CESI organization, in cooperation with organization K-zona, Radio Kaj and Association of Women HERA are conducting the project “European Opportunities for Rural Women” in Zagreb County, Krapina-Zagorje County and Koprivnica-Križevci County.
The goal of the project is to inform the women from rural areas about the opportunities that come with the membership to the European Union, and to make them aware of their contribution to the EU. The project is funded by the European Union, as part of the IPA INFO 2012 programme and co-funded by Government’s Office for Cooperation with NGOs.
Since at the moment many municipalities, cities and counties are in the process of developing strategic plans that will serve as the basis for withdrawing EU funds, it is of great importance to include gender perspective into those plans. It is important to include interests and needs of women into the development plans and strategic documents. Women living in rural areas are in much worse position because of economic dependency, poor traffic connections and lack of educational opportunities, as well as employment opportunities. Gender awareness of the rural sector is the key strategy of the European Union, not only for promoting equality of men and women, but also for economic development and sustainability of the rural area.
Precisely in order to promote gender-sensitive local policies and the exchange of good practices in creation of local development strategies, a round table in Pregrada is organized by CESI in collaboration with the Commission for Gender Equality of Krapina-Zagorje County. The round table will be held on 29 April 2014 in Pregrada City Hall at 6 p.m.
Participants of the round table will be: Višnja Ljubičić, Ombudsperson for Gender Equality, Anđelko Ferek-Jambrek, Deputy County Prefect, Marko Vešligaj, Mayor of Pregrada, Sanja Cesar, programme manager in CESI, Helena Matuša, deputy manager, ZARA, Ivana Radanović, the Network of Associations Zagor, and the representative of the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds. The moderator of the round table will be Tajana Broz from CESI and the Commission for Gender Equality of Krapina-Zagorje County.
