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MDB-Sponsored Regional Workshop on Gender and Employment

Istanbul, 24-25 April 2012

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Programme

MDB-Sponsored Regional Workshop on Gender and Employment Istanbul, 24-25 April 2012

Background to the workshop series This workshop is the fourth conference sponsored by the Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) Gender Working Group, which was set up in 2001 with the aim of strengthening information-sharing and collaboration on gender equality in operations among multilateral development banks.

Working Group members include the Asian Development Bank (AsDB), African Development Bank (AfDB), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank (WB). The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has attended as an observer since 2011 and will also participate in the 2012 workshop, as will the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The general objectives of the workshops are aligned with Millennium Development Goal 3 to "Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women", with the specific objectives of bringing together experts and decision makers from MDBs, relevant government agencies and other actors to:

§ discuss issues in key economic areas § understand challenges § explore good practices for replication § identify key actions for accelerating progress.

The previous three regional workshops, held in Manila (2008), Peru (2009) and Addis Ababa (2011) and hosted by AsDB, IADB and AfDB respectively, all focused on gender and infrastructure.

Gender and Employment Workshop For the EBRD-hosted 2012 workshop, the Working Group decided to expand and shift its focus to 'Gender and Employment', bearing in mind the EBRD's experience in both the public and private sector and the interest of all MDBs in the transfer of good practices between the private and the public sector in the area of gender and employment issues.

Workshop focus The workshop will centre on access to and quality of employment for women. There will also be a focus on the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions.

Gender and Employment Workshop objectives The specific objectives of this Gender and Employment Workshop are to:

§ increase MDB clients’, partners’ and staff knowledge and understanding of key gender and employment issues, challenges and trends

§ share knowledge and experiences on gender and employment from MDB projects and beyond

§ explore good policies and practices from both the public and private sectors § identify actions MDBs can take to promote gender-focused generation of employment and

good employment practices. The workshop aims to have a balance of plenary and group work, as well as of macro-analysis and practical case studies; to share experiences intra and inter-regionally and between the public and private sectors; and to provide networking opportunities.

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Tuesday, 24 April Day 1: Scene-setting and recent trends; quantity of employment

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

Day 1 morning: Scene-setting and recent trends

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and opening

Welcome:

§ Jan Fischer, Vice-President Operational Policies, EBRD § Shireen Lateef, Chair, MDB Gender Working Group/Senior Advisor (Gender),

ADB § Göknur Akçadağ, Head of Research and Development, Project Department,

General Directorate on the Status of Women, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Republic of Turkey

§ Nurcan Önder, Deputy Director-General of Labour, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Republic of Turkey

9:30 – 10:45 Session 1: Women and the labour market, focus on World Development Report 2012

§ Key findings of the World Development Report (WDR) 2012 'Gender

Equality and Development' relating to gender differences in employment and why they matter - Ana Maria Muñoz Boudet, WDR report co-author, World Bank

§ Key findings of new World Bank ECA regional study on gender and employment - Sarosh Sattar, Senior Economist, Europe and Central Asia Region, World

Bank

§ EBRD discussant - Michelle Brock, Research Economist, Chief Economist Office, EBRD

Objective Share knowledge and understanding of overall gender differences in employment and their relevance for development, with a focus on the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions.

10:45 – 11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:45 Session 2 (plenary): Key trends relating to gender and employment

§ The impacts of the on-going economic crisis on women's employment: International Labour Organisation (ILO) data and analysis - Jane Hodges, Director, Bureau of Gender Equality, ILO

§ Women in the informal economy: who are they, what work do they do, what challenges do they face? - Elaine Jones, Director, Global Trade Programme, Women in Informal

Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO)

§ Labour migration trends in the ECA (with a gender focus) - Marina Manke, Regional Migration and Development Specialist, ECA

Office, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)

Objective Share knowledge and understanding of key trends related to gender and employment, including vulnerability, the impact of the crisis, informal employment and labour migration.

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

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Day 1 afternoon: Quantity of employment

Objective Session 3 Share experiences regarding engines and barriers of employment generation for women in the public and private sector, at policy and practice level, from MDB projects and beyond.

Session 3 (I) (plenary): Engines and barriers of employment generation Panel of case studies + Q&A Part 1

14:00 – 14:30 Introduction to Session 3

Q&A/ Open discussion with audience on engines and barriers

- Pierella Paci, Sector Manager, Gender and Development, World Bank

14:30 – 15:30 § The missing women – what we found and what we did - Tolga Yardımcı, Business Development Coordinator, Istanbul Deniz

Otobusleri A.S. (IDO), and Ebru Yildiz, Principal Environmental Advisor, Environment & Sustainability Department, EBRD

§ Recruiting women into non-typical jobs: examples from the private sector - Sofie Michaelsen, Senior Social Development Specialist, and Larry Jiang,

Senior Environment Specialist, Environment, Social & Governance Department, IFC

§ Testing what works to enhance women's earnings: lessons from two World Bank pilot programmes -­‐ Pierella Paci, Sector Manager, Gender and Development, World Bank

15:30 – 16:00 Break

Session 3 (II) (plenary): Engines and barriers of employment generation Panel of case studies + Q&A Part 2

16:00 – 17:00 § Education for Employment (E4E) Programme - Abdi Abdullahi, Education Specialist, IsDB

§ Creating employment opportunities for rural women in Nepal

- Divakar Devkota, Director General, Department of Women and Children, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Government of Nepal

§ Gender inequality in Mali’s labour market - Alice Nabalamba, Principal Statistician, Statistics Department, AfDB

17.00 – 17.15 Close of Day 1

19:30 Dinner for all participants hosted by EBRD

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 Wednesday, 25 April Day 2: Quality of employment

Day 2 morning: In the workplace

09:00 – 09:10 Plenary Introduction to Day 2

-­‐ Jean-Patrick Marquet, Director, Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, EBRD

09:10 – 10:40 Session 4 (plenary): Good human resources (HR) practices in the workplace Panel presentations + Q&A

§ Promoting gender equality in the labour market: experience from Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Philippines - Fiona MacPhail, Professor & Chair, Dept. of Economics, University of

Northern British Columbia, consultant to ADB § Norway: the women on boards quota legislation and its impact

- Arni Hole, Director General in the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion

§ Equal Opportunities Certification Scheme, Turkey - Gülden Türktan, President, KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association

of Turkey) § How to make equal pay for equal work happen in practice

- Sylvie Durrer, Director, Swiss Office of Gender Equality, Government of Switzerland

Objective Explore good policies and practices from the public and private sectors, at macro and micro level.

10:40 – 11:10 Break

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11:10 – 12:30 Session 5 (working groups) Good HR practices in the workplace and Matching training/skills for employment (Simultaneous working groups. Participants should choose one to attend)

1. Family-friendly work

- Facilitator: Debbie Cousins, Senior Environmental and Social Advisor, Environment & Sustainability Department, EBRD, with introduction by Sarah Ruck, Principal Social Advisor, Environment & Sustainability Department, EBRD

2. Promoting women's career development - Facilitator: Kristonia Lockhart, Human Development Department, IsDB, with

introduction from Soukeina Bouraoui, Director, Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research

3. Women in management: what works in getting them there? - Facilitator: Caroline Kremer, Senior Social Specialist, Sustainable

Development/Environment, DEG (Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft), with video introduction from a DEG study on women's representation in the Latin American banking sector

4. Management tools - Facilitator: Andrew Morrison, Chief, Gender and Diversity Division, IADB,

with introduction from Jane Hodges, Director, Bureau of Gender Equality, ILO, on the ILO’s Participatory Gender Audit tool

5. Matching training/skills for employment - Facilitator: Sonomi Tanaka, Principal Social Development Specialist,

Gender & Development, ADB; case study of technical/vocational skills training in Lao PDR with private sector partnership supporting girls' training and entry into non-traditional trades and better employment opportunities, Shireen Lateef, Senior Advisor- Gender, ADB

Objective Share knowledge and experience on good human resources practices related to gender and employment.

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

Day 2 afternoon: Contribution of corporate responsibility

13:30 – 14:30 Session 6 (plenary) Women workers in international supply chains Presentation + Q&A Introduction to the afternoon

§ Alistair Clark, Managing Director, Environment & Sustainability Department, EBRD

Keynote: Women workers and international supply chains: the good, the bad and the ugly

§ Naila Kabeer, Professor of Development Studies, London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Objective

Increase participants' knowledge and understanding of key gender and employment issues, challenges and trends in international supply chains.

14:30 – 15:00 Break

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15:00 – 16:30 Session 7 (plenary) Contribution of corporate responsibility to employment opportunities and quality of work Panel discussion

§ Arianna Rossi, Gender Focal Point, ILO/IFC Better Work programme

§ Nicolas Petit, Senior Labour Advisor/Programme Manager, Better Cotton

Initiative

§ Passinte Isaak, Partnership Manager, Center for Development Services, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Partner, Health Enables Returns (HER) project, Egypt

§ Maria Alexiou, Antea Cement, Albania (IFC/EBRD client) and Larissa Luy, Global Lead, Sustainable Business Advisory Services, IFC

§ Suhaima Hoosen, 'CSR and Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa: A case study of German transnational corporations in the post- apartheid era'

Objective Share knowledge and experience of how companies can use their influence to promote gender equality and improve the quality of work, including beyond their core business.

16:30 – 17:15 Session 8 (plenary) Way forward

Guided discussion

§ What specific actions can MDBs take to promote gender equality in employment for women at macro and local levels, in the public and private sectors?

- Shireen Lateef, Chair, MDB Gender Working Group - Alistair Clark, Managing Director, Environment & Sustainability Department,

EBRD

Objective Identify actions MDBs can take to promote gender-equality in employment for women at macro and local levels in the public and private sectors.

17:15 – 17:30 Close Thanks and evaluation