PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE NGO INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UN-ECE BEIJING + 15 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING Venue Maison des Associations 15, rue des Savoises, 1204 Geneva 30 - 31 October 2009 – GENEVA, Switzerland Friday 30th October From 8h30

Registration In situ PLENARY MEETING – ROOM 1

10h00 – 11h00

Opening Plenary Session I Opening of the meeting by the Convener of the NGO-CSW- Working Group on Women in Employment and Economics of Gender Expectations from NGOs by the Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary Organization of work

11h00– 13h00

Plenary II: “Teach-in” on Gender and Macroeconomics: Impact of and response to the Economic & Financial Crisis and Financing for Development”, session organized by UNIFEM

13h00 – 14h30

Lunch break

14h30 – 16h00

Plenary III: Review of major achievements and challenges for gender equality in the ECE region* Brief presentation of the ECE paper Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives (one presentation by each of the following sub-regions: 1. South-East Europe; 2. Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia; 3. Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries; 4. North America: US and Canada Questions and Answers

16h00 – 16.30

Coffee break

16h30-1800

Interactive discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary III presentations, «Review of major achievements and challenges for gender equality in the ECE Region» Sub-regional l – South-East Europe – Rm 1A Sub-regional 2 –Eastern Europe Causes and Central Asia – Rm 1B Sub-regional 3 – Western EU Countries and Western non-EU countries – Rm 2 Sub-regional 4 –North America: U.S. and Canada –Rm 3

18h00–19h00

Welcome drinks offered by the Conseil d’Etat de la République et Canton de Genève

Saturday 31st October

PLENARY MEETING – ROOM 1 9h30– 10h30

Plenary IV: Responsibility of the Corporate Sector and the Mainstreaming Gender and Equality Invited OECD expert on corporate responsibility General discussion and conclusions

10h30–11.30

Plenary V: Review of Progress in Implementing Gender-Sensitive Economic and Employment Policies in the Context of the Present Economic and Financial Crisis* Brief presentation of the ECE paper Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives

11.30–13h00

Interactive discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary V presentations “Review of process in implementing gender sensitive economic and employment policies in the context of the present economic and financial crisis”. Sub-regional 1- South East Europe– Rm 1A Sub-regional 2- Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia – Rm 1B Sub-regional 3- Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries –Rm 2 Sub-regional 4- North America: U.S. and Canada – Rm 3

13h00 –14.15

Lunch break

14h15–15h45

Plenary VI: “Building Partnerships, Networks and Alliances to Promote Gender Equality”* Brief presentation of the ECE paper Presentation by NGOs from sub-regional perspectives Questions and Answers

15h45–16h30

Interactive discussions by sub-regional caucuses on Plenary VI presentations “Building Partnerships, Networks and Alliances to Promote Gender Equality” Sub-regional 1- South East Europe– Rm 1A Sub-regional 2- Eastern Europe-Caucasus and Central Asia – Rm 1B Sub-regional 3- Western EU-Countries and Western non-EU countries –Rm 2 Sub-regional 4- North America: U.S. and Canada – Rm 3

16h30–18h30

Closing Plenary Session Reports from the four sub-regional caucuses Review and Adoption of the Draft Conclusions to be conveyed by the participating NGOs to the Intergovernmental Meeting

*(Cross-cutting issues to be addressed are migration, trafficking and demography). Note: the results of the interactive discussions will constitute NGOs contribution to the intergovernmental process through lessons learned to stimulate implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.