Past Events

The fourth meeting of EIGE's experts forum took place in Vilnius on 18 and 19 November 2010. The agenda of the two-days meeting included the presentation of the Institute’s work and discussion on the respective issues of gender equality. The topics covered at this meeting include: The Institute’s work on the European Gender Equality Index The Presidency’s report on Beijing Indicators

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.

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).

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.

On the occasion of its Grand Opening events, EIGE held a Management Board meeting for the first time in its new format.