Minister of Social Protection, Family and Children, Moldova
· Mr Ainars BAŠTIKS, Minister for Children and Family Affairs, Latvia
· Ms Marjeta ZAÇE, Deputy Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Albania
· Ms Ivanka HRISTOVA, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria
· Ms Astri AAS HANSEN, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, Norway

Questions and discussion

4 pm Break

VII. Parliamentary action to prevent and combat violence against women within the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign

4.15 pm Panel discussion

· Ms Carina HÄGG, Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on violence against women, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, Contact Parliamentarian for Sweden
· Ms Darinka STANTCHEVA, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, Contact Parliamentarian for Bulgaria
· Mr Chris GREEN, Executive Director of the White Ribbon Campaign UK, United Kingdom

Questions and discussion

VIII. Local and regional action to prevent and combat violence against women within the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign

5.15 pm Panel discussion

· Ms Claudette BALDACCHINO, Member of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe
· Ms Britt-Marie LÖVGREN, Member of the Committee on Social Cohesion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe

Questions and discussion

5.45 pm End of the first day

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Chair: Ms Feride ACAR
Member of the Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence and former Chair of United Nations CEDAW Committee

IX. Good practices to prevent and combat violence against women

9.30 am Keynote speaker: Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe [video intervention]

9.40 am Keynote speaker: Ms Carolyn HANNAN, Director, Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

10 am Panel discussion

· Ms Karin NORDMEYER, Representative of the Conference of INGOs enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe
· Ms Gita SAHGAL, Head of Gender Unit, Amnesty International
· Ms Rosa LOGAR, Chair of “Women Against Violence Europe” (WAVE)
· Ms Radostina BELCHEVA, “Animus Association Foundation”, member organisation of La Strada International

Questions and discussion

10.45 am Break

X. Effective implementation of national measures to prevent and combat violence against women

11.00 am Panel discussion

· Ms Violeta MURAUSKAITE, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Lithuania
· Ms Eugenia TSOUMANI, Secretary General for Gender Equality, Ministry of Interior, Greece
· Ms Sadagat GAHRAMANOVA, Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues, Azerbaijan
· Mr Miguel LORENTE ACOSTA, Government Delegate for Gender-based Violence, Ministry for Gender Equality, Spain
· Mr Duško MINOVSKI, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
· Mr Tigran SAHAKYAN, Adviser to the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Armenia
· Ms Anna ČURDOVÁ, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, Contact Parliamentarian for the Czech Republic

Questions and discussion

XI. Closing of the Conference

12.15 pm Address by Ms Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe

12.30 pm End of conference