Invitation 6th EWS Conference Paris
"Women, Sport and Democracy"

 On behalf of the Organising Committee, the President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee Henri Sérandour, and the Minister of Sports Jean-François Lamour, have immense pleasure in inviting you to Paris for the 6th European Women and Sport Conference, to be held at the C.N.O.S.F. from 23rd to 25th of April 2004.

Looking forward to personally welcoming you to Paris on this occasion.

Yours sincerely,

Jean-François Lamour

French Minister of Sports

Henri Sérandour

President CNOSF

Program

Friday, April 23rd


10:00

Official welcome and opening
Chantal AMADE-ESCOT, EWS Chairwoman
Henri SERANDOUR, President of French National Olympic and Sports Committee
Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL, IOC member, Women and Sport Commission representative
Brigitte GRESY, representing the French Minister for Parity and Equality in the Workplace
Jean-François LAMOUR, French Minister of Youth, Sports and Voluntary Sector
11:15 Plenary session chaired by Bengt SEVELIUS (ENGSO President)
 EWS and the question of democracy: A challenge for the future
Pr. Chantal AMADE-ESCOT, EWS Chairwoman
Key note Lecture - Sport and Democracy
Pr. Geneviève FRAISSE, European Deputy
14:00 Workshops

Balanced participation of women and men in decision-making

1a. Gender equality in national sports policies
Speakers : Iva GAVEZ (Women and Sport Commission Chairwoman - NOC of Croatia) ;
Nelli KOIVISTO (Finnish Sports Federation)


1b. The role of European sports organisations and federations
Speakers : Claude BERGERET (European Table Tennis Association - Vice President)
Birgitta KERVINEN (ENGSO Vice-President)

1c. Policies on sports facilities
Speakers : François VIGNEAU (French Ministry for Youth, Sports and Voluntary Sector - Architect)
Geraint JOHN (International Union of Architects)

1d. Access to decision-making positions
Speakers : Sabine RADTKE (Research assistant, Free University of Berlin)
Béatrice HESS (IOC Woman Commission - IWG member)
15:30Exhibition's private viewing on Women and Sport
16:15 Plenary session Plenary session chaired by Maria ILIOUPOLOU (Greek Ministry of Culture - Sport Director General)
Gender balance in sports organisations (directed by the CNOSF)
Caroline CHIMOT (Paris-Sud University - Faculty of Sport Sciences)
Women's access to decision-making positions: Proposals of the Inter-Ministerial working Group
Brigitte DEYDIER (French Federation of Judo - Vice-President)
19:00Cocktail Reception at the Paris City Hall
Saturday, April 24th
9:00 Plenary Session Plenary session chaired by Etsuko OGASAWARA (IWG - Co-Chairwoman)
Key note Lecture - Democratisation of acces to sport activity and sport organisations
Pr. Berit SKIRSTAD, Norwegian University of Sports and Physical Education
10:00 Workshops

Democratisation of access: A socio-economic perspective

2a. The influence of culture
Speakers : Gül KESKINLER (manager "Start" Project)
Elsa CROQUETTE (Toulouse University - Faculty of Sport Sciences)


2b. The influence of social role and gender-based stereotypes
Speakers : Mériem KERZABI (Women association, Sport, Culture, Mediterranean)
Cécile MONTMASSON (Adidas France)

2c. External financing and economical impacts on sports
Speakers : Mona MEIJER (Swedish Sports Confederation)
Annie COURTADE (Volley-Ball, RC Cannes - President)

2d. Media coverage of female athletes
Speakers : Pr. Laura CAPRANICA (Ass. Prof. - University Institute of Motor Sciences of Rome)
Dr. Mojca DOUPONA (Ass. Prof. - University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport)
11:45 Special plenary Plenary session chaired by Makis CHAMALIDIS (UNESCO consultant)
Key note Lecture - Topsport = Learning to loose !
Lydia La RIVIERE ZIJDEL, President of the European Women's Lobby
14:30 Workshops3a. European policies on physical education
Speakers : Margaret TALBOT (IAPESGW President)
Michel FOUQUET (European Trade-union Committee of Education)

3b. Education through sports and democracy
Speakers : Kari FASTING (Prof. - Norwegian University of Sports and Physical Education)
Patricia LAMBERT (European Year of Education through Sport)

3c. Advancement of women as trainers and coaches
Speakers : Amanda BENETT (Co-ordinator of Equity, UK Sport)
Béatrice PALIERNE (Table Tennis French Federation)

3d. Role and influence of the family
Speakers : Edit SCHLAFFER (Research centre for politics and Interpersonal Relations)
Carla ANTUNIS (Portuguese Sport Organisation - Secretary General)

Workshop Synthesis

16:00 Plenary SessionPlenary session chaired by John SCOTT (Council of Europe, Committee for Development of Sport - Chair)
Allocution
Viviane REDING, Member of the European Commission, Responsible for education, culture and sport
16:15 RoundtableWomen, Sport and Democracy : Perspectives on the future.
Dominique LAURENT, Sports Director - Ministry of Sports
André LECLERCQ, CNOSF Vice-President
Marit MYRMAEL, Ex. Com. member of the European Olympic Committees
Liese PROKOP, Vice-President of the Austrian Sports Federation
19:15 Gala diner at the "Cirque d'Hiver"
Sunday, April 25th
9:00From 1995 to 2004: Monitoring progree towards equality
Danièle SALVA, EWS General Secretary
9:30Paris call for action - English and  French
Pr. Chantal AMADE-ESCOT, EWS Chairwoman
Discussion chaired by Pr. Margaret TALBOT (IAPESGW - President)
11:00From Paris to Vienna (show)
New EWS Chair (Austria): Inaugural Speech
12:00Closing of the 6th EWS Conference