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Ref. Ares(2022)7637364 - 05/11/2022 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE and CONSUMERS The Director-General Brussels, JUST/D1/SS/CL just.d.1(2022) 8111937 Subject: Invitation to an online legal seminar on gender equality and anti- discrimination law – Friday 2 December 2022 Excellency, In cooperation with the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non- discrimination, the European Commission is organising its annual legal seminar on Friday 2 December 2022. It is intended to update participants on recent developments, to discuss reports issued by the network and to give people working in these areas a chance to meet and exchange views and best practices. The event will bring together representatives of national governments, national equality bodies, experts from the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non- discrimination, representatives of NGOs, Commission officials and a number of high level academics. In addition to the plenary sessions, there will be workshops on the following topics (a draft agenda is also enclosed): 1. Update on European case law 2. Women in the public sphere 3. The transposition of the Work Life Balance Directive 4. Indirect discrimination 5. Structural discrimination This year the seminar will be hybrid: - Online for the 2 representatives from the Members States, unless they are based in Brussels and - On site for all the others participants (European Commission, speakers, members of the legal network). We will restrict the number of participants to ensure lively discussions during the workshops. Therefore, we invite you to select maximum two representatives who will His Excellency Ambassador Aivo ORAV Permanent Representative of Estonia to the European Union Rue Guimard, 11-13 B-1040 Brussels Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium  attend online unless based in Brussels, one from your relevant ministries and one from the equality body or bodies in your country, which deal with anti-discrimination and gender equality. Given the subject matter of the seminar, it would be preferable for your representatives to be lawyers and/or experts in anti-discrimination and/or equality law. I should be grateful if the representatives from your country could register to this event at Register - Legal seminar 2022 (humanconsultancyevents.com by 15 November 2022 at the latest. Should you wish to contact us for any query, please address just-d-legal- [email protected]. Yours faithfully, [e-signed] Ana GALLEGO Annex: Draft agenda Electronically signed on 28/10/2022 08:52 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121 2 Saatja: [email protected] <[email protected]> Saaja: Aivo Orav, Esindus EL juures üldaadress, Thea Treier, Kati Keel, Tiiu Noobel Teema: EE - Invitation to a legal seminar on gender equality and non-discrimination - 2 December 2022 Excellency, In cooperation with the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination, the European Commission is organising its annual legal seminar on Friday 2 December 2022. This year the seminar will take place both online and on site. It is intended to update participants on recent developments, to discuss reports issued by the network and to give people working in these areas a chance to meet and exchange views and best practices. The event will bring together representatives of national governments, national equality bodies, experts from the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination, representatives of NGOs, Commission officials and a number of high level academics. Please find attached the invitation letter from Ms Ana Gallego, General Director of DG Justice and Consumers inviting your country to nominate representatives. Yours faithfully, JUST D Legal Network Secretariat [cid:[email protected]] European Commission Directorate-General for Justice & Consumers (DG JUST) EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS Directorate D: Equality and Union Citizenship Legal seminar on non-discrimination and gender equality Friday 2 December 2022 08:45 Arrival of the onsite participants, guests, speakers etc. 9:00 Connection to the web streaming for those not onsite 9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and introduction Helena Dalli – Commissioner for Equality European Commission 9:45 – 11:00 Keynote speech 9:45 – 10:15 Prof. Ruth Rubio Marín, Law professor at European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy Respondent : 10:15 – 10:30 Prof. David Oppenheimer, Director, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, United States 10:30 – 11:00 Questions and answers 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 Morning workshop sessions (separate rooms) 11.30 – 12:15 Presentations by speakers 12:15 – 13:00 Discussion 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Afternoon workshop sessions (separate online rooms) 14:00 – 14:45 Presentations by speakers 14:45 – 15:30 Discussion 15:30 – 16:00 Closing session 16:00 – 17:00 Cocktail reception 1 Workshop sessions Workshop 1 – Update on European case law Speakers: Colm O’Cinneide – Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law at University College London (UCL) Janneke Gerards - Professor of Fundamental Rights Law, Utrecht University Workshop 2 – Women in the public sphere Speakers: Biljana Kotevska - independent expert, legal expert on gender equality and non-discrimination law for North Macedonia Vera Pavlou - Lecturer in Labour Law University of Glasgow, Glasgow (United Kingdom) Workshop 3 – The transposition of the Work Life Balance Directive Speaker: Miguel de la Corte Rodríguez - Institute for Social Law, KU Leuven, Belgium Workshop 4 – Indirect discrimination Speaker: Christa Tobler - Professor of European Law at Leiden University and Basel University Workshop 5 – Structural discrimination Speaker: Niall Crowley – Equality and human rights expert, Ireland 2 Saatja: Webdesktop <[email protected]> Saadetud: 07.11.2022 10:50 Adressaat: SM Info <[email protected]>; Agni Aav <[email protected]>; Annely Salumaa <[email protected]> Koopia: Kati Keel Brüsselis <[email protected]>; Thea Treier Brüsselis <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Teema: Webdesktop: Kiri nr 10.2-11/1132 / Kutse soolise võrdõiguslikkuse ja mittediskrimineerimise seaduse teemalisele konverentsile Tere!Edastan Komisjoni kutse. Osalejad registreerida kutses oleva lingi kaudu hiljemalt 15.11.2022.Reg. number: 10.2-11/1132Reg. kuupäev: 07.11.2022Sisu: Kutse soolise võrdõiguslikkuse ja mittediskrimineerimise seaduse teemalisele konverentsile 02.12.2022Invitation to an online legal seminar on gender equality and antidiscrimination law Friday 2 December 2022Heade soovidegaTiiu [email protected]är, EV alaline esindus EL juures