Thursday, 13 May 2010

Twenty-Third Sitting of the Gender Equality Committee

On 13 May, the Gender Equality Committee held a sitting in the form of a roundtable to discuss female entrepreneurship in Serbia.



On 13 May, the Gender Equality Committee held a sitting in the form of a roundtable to discuss female entrepreneurship in Serbia. The sitting was chaired by Gordana Paunovic-Milosavljevic, Committee Chairperson.

Mira Marjanovic, representative of the Gender Equality Directorate at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, revealed data that show that the position of women in the job market was becoming more unfavourable and that 53% of the unemployed were women. She stressed that at the National strategy for the improvement of the position of women and improvement of gender equality gives priority to a higher employment of women and that an action plan for its implementation would in elaborate the measures and activities that should contribute to the strengthening of their economic situation more detail.

Ana Trbovic, Director of the FEFA Center for European Integration briefed the Committee members on the position of women company owners, managers and directors in Serbia. Sanja Popovic-Pantic of the Association of Business Women of Serbia presented the society’s activities and examples of good practice in the development of female entrepreneurship in Serbia.

In the discussion the officials pointed out the need to secure budgetary funds to finance a programme aimed at developing female entrepreneurship (from the Development Fund, NIP and other state institutions). It was also said that in the preparation of the new development strategy for small and medium enterprises, supporting female entrepreneurship should be given more attention.

They also pointed out the importance of creating the conditions and establishing mechanisms for the implementation of the Gender Equality Law.


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monday, 24 august
  • 8.00 - sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, library)

  • 8.30 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 8.30 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 8.30 - sitting of the Health and Family Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 8.30 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Blue Salon)

  • 9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 9.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, library)

  • 10.00 - 10th Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 14th Legislature (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 12.30 - the PFG with Canada meets with the Canadian Upper House Parliamentary Friendship Group with Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

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