Gender equality at work

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, Day 2

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