UWE Conference 2016
Programme UWE Conference & General Assembly
UWE CONFERENCE & GENERAL ASSEMBLY
KYRENIA, CYPRUS.
23-25 September 2022
Venue: Acapulco Conference and Convention Centre, Kyrenia, Cyprus
Thursday 22nd September: Informal welcome and cocktail at 8.00 pm,
Hotel Acapulco, Reception Area
Friday 23rd September: Conference “Women and Sustainable Environment”
Acapulco Convention Centre Acapulco, Hall: Premier 3
The Conference is recorded and it will be available on our youtube channel starting September 24th: Universitywomenofeurope
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10:00 – 10.15 Welcome by Dr. Ferdiye Ersoy, Organising Committee; Gülden Plümer Küçük, CIR and Inan Barlas, President, TCAUW.
10.15 – 10.30 Welcome by Dr.Anne Bergheim Negre, President UWE
10.30– 11.00 Presentation on Climate Change, Environmental Health, Public Health by Ceren Barlas,a young member of the Turkish Cypriot Association of University Women, MSc in Environmental Health at Harvard University, USA, Research Associate in LCAT/DyME Group, at University of Exeter, UK
11.00 -11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.00 Presentation on Marine Turtle Conservation Project (Mtcp) – Northern
Cyprus Spot, by Meryem Özkan as the project leader https://cyprusturtles.org/
12.00 – 12.30 Presentation on Wildlife Conservation in Cyprus: Journey of Cyprus Wildlife Research Institute by Rianne Pilgrims
12.30 – 13.00 Presentation on Environment and Women by Prof. Serife Gündüz and Assist.Prof. Burak Ali Çiçek
13.00– 14.00 Lunch (a separate lunch for Presidents & CERs)
14.00 – 15.00 Workshop “Women’s Vulnerability in Climate Change” by
Dr. Başak Ovacık, VP Graduate Women International, CER Turkish
Association of University Women
15.00 – 15.30 Results and discussion
18.00 Departure from Acapulco (place to be indicated at a later time)
Buses will be arranged to transport the UWE members attending
20.00 pm Dinner at the Merit Hotel in Alsancak near Kyrenia
Saturday 24th September: Annual General Meeting UWE, Hall: Premier 3
09.30 – 10.00 Registration
10:00-10:05 Welcome – President Anne Bergheim-Nègre
10:05-10:15 Adoption Agenda
Minutes Report AGM 2021
10:15-11:00 Reports
- President Report by Anne Bergheim-Nègre
- VP’s Reports by Aisha Alshawalf, Pina Foti
- Financial statement 2021, Budget 2022/2023 and proposal dues 2023, the
Balance sheet by Treasurer Annelies Pierrot – Bults
Actions
- Collective complaints on violence against women, Anne Bergheim-Nègre
- Collective complaints against the 16 Members States of the CoE who accepted violence against women as violations of Social Charter. A vote is required to respect our Statutes, article 17 ” Only the Assembly can take the decision whether to take or defend any legal action. In an emergency an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Assembly shall be called”.
- Designation Anne Bergheim-Negre and a member of the board, Pina Foti.
A vote is required to respect our Statute, article 18 “The Assembly will be represented in legal actions both as plaintiff and as defendant by the president and one member of the Board designated to that effect by the Assembly, who do not, by such representation, accept any personal liability in relation to any such actions”. Anne Bergheim- Negre is also designated as an attorney at law
- Erasmus project NETPOWER, Pina Foti
11:00-11:15 Elections
- Presentation of the Candidate, 5 min
- Presentation of the Candidate, 5 min
11:15– 11.30 Coffee break and voting
11:30 – 12.30 Annual Reports of the NFAs, 5 minutes each
12:30 – 12.35 Presentation Next Conference & AGM 2022
12:35 – 12.40 Proposals Next UWE Meet & Greet
12:40 – 12.45 Election results
12:45 – 12.50 Farewell message Secretary General Roxana Elena Petrescu
12:50- 13.00 Any other business
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
17.30 Departure from Acapulco (place to be indicated at a later time)
Buses will be arranged to transport the UWE members attending.
20.00 pm Dinner at the ‘Tree of Idleness‘ Restaurant in Bellapais.
Brief visit to the historical Bellapais Abbey
Buses will be arranged to transport the members attending.
Sunday 25th September: Optional tour (meeting time and place to be confirmed)
Departure from the Acapulco Hotel. Nicosia tour includes a professional guide and local lunch in historical Nicosia Büyük Han.
Report UWE Annual General Meeting Winchester
The next day after Brexit, we met in England’s ancient capital for an inspiring conference about encouraging women into leadership roles.
“What an enjoyable conference!” someone commented on facebook. To be sure, everybody had a great time! Even now resounds in my mind the rendition of the song over 70 people sung in chorus at the end of the Gala Dinner:
“Winchester Cathedral We’ve come from Europe
Your church of renown To meet all our friends.
You stood and you wa-tched We’re earnestly talking
As we came to town… Until the day ends.”
Thank you all for being a part of it, this couldn’t have been possible without you. Special thanks and congratulations to our host: Sue Ouvry and the organizing team from The Winchester LA, for contributing to the success of the conference and their generous support.
Because “a picture is worth a thousand words”, I invite you to watch this short movie I made, some moments to remember, a pictures gallery also, enjoy!
As usual, the last day we had Annual General Meeting, we were delighted with the presence of Germany and the Netherlands, although they resigned from GWI. A new Treasurer was elected. The key point of our meeting was the discussion about how to adapt the constitution and spontaneously an interactive dialogue was initiated on how can UWE stays a regional group of GWI and still keeps its seat in the INGO conference representing European women graduated?. We kept calm… and voted an emergency clause, please see here the Minutes AGM 2016 . Click on the links to see the reports, invitation to next UWE Conference in Graz, Austria and other documents presented.
In the end, feel free to fill this evaluation form and express your feelings, we really need your feedback to help us improve organizing the next conference. Thank you!
For the board,
many regards,
Roxana Elena Petrescu
Secretary General
Programme UWE AGM&Conference 2016
| Friday
24th June |
4 pm |
Registration |
Royal Hotel |
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6 pm |
Mayor’s Reception |
Abbey House |
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7.30 pm |
Dinner |
Royal Hotel |
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| Saturday
25th June |
9 am |
Registration |
Royal Hotel |
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9.30 am |
Welcome/Notices |
President UWE President BFWG |
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10 am |
Hegg Hoffet Fund |
Christel Moor |
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10.45 am |
Coffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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11:30 am |
Guest Lecture |
Catherine Bearder MEP Women’s Rights and Gender Equality |
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12:30pm |
Lunch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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1:30 pm |
Seminar |
Patrice Wellesley Cole Women Refugees and Migrants |
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2:30 pm |
Workshops |
Adriana Ungureanu Esther Neven Julie Castrec |
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3:30 pm |
Tea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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4 pm |
Forum |
Workshop follow up & Forum |
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5 pm |
Close Business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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7 pm |
Gala Dinner |
Prior’s Hall Guest Speaker: Prof Joy Carter Vice Chancellor, University of Winchester Musical Entertainment |
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10:30 pm |
Return to hotels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
| Sunday
26th June |
9 am |
Registration |
Royal Hotel |
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9:30 am |
Guest Lecture |
Gloria Vessey |
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11am |
Coffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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11:30am |
AGM |
National Reports |
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12:30pm |
Lunch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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1:30pm |
AGM | ||
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3:30pm |
Tea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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4pm |
AGM |
Summary/Conference 2017 |
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5pm |
Close |
Free Evening |
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Over 75 women going to Winchester: UWE Conference 2016 almost fully booked
ASPIRATION, ADVANCEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT
Encouraging Women into Leadership Roles
The University Women of Europe and the British Federation of Women Graduates are pleased to welcome over 75 women to the historic city of Winchester for the next Annual General Meeting and two days Conference. It means the conference facilities are almost fully booked. If you’d still like to participate be quick as places are limited. Please know that payments are expected ultimately 31 of May!
Our Conference theme will be “Aspiration, Advancement, Achievement” in order to encourage women into Leadership Roles. Let’s find out what is the path to female leadership, why do we need raising aspiration through wider choices, experiences and more.We know women encounter challenges at work to utilize their strengths and obtain promotions to leadership roles, definitely scaled up actions are required to ensure economic empowerment of women, but let’s consider what our organization can do to improve and enhance the visibility of role models. As always, there will be time to exchange opinions and networking, the conference is open to all members of the University Women of Europe and their friends.
UWE CONFERENCE AND AGM DRAFT PROGRAMME
Conference Venue
Winchester
Hampshire SO23 8BS
Rooms at the hotel are all full so if you’d still to come you’ll have to go to one of the other hotels.
Useful travel information: UWE 2016 Travel Information
Accommodations details and prices can be found here : UWE 2016 Accommodation V1.3
A choice of four historic tours on Monday, 27th June and prices can be found here: Historic Tours Flyer V1.1
- Participation Fee Full Conference Early bird (paid before 31st March 2016): £125;
- Full Conference – Late Booking (1st April – 27th May): £150
- Full Conference – Young Member (for delegates born after 1980 or still studying): £100
- One day Conference Early Bird (by 31st March): £60;
- One day Conference – Late Booking (1st April – 27th May): £70;
- Dinner on Friday evening at Royal Hotel (optional): £17;
- Gala Dinner on Saturday evening* (optional): £42.
Non-members are welcome: they pay 30 Euro’s more and are an independant member for a year. Giving a reduction on the fee for the Meet and Greet the next year (usually in May) .
The Conference fee includes hire of venue, tea/coffee on Friday arrival, tea/coffee and lunch on Sat and Sun, speakers’ administration costs and UWE travel fund.
Gala Dinner will be held in medieval Priors Hall in the Inner Close of the cathedral. It is on the first floor of the Deanery but a stair lift is available. The cost of £42 per head includes a welcoming glass of Hampshire sparkling wine or elderflower, a 3-course meal based on local produce. Our guest speaker is Professor Joy Carter, Vice – Chancellor of Winchester University. It is fully booked. There is currently a waiting list.
We have a simple online registration form that enables you to register in minutes. Click here to register now.
PLEASE NOTE: All payment must be made by 31st May 2016 as the organisation needs to pay several reservations for the locations in advance.
There will be no refunds for non-attendance. Please ensure that you have travel insurance to cover cancellation.
Please use the following method:
Bank to Bank Transfer Please use your name as a reference for your booking.
Account Name BFWGUWE2016
Account Number 89172744
Sort code 558126
IBAN GB49NWBK55812689172744
IBANBIC NWBKGB2L
Bank Address Nat West Bank 105 High Street Winchester Hants UK
Save the date: UWE AGM and conference 24th-27th of June 2016
The UWE Board and the Board of BFWG have the pleasure of inviting you for the UWE Conference 2016 in Winchester on the 24th of June until the 27th of June 2016. The theme is one of the UWE action themes:
ASPIRATION, ADVANCEMENT, ACHIEVEMENT
Encouraging Women into Leadership Roles
Conference Venue: Winchester Royal Hotel, St Peter Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8BS UK.
www.sjhotels.co.uk/hotels/winchester–royal–hotel/ Rooms at the hotel have been provisionally reserved for delegates. Please let us know soon if you are planning to come at uwewinchester2016@gmail.com
Further information will be posted on the UWE website: www.uweboard.wordpress.com including
- Details of registration ● Accommodation
- Conference Programme ● Outings on Monday 27th June
All enquiries by email to uwewinchester2016@gmail.com. If you would like to run a workshop on any aspect of the conference theme, Please contact the UWE Board on uwewinchester2016@gmail.com
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