Tea For Two

Tea for two - illustrating equality

Tea for two final conference

The final conference of the TFT project was held on November 16, 2007 in Reykjavík, Iceland. The findings of the TFT research were presented and discussed. Speakers from all the partner countries gave presentations and took part in panel discussions.

The chairperson of the meeting was Hildur Jónsdóttir, head of the Equal Status Council, and Dagur B. Eggertsson, mayor of Reykjavík, chaired the panel discussion. The conference was open to all free of charge.

The agenda for the conference was as follows:

 

Tea for two

Illustrating Equality

 

Final conference Friday November 16

Hotel Loftleidir, Reykjavik

Chairperson: Hildur Jónsdóttir, Equal Status Council

 

13:00   Opening Speech

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs .

 

13:10   The Tea for Two project in a nutshell

Svala Jónsdóttir, Centre for Gender Equality

 

13:20   Competing in gender equality – results from the TFT project

Kjartan Ólafsson, University of Akureyri Research Institute

 

13:50   Gender equality in Norway in view of the TFT project

May Endresen, Norwegian Association of Regional and Local Authorities

 

14:10   Gender equality at local level in Finland in the light of statistical indicators

Mikola Sinikka, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Marjut Pietiläinen, Statistics Finland

 

14:30   Equality issues for women in Greece: Project results

Maria Ifou, Mayor, Municipality of Farsala, Greece

 

14:50   Gender policy in Bulgaria and the impact of the TFT Project

Lily Abadijeva, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria

 

15.10 Coffee break

 

15:40   TFT from a user’s perspective

Katrín Björg Ríkarðsdóttir, Town of Akureyri

 

16:00   Panel Discussion – Where do we go from here?

Chairperson: Dagur B. Eggertsson, Mayor, City of Reykjavík

 

Panel members:

Kjartan Ólafsson, University of Akureyri Research Institute, Iceland

Kristín Ólafsdóttir, Town of Kópavogur, Iceland

Isto Karjalainen, City of Kuopio, Finland

May Endresen, Norwegian Associaton of Regional and Local Authorities, Norway

Katerina Karapa, Municipality of Tamineon, Greece

Tatiana Georgieva, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Bulgaria

 

17:00   Reception hosted by the Ministry of Social Affairs

 

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