FW: [youngwomenfromminorities] Conference: "Towards A Gender-Sensitive UN-Reform"

[Borgos Anna]

>From: "Claudia Belchior" <claudiabelchior at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: youngwomenfromminorities at yahoogroups.com
>To: youngwomenfromminorities at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [youngwomenfromminorities] Conference: "Towards A Gender-Sensitive
>UN-Reform"
>Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:06:38 +0000
>
> >
> >From: "agheaus" <FPHGHA01 at phd.ceu.hu>
> >
> >
> >PLEASE CIRCULATE
> >
> >
> >The Black Sea University Foundation is happy to announce:
> >
> >Annual Conference of UN-NGO Informal Regional Network
> >UN-NGO-IRENE / Eastern Europe
> >&
> >Capacity Building Workshop
> >"Towards A Gender-Sensitive UN-Reform"
> >
> >Bucharest, Romania: 20 - 23 October 2004
> >
> >
> >The Black Sea University Foundation (BSUF) organizes this conference
> >as
> >a
> >follow-up to last year's launch of UN-NGO-IRENE-EE and enjoys the
> >support
> >of the NGO Section of the United Nations Department of Economic and
> >Social
> >Affairs (UNDESA).
> >
> >
> >The worldwide UN-NGO Informal Regional Network (UN-NGO-IRENE) is an
> >initiative of the UNDESA NGO-Section aimed at promoting regular
> >contacts
> >between the UNDESA NGO Section and regional NGOs, at improving the
> >dissemination of information about UN activities regionally and
> >internationally towards NGOs, and at strengthening their capacities,
> >especially with regard to the implementation of the Millennium
> >Development
> >Goals.
> >
> >As UN-NGO-IRENE-EE Regional Coordinator, BSUF organizes the annual
> >conference of this network on gender awareness within the UN reform
> >process. In choosing this theme, UN-NGO-IRENE recognized the need for
> >increased activity in Eastern Europe on the implementation of
> >Millennium
> >Development Goal 3 (MDG3) on elimination of discrimination and
> >empowerment
> >of women.
> >
> >The conference is open to leaders/members of women's NGOs in the 15
> >UN-NGO-IRENE member countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
> >Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
> >Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia and
> >Montenegro, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. Apart from this number
> >of
> >participants, invitees will include an estimated 40 observers from
> >embassies, donors, the academia and civil society. Guest speakers
> >include
> >several high officials from the United Nations -Ms. Noeleen Heyzer,
> >Executive Director of UNIFEM, Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of NGO
> >Section,
> >UN
> >DESA, Najet Karaborni, Senior Interregional Adviser and UN-NGO-IRENE
> >Project Coordinator NGO Section/ECOSOC/UNDESA.
> >
> >This year's UN-NGO-IRENE regional meeting aims to promote an exchange
> >of
> >ideas and best practices among Eastern European NGOs working on gender
> >issues within the UN framework. The UN reform is mainly concerned with
> >developing more efficient programs to eliminate discrimination and to
> >empower women, while ensuring a closer cooperation with governments
> >and
> >civil society representatives for the timely and effective
> >implementation
> >of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The UN-NGO-IRENE seminar would
> >consequently offer an optimal framework for developing and enhancing
> >cooperation among the UN, national governments and NGOs on gender
> >issues
> >in Eastern Europe.
> >
> >For information, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail, at
> >madalina.darvaru at f..., or by phone, at +40 21/233 91 25.
> >
> >We kindly ask you to confirm your participation as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> >Ms. Madalina Darvaru
> >UN Office Assistant
> >Black Sea University Foundation 50, Primaverii Boulevard,
> >712932 Bucharest-1, Romania
> >Phone no.: + 40 21/ 233 91 24; Mobile phone: +40/ 744110114
> >Fax: + 40 21 / 233 91 25
> >E-mail: madalina.darvaru at f...
> >
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