EEA and Norway Grants seminar ‘Violence against women in Europe – our response’

Draft programme:9.30 – 10.00: Registration and welcome coffee 10.00 – 10.20: EEA and Norway Grants: Strengthening European efforts on combating violence against womenIngrid Schulerud, Ambassador, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10.20 – 11.00: Keynote address: FRA violence against women survey Sami Nevala, Head of Sector Statistics and Surveys, Fundamental Rights AgencyQuestions and Answers 11.00 – 11.15: The Norwegian case: Survey on domestic violence and rapeOle Kristian Hjemdal, Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies11.15-11.30: Coffee break 11.30– 11.50: Protecting women against violence – the Istanbul Convention and the fourth round of monitoring of the implementation of Recommendation Rec (2002) 5 on the protection of women against violenceRaluca Popa, Project Adviser, Council of Europe 11.50 – 12.00: Combating domestic violence in Estonia with Norway Grants supportPille Ruul, Programme Coordinator, Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs12.00 – 12.45: Discussion – the way forward 12.45 – 13.00: Closing remarks Stine Andresen, Director, Financial Mechanism Office13.00 – 14.00 LunchROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – ‘Where are we now’ 14.00 – 14.15: Cooperation programmes on gender-based violenceTaina Riski, Programme Manager, Council of Europe14.15 – 15.30: Roundtable on results, best practices and challenges in the implementation of EEA and Norway Grants programmes on gender-based violence. Programme Operators, Project Promoters and Donor Programme Partners15.30 -16.00: CoffeeRead more about what we do to combat domestic and gender-based violence here