Past Events
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Nov 17 2010
Nov 17 2010
The main outcomes of the meeting are: Advice on the composition and mandate of the Working Group in order to define its functions regarding its support to EIGE and its bodies (Management Board and Experts` Forum) Suggestions for a conceptual framework of EU GEI, particularly its dimensions and components
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Nov 08 2010
Nov 08 2010
On 8th of November 2010 in Vilnius, 11 experts from 11 Member States had their first meeting on gender-based violence. The participants discussed EIGE’s role in the light of EU Strategy on Equality between Women and Men (2010-2015) and how EIGE could compliment the Commission's work and support the Member States in their fight against violence against women.
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Nov 05 2010
Nov 05 2010
On the 5th of November, 2010, the European Institute for Gender Equality and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hosted the presentation "Male development and gender issues" by Mr Lauk Woltring, the founder of platform Boys in Balance.
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Oct 29 2010
Oct 29 2010
On 29 October 2010, the European Institute for Gender Equality will organise a joint awareness raising panel discussion with the Lithuanian Centre of Human Rights, in the context of the 4th human rights film festival "Ad Hoc: Inconvenient Films" (Vilnius, 21-30 October 2010).
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Oct 01 2010
Oct 01 2010
The Management Board with Ms Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa (Germany) as Chair met for the Institute's 9th Management Board in Vilnius. The agenda includded EIGE's upcoming Work Programme, its budget as well as several important issues related to the Institute's initiatives and programmes.
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Sep 21 2010
Sep 21 2010
The Institute organised an experts’ meeting on developing methodologies on existing approaches to Gender Mainstreaming (GM) and for the assessment of the effectiveness of GM methods and tools. The meeting took place in Vilnius on 21 September 2010 and involved 16 experts with work experience on GM methods and tools in the EU.
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Jul 27 2010
Jul 27 2010
The purpose of the Experts' preparatory meeting on the EU Gender Equality Index (EU GEI) is to: hold a brainstorming session and to discuss the scope and functions of the Working Group (WG) on the EU GEI, discuss existing and future data sources and identify gaps in statistics, and hold a discussion on existing national indexes and their components Main outcomes:
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Jun 22 2010
Jun 22 2010
On the occasion of its Grand Opening events, EIGE held a Management Board meeting for the first time in its new format.
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May 17 2010
May 17 2010
EIGE is currently preparing the necessary groundwork for the collection of existing data and information on Gender issues in line with its 2010 Annual Work Programme. As a first step towards completing these tasks, EIGE organised a preparatory meeting on 17 May 2010, in Vilnius, with 6 active Beijing Indicators experts from around Europe.