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Details: The 2nd European Forum on Best Practices in Gender Equality will take place on 4 October 2013 in Luxembourg, organised by Inspiring Wo-Men and the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce.
The Forum is part of the initiative "Inspiring Woman of the Year & Top Company for Gender Equality" Awards placed under the patronage of Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and of Xavier Bettel, Deputy - Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, and it follows a 1st successful edition of the attribution of the 2012 "Top Company for Gender Equality" Award to Bank of New York Mellon Luxembourg - in recognition of the great results demonstrated by BNYM Luxembourg in the recruitment, retention and advancement of a balanced percentage between men and women at all levels of its hierarchy.
Equal economic opportunities for both men and women lead to stronger and sustainable growth through increased labour productivity and human capital. However, despite numerous improvements in women’s outcomes there are still many gender gaps in economic opportunities.
The 2nd edition of the Forum is aimed at providing a European platform for discussion of economic aspects of gender equality, successful strategies and best practices that can reduce the gender gaps in economies around the world, improve gender balance in decision-making positions, and in the same time offers access to benchmarking information to enable candidate companies to the award to compare their performance to the industry standards as well as to the performance of Bank of New York Mellon Luxembourg, elected 2012 Top Company for Gender Equity.
The Forum is envisaged as a one day event structured around plenary sessions and parallel workshops, and it will present a white paper with the conclusions and recommendations of the 1st European Forum which took place on the 24th of January 2013, as well as a publication presenting a selection of best practices and demonstrated outcomes in increasing the representation, retention and advancement of women in the corporate world. The forum will end with a Gala dinner and the attribution of the 2013 “Top Company for Gender Equality” Award.
Programme
3 October 2013
16.00 – 19.00 arrival of participants
19.00 – Welcome cocktail at the Luxembourg City Hall, meeting with Xavier Bettel, godfather of the initiative and / or representatives of the City (TBC)
4 October 2013
08.30 : Arrival of participants at Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, coffee & croissants
09.00 : Welcome by Pierre Gramegna, Director General, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (TBC)
09.20 : Introduction remarks by Clara Moraru, founder of the "Top Company for Gender Equality" Award, elected 2013 “Woman Inspiring Europe” by the “European Institute for Gender Equality” of the European Commission
09.55 : Speech by Nicolas Schmit, Luxembourg Minister of Work and Employment
10.30 : Speech Representative of the European Commission - Mrs Viviane Reding's cabinet (TBC)
11.00 – 11.15 Cofee / tea
11.15 : Speech (TBC) 11.30 : Speech (TBC)
12.15 – 13.30 : Lunch break & networking
Parallel Workshops 13.30 - 15.00
Workshop 1: Best practices in implementing flexible working time arrangements and their consequences for gender equality (workshop in English)
Workshop 2: Gender training in education (atelier en français)
Workshop 3: Best practices to increase the number of women in economic decision- making (atelier en français)
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 - 17.00 Parallel Workshops
Workshop 4: How Best practices on how to reduce the gender pay gap (workshop in English)
Workshop 5: tbc (atelier en français)
Workshop 6: tbc (workshop in English)
17.30 : Round table
19.00 : Cocktail @ Sofitel Luxembourg Europe
20.00 Dinner & Gala Awards - 2013 Top Company for Gender Equality Award for the Greater Region
5 October 2013
10.00 – 12.00 Discovering the City of Luxembourg – guided tour
12.15 – Lunch Place Guillaume II, Luxembourg
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URL: http://www.inspiringWo-Men.eu
Info: For more details, please contact: Elvira Gritcan / Clara Moraru, Tel: 2647-8503 / 621-775122; email: info@inspiringWo-Men.eu
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