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20130626 Prime Minister Letter USTR
H.E. Petr Ne čas Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Úřad vlády České republiky náb ř. Edvarda Beneše 4 118 01 Praha 1 e-mail: [email protected] Brussels, 24 April 2013 Dear Prime Minister Ne čas, It is with great alarm that we are following the situation in the Czech Republic, where incomprehensible developments are taking place related to the outstanding Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and its subordinate, the Security Services Archive. In only 5 years of their existence, both institutions have gained impressive international recognition for their pioneering work and high standards both on the domestic and European level - as frontrunners among similar institutions working on coming to terms with the terrible legacy of totalitarianism in Europe. The Institutions have earned their international reputation for producing high quality publications, exhibitions and for organizing high profile conferences. The access provided to the files of the former totalitarian secret services is the most liberal worldwide and the digitalization of archival documents proceeds at an unsurpassed speed. Moreover, the Institute has been the promoter of a unique process of uniting over twenty partner institutions from 13 EU Member States in the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, which was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament in its Resolution on European Conscience and Totalitarianism of 2 April 2009 as well as by the EU Council in 2009 and 2011 and the European Commission in 2010. We have stood in close and mutually enriching cooperation with the Institute for the past five years. We have now learned that, on 10 April 2013, the newly elected Institute Council dismissed acting Director Daniel Herman from office in the middle of his five-year term and that the entire 15-member Scientific Council of the Institute, consisting of domestic and international academic experts, resigned within two days thereupon. -
2013 Annual Report
International Association for Feminist Economics 2013 Annual Report www.iaffe.org 2013 Annual Report A vision, a promise … providing a space for research-based activism IAFFE The International Association for Feminist Economics is an open, diverse community of academics, activists, policy theorists, and practitioners from around the world. Our common cause is to further gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis with the goal of enhancing the well-being of children, women, and men in local, national, and transnational communities. By opening new areas of economic inquiry, welcoming diverse voices, and encouraging critical exchanges, IAFFE’s many activities and award-winning journal provide needed space for a variety of theoretical perspectives and advance gender- based research on contemporary economic issues. A Tradition of Gender Research Hunger and food security have long been central issues in feminist economic analyses. Despite a decrease in the number of hungry people, nearly one in nine people worldwide do not have enough to eat; in sub-Saharan Africa, the number is one in four. The global boom in farmland and land grabs by richer countries demonstrate the urgency of investigating the multifaceted nature of global food insecurity. IAFFE members Dzodzi Tsikata and John Awetori Yaro are a few of the researchers working to better understand the gendered implications of commercial and land transactions on livelihoods in some highly impoverished communities. Their work on land transactions in rural Ghana and the work of other researchers will appear in a special issues of Feminist Economics supported by the Ford Foundation entitled, “Land, Gender, and Food Security.” Cover photo of women in a market in St. -
Europa-Union Deutschland in Cooperation with Centre International De Formation Européenne
Europa-Union Deutschland in cooperation with Centre International de Formation Européenne Together in Europe 2004 30th September – 3rd October 2004 Bratislava, Slovakia Europa-Union Deutschland invites you for the fourth time running to the border crossing activity „Together in Europe”. With this activity we want to set a clear signal for democracy and federalism in Europe and stimulate the commitment of its citizens for a united Europe. The discussion with our partners in the EU will include the future of Europe and the ways towards it, as well as possibilities to build up and strengthen the network of pro-european organizations. Draft Programme (31 August 2004) Thursday, 30th September 2004 15:00 – 18:00 h Registration in Hotel Danube 18:00 h Dinner in Hotel Danube 20:00 h Bratislava – Danube metropolis and capital in Europe Reception in the City Hall presented by Andrej Ďurkovsky, Major of Bratislava* Friday, 1st October 2004 8:00 h Breakfast 9:00 h "Together in Europe - Slovakia as a new partner in the EU" Panel discussion with members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic in the parliament building afterwards Lunch break (individually) 14:00 h „Europe on the move: The integration proceeds“ International forum in Hotel Danube with Pál Csáki, Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for the European Integration, Human Rights and Minorities Chair: RA Ernst Johansson, Vicepresident of the Europa-Union Deutschland 15:45 – 16:15 h Coffee break 16:15 h "The nEUw members and us – manage challenges together" Panel discussion -
NEWSLETTER Volume 16 Number 2 October 2006
International Association For Feminist Economics IAFFENEWSLETTER Volume 16 Number 2 October 2006 FROM SYDNEY, WITH LOVE - PRESIDENT’S REPORT ON 2006 IAFFE CONFERENCE - EDITH KUIPER worth it. The Women’s College was a duced the audience to regional issues very nice and suitable accommodation among which the position of indigenous and Gabrielle Meagher and her crew people was central. did a great job running the conference. One of the highlights of the confer- There were about 160 people from 30 continued on next page. countries and the program con- tained a truly international set of papers and sessions organized by among others Chinese and Indian Local organizer Gabrielle Meagher and IAFFE feminist economists and scholars President Edith Kuiper at one of the social events from the Pacific, New Zealand and in Sydney Australia. The preconference went For some people who generally attend well with 25 participants from about IAFFE conferences and a few others 12 countries. Gabrielle organized a who planned to come for the first time, wonderful and extremely interest- Sydney was too far away; the journey ing opening session. At this ses- too complicated and taking their fam- sion Jodie Ryan, Jane Kelsey and ily simply too expensive. For all those Rhonda Sharp presented and intro- who were able to come it was well Rhonda Sharp, Jodie Ryan, chair Meredith Burgmann and Jane Kelsey (with the mic) at the first plenary NEW JEAN SHACKELFORD PRIZE ANNOUNCED AT IAFFE CONFERENCE, SYDNEY The IAFFE Board has established a new honorary prize honoring founding mem- ber, past President, and long-time Secretary Treasurer of the organization, Jean INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Shackelford. -
Ranking European Parliamentarians on Climate Action
Ranking European Parliamentarians on Climate Action EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTENTS With the European elections approaching, CAN The scores were based on the votes of all MEPs on Austria 2 Europe wanted to provide people with some these ten issues. For each vote, MEPs were either Belgium 3 background information on how Members of the given a point for voting positively (i.e. either ‘for’ Bulgaria 4 European Parliament (MEPs) and political parties or ‘against’, depending on if the text furthered or Cyprus 5 represented in the European Parliament – both hindered the development of climate and energy Czech Republic 6 national and Europe-wide – have supported or re- policies) or no points for any of the other voting Denmark 7 jected climate and energy policy development in behaviours (i.e. ‘against’, ‘abstain’, ‘absent’, ‘didn’t Estonia 8 the last five years. With this information in hand, vote’). Overall scores were assigned to each MEP Finland 9 European citizens now have the opportunity to act by averaging out their points. The same was done France 10 on their desire for increased climate action in the for the European Parliament’s political groups and Germany 12 upcoming election by voting for MEPs who sup- all national political parties represented at the Greece 14 ported stronger climate policies and are running European Parliament, based on the points of their Hungary 15 for re-election or by casting their votes for the respective MEPs. Finally, scores were grouped into Ireland 16 most supportive parties. CAN Europe’s European four bands that we named for ease of use: very Italy 17 Parliament scorecards provide a ranking of both good (75-100%), good (50-74%), bad (25-49%) Latvia 19 political parties and individual MEPs based on ten and very bad (0-24%). -
Report on the FEMM Committee Delegation Visit to European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Vilnius, 19-20 May 2011
Directorate-General for Internal Policies Directorate C - Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Brussels, 1 June 2011 Report on the FEMM Committee delegation visit to European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Vilnius, 19-20 May 2011 COMPOSITION Edit BAUER (EPP, Slovakia), Chair of the FEMM delegation Marc TARABELLA (S&D, Belgium) Members were accompanied by Sabina Magnano and Malgosia Szlendak from the committee secretariat and Valborg Linden-Jonsten (S&D group advisor). CONTEXT AND PURPOSE This was the first visit of a FEMM delegation to EIGE since its establishment in 2009. The aim of the visit was to gather first hand information about the current and forthcoming activities of EIGE and to discuss how to organise exchange of information between EIGE and the FEMM Committee and the framework for possible cooperation. The programme of the visit is attached in Annex 1. MAIN ISSUES RAISED Current areas of work (a list of ongoing studies is attached in Annex 2a): o Beijing indicators in the form of reports to be submitted to the Presidencies (reconciliation of family and professional life for the Polish Presidency; women and environment for the Danish Presidency); o Gender Equality Index o Men and masculinity o Gender Stereotypes o Gender mainstreaming o Violence against women Establishment plan (organisation chart is attached as Annex 2b) o Currently 39 staff (including contract agents and seconded national experts) are employed by EIGE. 94% of the recruitment foreseen for 2010 was completed. o It is planned that in 2011 the staff will increase to 45 Budget o There was a surplus in budget in 2010 since not all activities could start as planned. -
Programme Progra
program_v.qxd 21.11.2005 17:24 Page 6 Slovak National Centre Slovak National Centre for Human Rights for Human Rights CONFERENCE CONFERENCE on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights ”Importance of Human Rights in Modern Society: ”Importance of Human Rights in Modern Society: Slovakia One Year after Entry into EU” Slovakia One Year after Entry into EU” Bratislava Bratislava Hotel Bôrik Hotel Bôrik 8 December 2005, Thursday 8 December 2005, Thursday 13.00 Registration of participants 13.00 Registration of participants 14.00 Opening of the conference 14.00 Opening of the conference Moderator: Gabriel Bianchi Moderator: Gabriel Bianchi Pál Csáky, Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for European Affairs, Human Rights Pál Csáky, Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities and Minorities Daniela Gemerská, Deputy Executive Director of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights Daniela Gemerská, Deputy Executive Director of the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights Miroslav Kusý, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Tolerance and against Discrimination Miroslav Kusý, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Tolerance and against Discrimination 14.30 Parallel panel discussions 14.30 Parallel panel discussions ”Human rights education” ”Human rights education” Miroslav Kusý Miroslav Kusý Guests: Rumen Valchev, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria Guests: Rumen Valchev, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria Silvia -
6 Gender Budgeting Yolanda
FEBRUARY 2010 Proposal made during the Spanish Presidency of the European Council Yolanda Jubeto Universidad del País Vasco. Spain Angela O’Hagan Glasgow Caledonian University. UK NIPO 800-10-037-5 GENDER BUDGETING PROPOSAL TO THE EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS ON THE ADDED VALUE OF INTRODUCING GENDER-BASED ANALYSIS IN THE BUDGETARY POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES PRESENTATION This research is presented as a contribution of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union to increase and improve the state of the art on one of the issues whose importance is growing on the EU and its member States: the gender budget analysis. Gender budgeting is a strategic tool that provides the means for determining the effect of gov- ernment revenue and expenditure policies on women and men. It involves the examination of how budgetary allocations affect the economic and social opportunities of women and men. It represents a direct example of the mainstreaming principle, and involves an improvement in the quality and evaluation of the public policies. Since the concept appeared in the eighties of last century in Australia, different international or- ganizations have shown their interest in this issue: from the Beijing Platform for Action in United Nations, whose fifteenth anniversary has been celebrated during the Spanish Presidency, to the European Parliament Resolution on gender budgeting - building public budgets from a gender perspective (2002/2198(INI), following the Roadmap for Equality between women and men 2006-2010, the debate has been accompanied by reports and international conferences organized by the Council of Europe or the OECD. -
A Tour of the European Electoral Campaigns in View of the European Elections (4Th-7Th June 2009)
A tour of the European Electoral Campaigns in view of the European Elections (4th-7th June 2009) Author: Corinne Deloy, author of the European Elections Monitor (EEM) for the Robert Schuman Foundation and project manager at the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po). Germany Date of the election: 7th June (regional and local by-elections on the same day) Number of MEPs to be elected: 99 2009 is a super electoral year for the Germans, who within one year, will have to vote in general, regional, local, European and even the presidential elections (23rd May next by parliament). On 7th June, the day of the European election, local elections will also take place in the Länder of Bavaria, Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate. 64 million Germans are being called to ballot including 4.3 million who will be voting for the first time. Turn out will be the greatest challenge to rise to as in all of the other European countries. According to a survey for the European institutions, only 44% of the Germans are aware that the European Parliament will be elected this year and 43% say they will go and vote. 31 political parties and associations are submitting themselves to the citizens’ judgment, a first in the country’s history. The most important of these groups are Die Linke (Left Party) whose list is being led by Lothar Bisky, the SPD (Social Democratic Party) led by Martin Schulz, chair of the European Socialists’ group in the European Parliament since 2004, die Grünen (the Greens) led by Rebecca Harms and Reinhard Bütighofer, the FDP (Liberal Democratic Party) led by young economist Silvana Koch-Mehrin, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) led by present president of the European Parliament Hans- Gert Pöttering and the CSU (Social Christian Union) led by Martin Ferber. -
Download Program
ALLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS PROGRAM Chicago, IL January 6–8, 2012 Contract negotiations, management and meeting arrangements for ASSA meetings are conducted by the American Economic Association. Participants should be aware that the media has open access to all sessions and events at the meetings. i ASSA2012.indb 1 11/16/11 3:52 PM Thanks to the 2012 American Economic Association Program Committee Members Kyle Bagwell Timothy Bresnahan Dora Costa Barry Eichengreen Charles Engel Lars Peter Hansen Erik Hurst Laurence Kotlikoff David Lee Eric Leeper Adriana Lleras-Muney Stephen Morris Monika Piazzezi Robert Townsend Kenneth Wolpin Michael Woodford Cover Art—“Chicago—Skyline in Snow” painted by Kevin E. Cahill (Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 ) based on a photograph by Jerry Driendl (copyright ′′ ′′ 2008). Kevin is a fellow economist and Investigator for the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College. Kevin invites you to visit his website at www.kcahillstudios.com. Jerry Driendl is a professional photographer who specializes in skylines. Jerry’s pictures are represented for licensing by Panoramic Images at www.panoramicimages.com, his posters are available at http://www.worldskylines.com, and his photographic prints are at www. fillprints.com. ii ASSA2012.indb 2 11/16/11 3:52 PM Contents General Information................................iv Hotels and Meeting Rooms ......................... ix Listing of Advertisers and Exhibitors ...............xxvii Allied Social Science Associations ..................xxx Summary of Sessions by Organization ............. xxxiii Daily Program of Events ............................1 Program of Sessions Thursday, January 5 .........................27 Friday, January 6 ...........................28 Saturday, January 7 ........................140 Sunday, January 8 .........................249 Subject Area Index...............................324 Index of Participants . -
Letter of Support
Letter of Support The best policies for the integration of migrants are not an enigma. Migrants need opportunities to participate in the life of their country of residence fully, without fear of discrimination. They also need clear legal pathways to full national citizenship. As European populations become more diverse, each country needs to constantly re-think the meaning of citizenship to find new ways of living together in a welcoming society. Many of us have worked to translate these statements into a robust framework of high standards, developed through European cooperation on integration. Time and time again, our governments have committed us to put these principles into practice by raising the standards of our national laws and policies on migrant integration. Until now, however, it has been a challenge to monitor whether governments have been living up to these promises across Europe. The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) reveals the ‘good intentions gap’ between best practice and real policies by providing clear, concise and comparable data. We welcome MIPEX as a tool that brings the power of benchmarking to integration policy. We look forward to learning the 2006 results and launching a debate on integration policies across Europe, where myths are challenged with the facts and low expectations with high standards of best practice. Signatories International Jan Andersson, Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of Employment and Social Affairs Committee, Sweden Enrique Barón Crespo, Member of the European Parliament, -
Members of the Management Board and Experts' Forum of the European
Members of the Management Board and Experts’ Forum of the European Institute for Gender Equality May 2017 EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER EQUALITY Members of the Management Board and Experts’ Forum of the European Institute for Gender Equality The Management Board . 4 The Experts’ Forum . 6 Chair of the Management Board . 8 Chair of the Experts’ Forum . 9 European Commission . 10 Belgium . 12 Bulgaria . 16 The Czech Republic . 18 Denmark . 22 Germany . 26 Estonia . 30 Ireland . 32 Greece. 36 Members of the Management Board and Experts’ Forum of the European Institute Spain . 40 for Gender Equality (May 2017) France . 44 Croatia. 48 Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf is responsible Italy . 52 for any use that might be made of the following information. Cyprus. 56 Latvia . 60 Lithuania . 64 Luxembourg . 68 Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers Hungary. 70 to your questions about the European Union. Malta . 74 New free phone number (*): The Netherlands . 76 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 Austria. 78 Poland. 80 *Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00800 numbers Portugal. 84 or may charge for these calls additionally. Romania. 88 Slovenia . 90 Slovakia . 94 Finland . 96 More information on the European Union is available on the internet (http://europa.eu). Sweden . 98 The United Kingdom . 102 © European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017 European Parliament nominations . 104 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. European Commission nominations . 107 Printed in Lithuania EU Level Workers’ Organisations – Experts’ Forum . 109 EU Level Non-Governmental Organisations – Experts’ Forum .