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On 4-5 June 2019 the National Agency for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Romania - in cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, and the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality in Portugal holds a High Level Conference organised in the context of the Romanian Presidency to the EU Council “Towards a Europe free from violence against women and girls - The Istanbul Convention creating a new horizon and a paradigm change for all stakeholders!” The initiative shall further deepen and intensify cooperation between The Office of the Government (and the PO)
Summary of the results
The result of negotiations with the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of Norway was an agreement regarding the possibility of holding the 4th meeting of the SYNERGY networking platform in Prague in autumn 2019 as a side-event of the international conference on the prevention of domestic and gender-based violence organized by the Office of the Government, the Department of Gender Equality. The initiative also contributed to further strengthening of synergies between the programmes comprising programme area Domestic and Gender-based violence. Exchange of experience and systematic transfer of good practice (not only from Norway) and capacity building in the area of creation and implementation of integrated policy measures in a comprehensive approach to violence against women under the Istanbul Convention within the platform will have a positive effect on the preparation of grant calls in programme area 22 in the Czech Republic.