INVITATION

21.1.2016

INVITATION TO THE 9TH MEETING OF WOMEN IN FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES- COMMISSION

You are warmly invited to the 8th Meeting of the Women in Fire and Rescue Services Commission. The meeting will be held on the 14th – 15th April 2016 in Warsaw and our meeting venue will be The Main School of Fire Service. The address of the school is ul. Słowackiego 52/54 Warszawa/ Slowackiego street n°52/54 Warsaw.

The recommended hotel is 3*** and in an excellent position for sightseeing as well as for the meeting venue. The commute is easy from Airports as they both have metro and bus. This hotel is directly into the city center and to the nearest Underground Stations, Dworzec Gdański are a few minute walk from the hotel. The best way to get from the airport to the hotel is to use public transport. Barbara Piec will give more details to the participants nearer the time, and tickets from the airports can be bought at the time of travel.

All participants are asked to book their flights and the hotel as soon as possible.

The hotel details are as follows:

Ibis Warszawa Stare Miasto ul. Muranowska 2, Śródmieście, 00-209 Warszawa, Polska Telephone: +48223101000 Fax: +48223101010 http://www.ibis.com/pl/hotel-3714-ibis-warszawa-stare-miasto-old-town/index.shtml

All participants are kindly asked to register with Mrs Mira Leinonen ([email protected]) just with simple e-mail registration.

The deadline for registration is 15 march 2016 Nationality

Name Ms Mrs Mr

Organization Miss Participant Function/Position

Street address

City

Postal code

Telephone number

Email address

Dietary restrictions/food allergies

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Mira Leinonen ([email protected], phone: +35 8405191147) or Barbara Piec ([email protected] mobile number +48 606 987 737)

We look forward to seeing you in Warsaw.

Mira Leinonen and Mona Hjortzberg Chair and Vice Chair Draft agenda for the 8th meeting

Thursday 14th – Friday 15th April 2015, 0900 hours to 1700 hours - every day we have 2 coffee breaks and one lunch break

1. Introduction of participants

2. Approval of the agenda for the meeting

3. Approval of the minutes from the meeting in London, October 2015

4. Summaries from the working groups:

a. Family and caring system

b. Statues

c. Technical and material issues

d. Career and support

5. Next issues

6. Presentation from each country (5 - 7 minutes per country). What is going on right now in respective country to promote women in Fire and Rescue Services? (the participants are asked to summarise and send their presentations in beforehand)

7. Any other business

* Please don’t hesitate to contact the chair, if you have something to add to this point

8. Date of next meeting