Government of Timor-Leste

4th Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Gender Equality, Globalization and Women Emancipation

Date: May 9th and 10th
Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dili

May 9th

8:00-8:30 a.m.: Participants Registration
8:30-8:40 a.m.: Opening Ceremony, by the General Director of the Secretariat of State for Support and Socio-Economic Promotion of Women, Maria José Sanches
8:40-8:50 a.m.: Speech by Mozambique’s representative
8:50-9:00 a.m.: Speech by the CPLP Executive Secretary
9:00-9:05 a.m.: Examination and approval of the programme’s proposal
9:05-9:20 a.m.: Presentation of the Report on the Action Plan Implementation for Gender Equality, from 2014-2016, by Carmen da Cruz
9:20-10:20 a.m.: Member States Statement (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste)

10:20-10:35 a.m.: Break

10:35 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Review of the Action Plan on Gender Equality for the period 2016-2018

1:00-2:00p.m.: Lunch Break

2:00-4:00 p.m.: Preparation and appraisal of the Dili Declaration preliminary draft
4:00 p.m.: Closing


May 10th

8:00-8:20 a.m.: Participants arrival
8:20-8:30 a.m.: Ministers and guests arrival
8:30 a.m.: Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Rui Maria de Araújo, arrival
8:30-8:35 a.m.: Opening ceremony and programme presentation
8:35-8:45 a.m.: RDTL’s National Anthem and prayer
8:45-9:15 a.m.: Speech by the Minister of State, Coordinator of Social Affairs, António da Conceição
9:15-9:30 a.m.: Speech by the CPLP Executive Secretary, Murade Murargy
9:30-9:40 a.m.: Cultural Moment
9:40-10:00 a.m.: Speech by the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste and opening of the 4th Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Gender Equality, Globalization and Women Emancipation

10:00-10:20 a.m.: Group photograph and coffee break

10:20-10:35 a.m.: Agenda presentation and appraisal
10:35-10:35 a.m.: Presentation of the meeting’s topic: “Women’s Economic Empowerment, gender and globalization”, by the Timor-Leste’s Secretary of State for the Support and Socio-Economic Promotion of Women, Veneranda Lemos Martins
10:50-12:00: Ministers Statement on the main topic (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, S. Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste)
12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.: Presentation and appraisal of the CPLP Action Plan proposal on Gender Equality, for the period 2016-2018

1:00-2:00 p.m.: Lunch Break

2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Appraisal of the Dili Declaration draft
3:00-4:00 p.m.: State Members address different topics
4:00-4:20 p.m.: Signing of the Dili Declaration and of the Action Plan on Gender Equality for 2016-2018
4:20-4:50 p.m.: Closing
6:30-8:00 p.m.: Cocktail