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Silvana Koch-Mehrin Activity Report – Q1
2014
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Overview
Breakfast Debate: Building Dream Europe – What to keep and what to cut - 23 January Women’s Forum Brussels 2014 – Reshaping trust in Europe with women’s vision – 28 January Meeting Irish female candidates for the European Parliament election - 12 February Conference: EU Public Affairs – How do I work with MEPs? - 13 February EU Parliaments in global governance - 18 February International Women’s Day: Contribution to “Women in Parliaments, Inspiring Change” - 08
March Crans Montana African Women’s Forum - 21 March The Guardian Public Leaders’ Summit - 25 March
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Event: Breakfast Debate: Building Dream Europe – What to keep and what to cut –
Date: 23 January
Overview
On Thursday, 23 January Silvana Koch-Mehrin was taking part in a breakfast debate on “Building Dream Europe – What to keep and what to cut“, organised by the EU 40 network. In these difficult times, in which the “European Dream” risks to be undermined by multiple threats, Cambre and EU40, in partnership with the European Parliament Library, collaborated for the organisation of this breakfast debate tackling various issues regarding the Future of the European Union. The event was to be joined by speakers with different backgrounds trying to find some answers on what can be kept and improved and what has to be cut out from the current scenario in order to allow the Europeans to live the European Dream. –
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Event: Women’s Forum Brussels 2014 – Reshaping trust in Europe with women’s vision
Date : 28 January
Overview
On 28 January, Silvana Koch-Mehrin was speaking at the „Women’s Forum Brussels 2014 – Reshaping trust in Europe with women’s vision“. Silvana Koch-Mehrin was panellist in the opening session of the on the topic of “European tools to build a competitive economy”. European Union economic policy is geared towards steady growth and more jobs in the EU. While aiming to stabilize the economy in the short term and increase potential growth in the medium term, it also addresses different longer-‐term challenges, such as population ageing and globalization. Which tools (political, technical, legal) exist within the European Union which help foster the economy? Do they correspond to the current economic situation in Europe and its many challenges?
The Women’s Forum Brussels was created to bring together women members of the European Parliament and women from European business, to debate on how trust is being reshaped in Europe. To be held in the European Parliament in Brussels, the event will convene around 150 participants, opinion leaders, from business, politics, NGO, civil society and academia around Europe.
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Event: Meeting Irish female candidates for the European Parliament election –
Date: 12 February
Overview
Organised by “Women for Election“, Silvana Koch-Mehrin spoke on 12 February 2014 to a delegation of 20 female candidates from Ireland contesting this year’s elections on the local and European level. Silvana Koch-Mehrin shared her experience about being a female candidate and expressed how important encouraging women to run for a Parliament is to her, as the percentage of female Parliamentarians needs to rise.
Women for Election is an Irish not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation fighting for a balanced participation of women and men in political life.
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Event: Conference: EU Public Affairs – How do I work with MEPs?
Date : 13 February
Overview
On Tuesday, 13 February 2014 Silvana Koch-Mehrin spoke at the 4th Conference on EU Public Affairs on the topic of “How do I work with MEPs?”, organised by Quadriga University of Applied Science and European Agenda.
Working with MEPs can be very rewarding but requires a lot of preparation, as there are certain do’s and don’ts that need to be taken into account. This best case will provide insights into the work of an MEP and show how collaboration between MEPs and lobbyists really works.
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Event: EU Parliaments in global governance
Date 18 February
Overview:
The Parliamentary Forum on “EU Parliaments in global governance”, hosted by Miguel Angel Martínez and Othmar Karas, European Parliament Vice-Presidents responsible for relations with national Parliaments, focused on the question on how to improve cooperation in multilateral assemblies between EU National Parliaments and the European Parliament.
Silvana Koch-Mehrin spoke at the session on “Connecting Parliamentarians: Global Parliamentary Initiatives” together with Arnaud Leroy, Member of the Assemblée Nationale, France; Vice-President, GLOBE Europe, the Global Legislators Organisation, Alain Destexhe, Member and former President of Parliamentarians for Global Action and Jo Leinen, Member of the European Parliament; Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA).
The key questions were how Parliamentarians from across the world could work together effectively on concrete issues, what organisations, networks and initiatives existed as well as how online communication, social networks and videoconferencing could strengthen these networks.
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Event: International Women’s Day: Contribution to “Women in Parliaments, Inspiring Change” –
Date 08 March
Overview
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2014, Silvana Koch-Mehrin contributed to the project “Women in Parliaments, Inspiring Change” by the “Women in Parliaments Global Forum” (WIP), sharing two statements on “I want you to inspire to…” and “I was inspired by…”. Female Parliamentarians from more than 50 countries from all the continents as well as political personalities from the WIP Advisory Board contributed statements to the campaign. - See more at: http://www.koch-mehrin.de/international-womens-day-contribution-to-women-in-parliaments-inspiring-change/#sthash.qqEdMTne.dpuf
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Event: Crans Montana African Women’s Forum
Date: 21 March
Overview:
On Friday, 21 March 2014 Silvana Koch-Mehrin hosted a session on “The Growing Role of Women in Parliaments in Africa” in the framework of the Crans Montana African Women’s Forum.
Speakers at the session were:
•Ms Maia Panjikidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia
•Ms Thandi Cecilia Memela, Dep. Speaker, National Council of Provinces, South Africa
•Ms Anne-Marie Lizin, Hon. Speaker of the Senate, Belgium
•Ms Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Dep. Secretary General, Commonwealth Secretariat
One of the outcomes of this special session was the agreement echoed by all participants that having more women in decision-making positions has a significant impact in Africa and worldwide. For Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, there is a clear understanding that something changes when more women are empowered. However, “more tools to calculate the real impact of women in parliaments are needed”, she said during her speech.
Anne-Marie Lizin, Hon. Speaker of the Senate of Belgium, said that “the law changes when there are more women in Parliaments”, because Parliaments with more female representation are addressing issues related to women’s rights, gender quotas and reproductive rights.
Furthermore, the importance of more women in top positions to tackle negative gender stereotypes was raised by the panel: “women representation is not only about balancing the statistics, but about transforming gender stereotypes” said Thandi C. Memela, Deputy Speaker of the National Council of Provinces in South Africa.
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Event: The Guardian Public Leaders’ Summit
Date: 25 March
Overview
On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 Silvana Koch-Mehrin spoke at the “Guardian Public Leaders Summit” in London.
The Guardian Public Leaders Summit, now in its eleventh year, brings together key speakers from a wide variety of sectors to explore the challenges and opportunities facing public servants. The audience is a senior mix of local and central government professionals in addition to those in the third sector responsible for delivering services.
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Silvana Koch-Mehrin gave a presentation on public sector leadership during the global perspective session. The talk was part of the Global Leaders Series, a high profile set of talks and interviews from inspiring public service leaders from across the globe.
One of the key themes of the series is the challenge of tackling long term societal problems within short-term democratic cycles. Youth unemployment is one of this year’s themes for the series.