Saturday, 8 October 2005

Welcome Dinner

Master of Ceremonies:

Nieves Confesor, Professor, Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

Opening Remarks:

• Victoria Licuanan, Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

• Wonil Cho, Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

• Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)

• Monique Halpern, President, French Coordination for the European Women's Lobby

Keynote Speaker:

• Magdalena Sroda, The Polish Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status of Women and Men

Sunday, 9 October 2005

Opening and Plenary Session 1

Opening and Moderator:

• Mitsuko Horiuchi, Chair of the Steering Committee; Director, Committee For the Year 2001; Gender Expert (Director, ILO Office in Japan)

Overview Presentation:

• Chia Siow Yue, Director of the Task Force; Senior Research Economist, Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Presentation of Case Studies:

• Case Study on Japan by Takayoshi Kusago, Associate Professor, Research Center for Civil Society, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

• Case Study on the Netherlands by Hélène Louapre, Executive Secretary, General Management Kappa Packaging Group Companies

• Case Study on Indonesia by Francis X. Wahono, Executive Director, Yayasan Cindelaras

• Case Study on France by Alain Laferté, Doctoral researcher, Lille Center for Politics (CERAPS), University of Lille 2

• Case Study on the Philippines Rufa Cagoco-Guiam, Director, Center for Peace and Development Studies; Associate Professor, Mindanao State University, General Santos City

• Case Study on Greece/ Turkey by Meral Ekmekciooglu, Founding member, WINPEACE Turkey

Special Presentation: Monique Halpern

"Exemplary cases of regional cooperation on gender: lessons from the European Union"

Discussions

Breakout Session 1

In-depth discussions in small groups on factors of economic empowerment of women, sharing of other experiences, and dialogue on various mechanisms for empowerment.

Plenary Session 2

Group reports on breakout session discussions.

Moderator:

• Fotini Sianou, Vice President, Centre for Research and Action on Peace (KEDE), Greece

Dinner

Keynote Speaker:

Loren Legarda, Senator of the Philippines

Monday, 10 October 2005

Breakout Session 2:

How to link economic empowerment of women to social change/gender equality.

Plenary Session 3

Group reports on breakout session discussions.

Moderator:

• Nieves Confesor

Plenary Session 4:

How can Asia and Europe work together to empower men and women to be catalysts for social change and gender equality?

Moderator:

• Tadashi Yamamoto

Wrap-up:

• Chia Siow Yue, Director, Task Force

• Mitsuko Horiuchi, Chair, Steering Committee

Discussions

Closing remarks:

• Victoria Licuanan, Dean, Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

• Jaime J. Yambao, ASEF Governor for the Philippines

• Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)