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PREAMBLE he organization in Algiers of participation of women in elected the International Conference assemblies to strengthen their capacities on Advancing the Political in the management and governance T Participation of Women of local communities. This project is provides an excellent forum for strategic for Algeria because, beyond the highlighting the significant progress figures, the public authorities affirm their made in this area in Algeria. desire to give consistency and inject quality into the representation of women The introduction of a bold constitutional in elected bodies. reform in March 2016, in which the State undertakes the promotion women’s rights «by increasing their chances During the 2 days of this conference, of having access to representation in a panel of Algerian and international elected assemblies» (art.35), reinforced experts have been mobilized to debate, this representation, paving the way for through three axes : greater involvement of Algerian women 1 - The national and international legal in political decision-making spheres, at framework ; national and local level. 2 - Participation of women as actors of It is in this context that the Ministry sustainable development; of the Interior, Local Government and Territorial Planning has implemented, 3 - The role of governmental actors and in collaboration with UNDP, a project partners in strengthening the political to support the effective and sustainable participation of women. 17 ET 18 MARS, PALAIS DES NATIONS, ALGER. 1 BIOGRAPHY Nicole Ameline was born on July 4th, 1952 in Saint-Vaast- en-Auge (Calvados). Holder of a doctorate in law, she has developed a long career as a French politician. After administrative positions in Honfleur then at the general council of Calvados, she entered politics by being substitute of Michel d’Ornano at the National Assembly in 1988, and she became a member of parliament in 1991. She held various positions until 2017. Ms. Nicole AMELINE Among the governmental functions she has held, those of State Secretary to the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Accommodation, Tourism and Sea (2002), Delegated Minister to the Minister of Social Affairs, Labor and Solidarity (2002-2004) and Minister in Charge of Professional Equality and Parity (2004-2005). In August 2005, she was appointed as ambassador on mission, in charge of social issues and parity in international relations, then jointly, delegate of the French Government to the board of directors of the International Labor Office, based in Geneva, in November of the same year. As she is an activist against violence against women, she was elected on July, 30th 2008 to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at UN headquarters in New York. She took the presidency of CEDAW in February 2013. Since April 2011, she has been an honorary member of the think tank «Women in the service of Human», which is exclusively female. Ms. Isabelle Durant (Belgium) took office as Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 3 July 2017. Ms. Durant had a distinguished career in Belgian and European politics. She held the offices of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport and Energy and Senator in the Belgian Government. She also served as Vice-President of the European Parliament and Presidency of the European Union Council of Ministers of Transport. Ms. Durant also has Ms Isabelle a wealth of experience collaborating with civil society and DURANT the private sector, notably as the Vice-President responsible for relations between the European Parliament and civil society. Ms. Durant has also held posts as a senior consultant on the empowerment of women in local government for the UNDP and as a member of the Brussels- Capital Region in the Parliament of Belgium. ENG 17 TH AND 18 TH OF MARCH, PALAIS DES NATIONS, ALGIERS BIOGRAPHY Olivier Pierre-Louveaux is a lawyer and constitutional specialist who has worked on democratic governance and inclusive political processes (constitution-making process, parliamentary strengthening, electoral and political parties support) for the last 15 years. Olivier is currently serving at the UNDP Regional Hub for Arab States as Inclusive Political Processes Programme Mr. Olivier Specialist. Pierre-Louveaux Before that assignment, he was managing the UNDP support for the constitutional process and the parliamentary strengthening in Tunisia. Within the global UNDP team, he developed also as Knowledge Manager (UNDP), Agora, the Portal for parliamentary development, provided policy analysis and parliamentary strengthening technical assistance to various UN Country Offices (namely Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Moldova, Guinea- Bissau, Rwanda, Congo (DR), Kosovo, Iraq), e.g. in drafting strategy for new parliamentary development projects, and participated in the coordination of the Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening. He was earlier Adviser at the Belgian Senate and negotiating team member for the Belgian Government formation. Frances Guy is currently Gender Team Leader at UNDP, Regional Bureau for Arab States, based in Amman, Jordan. Between 2014 and 2017 she worked with a British NGO dealing with the Middle East region, especially Syria, Iraq and Palestine. She was Representative for UNWomen in Iraq from May 2012 to December 2014 and before that she had a long career in the British Diplomatic Service where she Ms. Frances served as British Ambassador to Lebanon (2006 -2011) and GUY to Yemen (2001 -2004). 17 TH AND 18 TH OF MARCH, PALAIS DES NATIONS, ALGIERS ENG BIOGRAPHY Biljana Ledenican has worked for UNDP for the last 16 years. She is a Portfolio Manager for Inclusive Political Processes in UNDP Serbia and leads the Portfolio “Strengthening the Oversight Role and Transparency of the Parliament – 2nd Phase”. Since 2006 she has been working with parliamentarians in Serbia and the Region on developing inter-parliamentary cooperation on transitional justice, strengthening oversight and representative roles, Ms. BILJANA cooperation with independent scrutiny bodies, outreach, LEDENICAN public participation, establishing and supporting cross- party caucuses such as GOPAC (Global Organisation of Parliamentarians against Corruption), SDGs Focus Group as well as Women’s Parliamentary Network and knowledge transfer from the National to local assemblies. Prior to UNDP she worked with UNTAES and OSCE on Rule of Law programmes. Biljana contributed to developing innovative mechanisms for oversight and transparency: a custom-designed Portal for monitoring public finance spending for the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, two-way communication with citizens at national and central level through websites, e-parliament tools, public hearings and mobile committee sessions. Biljana holds an MA in Environment, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex, Global Studies, through Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program. Ms. Begona Lasagabaster, USA, United Nations- UN Women, lawyer specialized in community law, civil law and private international law, is Director of Policy Division (officer in charge). Since 2008, she has worked as a specialist and advisor on women’s leadership and political participation at the United Nations, first with UNIFEM and currently with UN Women. Ms. Begona Prior to that, she served as Representative for Guipuzcoa LASAGABASTER in the Congress of Deputies of Spain, where she held the position of spokesperson for the Commissions of the Interior, Justice, External Affairs, Constitutional Affairs, Budgets and Regulations, Public Administration, Mixed Commission (Congress-Senate) for the European Union, and Development Cooperation and Aid. ENG 17 TH AND 18 TH OF MARCH, PALAIS DES NATIONS, ALGIERS BIOGRAPHY Isabelle Moret, was born on December 30th , 1970 in Lausanne. She is a Swiss politician, member of the Liberal- Radical Party, living in Yens-sur-Morges in the canton of Vaud. Daughter of a railwayman, she grew up and studied in Lausanne, where she obtained a law degree and a postgraduate degree in European law. She then passed her degree as a lawyer in Berne. Plurilingual, she is fluent in Ms. Isabelle German, Swiss German, Italian and English. She is the MORET mother of two young children. Professional career Holder of a lawyer’s degree, she worked for several years in a Lausanne Office. In 2013, she relinquished advocating to the Bar to better focus on her political and professionals mandates. She remains, however, legal counsel. She currently chairs the Federation of food industries (Fial) and the hospitals’ association H+. She is also Vice-President of the Board of Directors of Swissgrid, a national company operating in the electrical network. Political career She began her political career in 1997 at the Radical Democratic Party of Switzerland (PRD), today Liberal-Radical Party of Switzerland, in the Committee on Domestic Policy. She was Advisor from 1998 to 2006. In 1998, she also became Vice President of Young Radicals of Switzerland, while being a member of the PME group and of the Economic Commission of Vaud PRD, of which she became president in 2003. She was elected Member of the Grand Council of Vaud in 1999, before becoming a member of Constituent Assembly of Vaud from 1999 to 2002. She left the cantonal parliament in 2006, after having notably sat on the Finance Committee from 2002 to 2006. In December 2006, she joined the federal Parliament as National Councilor, a mandate that will be renewed in the elections of 2011 and 2015. In this last election, 17 TH AND