Transcript The European Commission – DG Enlargement IPA 2009 – Civil

PANEL III: The Istanbul Convention – Objectives and Implementation
Coordinated efforts - Toward new European
standards in protection of women from
gender based violence
Autonomous Women’s Center (AWC), Belgrade
Vanja Macanovic
Europe Aid/132438/C/ACT/Multi
This project is funded
by the European Union.
Project partners and associates
Framework for the Action
Integrating framework for partnership strategy - the
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and
combating violence against women and domestic
violence (2011).
Developed a joint strategy that will contribute to the
establishment of a comprehensive and coherent
legislative and policy solution for VAW in the Western
Balkans (WB).
The strategy should speed up the processes of:
 (a) ratification of the new CoE Convention
 (b) harmonisation of national laws and policies with the
provisions of the CoE Convention
 (c) full implementation of the CoE Convention at the
national and local level.
Prerequisite for all this is that women's CSOs and networks in
the WB region develop capacities for active participation
in state-civil society dialogue in order to achieve a
significant impact on the countries towards reaching the
goals and the purpose of the CoE Convention.
Activities
 on the regional level:
 Mutual unique campaign
 methodology for the baseline study
 common indicators for monitoring
implementation of the CoE Convention
provisions
 a joint proposal for a unique
administrative database on VAW
 on the national level: advocacy activities
Activities
 on the local level:
 monitoring the institutional response to
VAW and social inclusion of women from
vulnerable groups
 advocating for the improvement of local
policies and practices
First regional activity
Mutual Unique Campaign
I sign.org
Potpisujem.org
Podpisem.org
Potpisuvam.org
Ichunterstutze.org
Second regional activity
Regional Conference for stake holders
November 10th, 2013
- CoE Special Rapporteur on VAW
- Representative of the EU parliament
- MP’s/Ministers, Gender bodies from all 6
countries
- 29 Women’s organizations from 6
countries
Third regional activity
Baseline study
 Chapter I – Purposes, definitions, equality and non
discrimination, general obligations (art. 3, 5)
 Chapter II - Integrated polices and data collection
 Chapter III – Prevention (art. 15, 16)
 Chapter IV – Protection and support
 Chapter V – Substantive law
 Chapter VI – Investigation, prosecution, procedural
law and protective measures
 Chapter VII – Migration and asylum
Thank you for your attention!
Autonomous Women’s Centre, Serbia
[email protected]
www.womenngo.org.rs