03/10//2013
Dear EWL Members,
you can find hereunder all relevant information and documents you need to consult for our next Board Meeting, scheduled on 11-13 October 2013 in Brussels.
Practical Information Word, PDF
Draft Agenda:
Friday, 11/10/2013
09:00 – 12:30 Meeting of the Executive committee – EWL Secretariat, Rue Hydraulique 18, 1210 – Brussels
14:00 – 18:00 Seminar – Mundo -B, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels: Programme Word, PDF
Lunch will be offered at Mundo -B.
Free evening dinner not covered by the EWL.
Saturday, 12/10/2013
09:00 – 18:00: Board meeting & lunch at Mundo-B
Evening dinner together at the COCO Restaurant, Place du Luxembourg 10, 1050 Brussels
Sunday, 13/10/2013
9:00 -15.30: Board meeting & lunch at Mundo-B
Draft revised agenda of the Board Meeting
Saturday 12/10/2013
9.00-12.30
- Apologies for Absence (for information)
- Adoption of the Draft Agenda (for adoption)
Background Document: Draft Agenda of 12-13 October 2013 Board Meeting Word, PDF
- Draft Minutes of previous Board Meetings (for adoption)
Background Document: Draft Minutes of the EWL Board of Administration Meetings of 31st May 2013: Word, PDF and of 2nd June 2013: Word, PDF
- Decisions from Minutes of the EWL Board of Administration Meetings of May 31 and June 2nd 2013 (for information)
Background Document: Draft Minutes of the EWL Board of Administration Meetings of May 31 and June 2nd 2013
- Matters arising not covered below
- Recruitment of new EWL Secretary general (for information)
- Power of signature on the EWL account (for decision)
- Election to fill vacant position in the Executive Committee (for decision)
- Membership Issues (for Information, discussion and Voting as appropriate)
Report by Susana Pavlou, Chair of the Membership Committee
COFFEE BREAK 10.30-11.00
- Position paper on sexual and reproductive health and rights – discussion
- EWL Eurobarometer on rape – presentation
- 2013 Actions on the Council of Europe Convention on VAW & rape – presentation & discussion
Presentations by Pierrette Pape, EWL Policy Officer & Project Coordinator and Colette De Troy, Director of the EWL Observatory on Violence
For information and discussion
LUNCH BREAK 12.30-14.00
14.00-18.00 – coffee break 15.45-16.15
- Discussion on EWL situation
1. Financial Matters
- Update on situation, including staff contracts
- Interim income and Expenditure 2013
- Budget for 2014
- Report from the working group on finances
2. Plan of action for the future sustainability of the EWL
Report by Viviane Teitelbaum, EWL President, Elisabeth Law, EWL Treasurer and Cécile Gréboval, EWL Secretary General
Background Document: Income and Expenditure 2013 PDF
For Information, discussion and Voting as appropriate
Sunday 12/10/2013 – MORNING SESSION – 9.30 -12.30
9.30-11.00
- EWL statutes and internal rules
1.Statutes – update
2.Internal rules – discussion on new internal rules
Report by Viviane Teitelbaum, President and Cécile Gréboval, EWL Secretary General
Background Documents: draft revised EWL internal rules
For Information, discussion and Voting as appropriate
COFFEE BREAK 11.00 -11.30
11.30-12.30
- EWL Policy Update 2013 -2014
Policy Update from the EWL Secretariat & discussions on all the key areas of work of EWL as these relate to current political work of the organization
Presentations and discussion between Board members and EWL staff members
Background Document: Interim Report of activities 2013 Word, PDF
For discussion and decision as relevant
LUNCH BREAK 12.30 -14.00
14.00 -15.30
- EWL Policy Update 2013 -2014 (continued)
- Information about the EWL General Assembly 2014 (Lisbon, October 2014)
- AOB
- Date and Place of Next Board Meeting (Brussels, 4-6 April or 25-27.04 April 2014)
