STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Western Balkans and Turkey Civil Society facility (CSF): Partnership Actions Empowerment of Women Joint project ISCOS and ITUC/PERC Funded by European Union

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Specific objective The project is aimed to better structuring the potential power of working women in trade unions and NGOs raise its profile in internal decision making and make trade union policies more gender sensitive in the political exchange with public authorities in Balkan countries

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Partners International level Regional/national level New Member state and neighbouring country

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Partners International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Confederation of Free Trade Unions ( KSS) Federation of the Trade Unions of Macedonia ( SSM) Women’s Trade Union Organisation of UNASM Trade Union Confederation Nezavisnost Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo (BSPK) Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH) Confederatia Nationala a Sindicatelor din Moldova (CNSM) Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB)

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Activities Are aimed to strengthening the existing women’s networks and facilitate the intercultural dialogue and relations between NGOs Reinforce the professional capacity of women networks, raise analitical skills, experts capacities and mobilization capacity of women organizations Develop strategic orientation on gender mainstreaming; regional awareness raising of the importance of gender equality to economic development and social dialogue Promote women in decision making expert/policy development positions, changing organizational culture towards gender sensitive patters of inter- action

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Activities training campaining networking

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Main Activities training Selection of participants (50 from 5 countries) 5 national level trainings campaining 5 national campaigns Elaboration of a booklet networking Updating the communication platform Regional meeting Final conference

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Main Activities training Workshops training 10 women in 5 countries (50 in total) about: EU policies directive on gender issues; how build national action plans on gender issues; how to campaign

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Main Activities campaining As results of the 5 national training the women’s networks in the unions start implementing the campaigns about the main items they decided upon. Partner organizations will realize: 5 national campaigns on women rights (raise awareness in the companies to the workers women about conciliation of private and working life, improving decisional making positions for women in the work place, face salary gap…); Production and distribution of flyers and brochures; Dissemination of a booklet about the results of the project (best practices).

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Main Activities networking Use of the web portal for networking and instrument of research and sharing; Spreading training materials and results of the training all over the country; Sharing best practices on line and at the regional and final conference

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Expected Results training Elaboration and production of training materials 50 participants trained Dissemination of training materials and training at territorial level campaining Starting activities of national action plans 5 national reports 5 national campaigns Elaboration of a booklet networking Communication platform updated Proposal for national action plans Proposal for regional action plans

STRENGHTENING WORKING WOMEN’S CAPACITIES AND NETWORKING IN WESTERN BALKANS Thank you