16 December 2007
Event background
Seminar on gender equality at work, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20 - 21 February 2006
Venue: Hilton Sofia Hotel, 1, Bulgaria Blvd, Sofia, Bulgaria
Programme (also available in Bulgarian)
Day 1: Monday 20 February 2006
9.00-9.30Registration
9.30-11.00 Seminar introduction
Jean-Michel Miller, Research Manager, EWCO, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Foundation)
Galab Donev, Director of the Working Conditions Directorate of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Research work in Bulgaria on gender equality issues
Rumyana Gladicheva, Director, Institute for Social Analyses and Policies (ISAP), Bulgaria
11.00-11.30Coffee break
Session one:Gender pay gap
11.30-12.00 Presentation of the Foundation’s reports Gender, jobs and working conditions in the EU / Working conditions and gender in an enlarged Europe, Heloisa Perista, senior researcher, CESIS Lisbon, Portugal
12.00-12.45 Discussion
12.45-14.15Lunch
Session two:Work-life balance
14.15-14.45 Work-life balance - presentation of the findings of the Bulgarian National Working Conditions survey
Emilia Chengelova, Institute of Sociology to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
14.45-15.45 Discussion
15.45-16.15Coffee break
16.15-16.45 Presentation of the EWCO topic report Combining family and full-time work
Anna Pärnänen and Hanna Sutela, Statistics Finland
16.45-18.00Discussion
Day 2: Tuesday, 21 February 2006
Session three:Gender equality at work
09.00-09.15Introduction
09.15-10.15 Presentation of the EU and national social partners positions on gender equality at work
Viviane Goergen, Chair of the ETUC Women’s Committee and Gabriela Uriarte, Social Affairs’ Adviser, CEOE Confederation of Spanish Employers
10.15-11.00Discussion
11.00-11.30Coffee break
11.30-12.00Presentation and discussion of company case studies Assessment of gender equality at company level
Tatiana Kmetova and Magdanela Delinesheva, Centre of Women’s Studies and Policies, Sofia
12.00-12.45Discussion
12.45-13.00**Conclusions
**Greet Vermeylen, Research Manager, Foundation
13.00Lunch
End of seminar
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