The consultation meeting on “good practices in the area of political decision making “which will take place on 19th and 20th February 2015 in Vilnius. This meeting is organised within the framework of EIGE’s work on good practices on gender mainstreaming.
The event represents a key step in EIGE’s approach to the assessment of good practices in gender mainstreaming, and the involvement of relevant stakeholders is a pillar of such an approach.
The expert meeting will provide an occasion to exchange and share experiences and approaches in the field of promoting gender equality in the area of political decision-making with specific focus on competence development, awareness-raising and dedicated gender mainstreaming bodies and approaches.
This meeting will primarily target stakeholders and experts from the EU Member States, involved in the development and implementation of policies and practices to support and increase women’s participation in political decision making.
The objective of the meeting is to identify 12 good practices which will be included in EIGE’s database.
Participants will have the opportunity to provide an effective contribution to the assessment process as well as to the development of further networking and dissemination of the results of the meeting.
Please note that participation in this expert meeting is by invitation only.