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. STETE, The 1325 Network Finland and NYTKIS - The Coalition of
Finnish Women's Associations organised together a one day conference in Helsinki in September to bring together North African and
Nordic experts from civil society, academia
and international organizations with government representatives to share ideas and experiences, as well
as facilitate the efforts to empower women in the two "Norths". The report of the event can be found here. ............................................................................................................................................................................ Nordic Forum for Security Policy 2012 - Kick Off 1.12.2011 STETE organised a kick off seminar in the Parliament to launch the Nordic Forum for Security Policy to be held in Vilnius on 10. -11.5.2012 . Speakers included Minister of Environment Ville Niinistö and Head of the Research and Public Affairs Department, Associate Professor Dovilė Jakniūnaitė from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Event was chaired by Professor Markku Kangaspuro, Research Director, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. The event was closed with a panel discussing on the broad security challenges of the Baltic Sea region, such as energy, environment and tolerance issues. Panelists included Tuula Peltonen, MP, Social Democratic Party; Sauli Ahvenjärvi, MP, Christian Democrats, Christina Gestrin, MP, Swedish People's Party, and Pirkko Mattila, MP, The Finns. The Kick off seminar´s programme can be found here. Kari Liuhto's presentation available here. Christina Gestrin's speech is available on her website. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4.11.2011 STETE organised a seminar in the Parliament together with the Georgian Embassy during the visit of Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze to Finland. The purpose of the event was to discuss about the historical challenges of Georgia from Rose Revolution in 2003 to the military aggression between Georgia and Russia in 2008 and the country’s new policy of democratic reformation. The seminar also enlightened Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, as well as assessed the country’s overall performance on the EU track and emphasized Georgia´s geostrategic significance, especially in the context of the common European and Euro-Atlantic security. You can find the programme here. Report by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs about the visit of Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs can be found here. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 29.9.2011 STETE, The 1325 Network Finland and NYTKIS - The Coalition of Finnish Women's Associations organised together a one day conference in Helsinki. The purpose of the conference was to bring together North African and Nordic experts from civil society, academia, international organizations and government representatives to share ideas and experiences, as well as facilitate the efforts to empower women in the two "Norths". The conference focused on women's participation particularly in the following three fields: 1. Politics 2. Peace mediation 3. Economy You can find the programme here. Presentation of Tunisian Minister of Women Affairs Lilia Labidi. Opening speech by President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen. Conference publication by STETE, Nytkis and 1325 Network Finland. ............................................................................................................................................................................ |
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