10.30

Registration of participants

11.00

Opening of the seminar.

Welcome speeches

Dr. Virginija Šidlauskienė, Adviser to Prime Minister, Lithuania

Rimantas Kairelis, State Secretary of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Commission of Equal Opportunities

Prof. Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė, Member of Parliament, Lithuania

11.15

“Gender Equality Creates Democracy”. Presentations of projects

Liudmila Mecajeva, Co-ordinator of the projects

Social Innovation Fund, Lithuania

Gender equality machineries in partners countries:

11.25

Gender equality machinery in Finland

Dr. Kaisa Kauppinien, Finnish Institute of Occupation Health

11.35

Gender equality machinery in United Kingdom

Anne Stebbings, Stockport Women's Centre

11.45

Gender equality machinery in Lithuania

Indrė Mackevičiūtė, Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman

11.55

Gender equality machinery in Austria

Christine Hahn, The state college of education in Vienna

12.05

Gender equality machinery in Bulgaria

Dr. Margarita Todorova, Association of Spread of Knowledge “Missal”

12.15

Gender equality machinery in Romania

Sorin Fianu, Group for European Integration

12.25

Gender equality machinery in Czech Republic

Zdenka Hajna, The member of the Czech Steering Committee, President of the Czech Union of Women

12.35

Comparative analysis of the gender equality machineries in the partner countries

Dr. Saulė Vidrinskaitė, Vice-dean of the Law faculty, Law University, Lithuania

12.45

Questions and discussions

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Partnership and co-operation of the women’s politicians to promote Gender Equality in political life

Violeta Boreikienė, Chief of the Economic Committee of Kaunas Municipality Council, President of the women’s politician club “Milda”, Lithuania

14.15

“OASIS - Gender mainstreaming/ Open Activities Network Strategies and Integrated Systems”. Presentation of the project

Jose Alfaro, Municipal Institute for Training and Employment, Spain

14.30

Social dialog and women’s lobbying activities in Europe

Dr. Katerina Kolyva, European Cultural Interactions. Consultant to the European Commission DG Education and Culture, Belgium

"Tools for change" - a good practices on implementation of innovative measures to promote gender equality:

14.50

Promoting and supporting women entrepreneurship by mentoring

Ritva Nyberg, Women's Enterprise Agency, Finland

15.00

Gender Equality in Public Administration

Indrė Mackevičiūtė, Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Lithuania

15.10

Developing female entrepreneurs

Craig Browne, Stockport College of Further and Higher Education United Kingdom

15.20

Representatives in gender questions at Pedagogic Academies

Christine Hahn, The state college of education in Vienna, Austria

15.30

Lithuanian Coalition of NGOs for Protection of Women’s Humans Rights – overview of activities

Audronė Kisielienė, Social Innovation Fund, Lithuania

15.40

Women and Men in Lithuania’s Counties. Presentation of the publication

Liudmila Mecajeva, Social Innovation Fund, Lithuania

15.50

Promoting of the gender equality in Lithuanian counties through social dialog. Overview of the activities

Presentations of the moderators of the Lithuanian NGOs Coalition for protection of women’s human rights

16.30

Discussion.

Closing