Conference Programme - FIA

							       Project “Changing gender portrayal. Promoting employment
                opportunities for women in the performing arts”



          Launching Conference: Reval Hotel Latvija, Elizabetes St. 55, Riga, LV 1183
                                           April 4-5th
                     Interpretation: English, French, German and Latvian




Friday, April 4th
Lunch -        In the Esplanade Restaurant, Hotel Reval, from 12h30 to 14h00


14.00- 14.30- Welcome and Registration of the Participants


14.30- 14.45- Words of Welcome from Tomas Bolme, President of FIA


14.45- 16.00- Presentation by Dearbhal Murphy, Deputy General Secretary : short introduction to
               the "2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All" and the origins of the FIA
               project and current state of play.
               Question and Answer Session/ Debate


16.00- 16.30- Coffee


16.30- 17.00 - Feedback from Agnete Haaland on the outcomes of the steering group meeting
               that took place in the morning: next steps, final conference etc.
               Question and Answer Session/ Debate




      With the financial support of the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs
Saturday, April 5


9.00-9.30 -    Welcome and registration of participants


9.30-10.45 -   Welcome by our host unions in Latvia LKDAF and LAA with keynote speeches by:
                   Helena Demakova, Minister of Culture of Latvia

                     Līvija Marcinkēviča, Vice-President, Latvian Free Trade Union Federation

               Question and Answer Session/ Debate on gender portrayal and employment
               opportunities for performers in Latvia.


10.45- 11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 - Presentation of the background work on the questionnaire for the project; the
               structure and format adopted; the information that it intended to gather; and the
               processing of the data arising from it. (Deborah Dean, Professor and researcher at
               the Warwick University, London -UK)


12.15- 12.45 Question and Answer session/ Discussion on strategies for disseminating the
               questionnaire and achieving a maximum response rate.


12.45-14.00 - Lunch in the Esplanade Restaurant


14.00-15.30– National Experiences: Previous surveys/studies at national level ; best practices
               related to gender portrayal and age discrimination; personal testimonies:
                     Nina Stone, Sweden
                     Agnete Haaland, Norway
                     Jean Rogers, UK – on how national experience informed the choice of project
                    theme and content by the steering group.




      With the financial support of the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs
15.30-16.00 – Coffee


16.00- 17.00- Open question/debate session on the national feedback on the questionnaire; the
              organisation of the face-to-face interviews; the preparation of the final conference;
              and the follow-up at national and European level.




      With the financial support of the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs