EPIC First Meeting of Key Stakeholders in Berlin

Prior to the launch of the strategic multi-stakeholder partnership "Equal Pay International Coalition" (EPIC) in New York during the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2017, Key Stakeholders come together to help shape EPIC’s vision and modalities for achieving its objectives.

A strategic multi-stakeholder partnership, called the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC), is being established to assist UN Member States in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 8, target 8.5 which calls for full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value by 2030, as well as Goal 5, aimed at achieving gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls. Equal pay for work of equal value is central to the achievement of gender equality and empowering women and is key to inclusive growth and poverty reduction.

Prior to the launch of EPIC in New York during the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly in September 2017, it is proposed that Key Stakeholders come together to help shape EPIC’s vision and modalities for achieving its objectives.

Objective of the event

  • To build consensus on EPIC’s draft vision, operational guidelines and resource mobilization strategy;
  • To increase ownership, support, awareness and greater engagement of governments and other key partners, for EPIC’s strategic vision and key operational modalities.

Agenda

09:00-09:30  Registration & Coffee
   
09:30-10:00  Welcome & Introduction
 
  • Christine Morgenstern, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany, Head/ Director of Department Gender Equality
  • Sabine Baun, Deputy Director-General for European and International Labour Policy, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany
  • Annette Niederfranke, Director, ILO Berlin
  • Lopa Banerjee, Chief, Civil Society Section, UN Women
  • Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, OECD
10:00-12:00  Introductory & Forward Looking Segment
  (Presentations & General Discussion)
  • EPIC’s Draft Vision, Manuela Tomei, Director, Conditions of Work and Equality Department, ILO Geneva
  • EPIC’s Draft Resource Mobilization Strategy, Raphael Crowe, Senior Gender Specialist, ILO Geneva
  • EPIC’s Draft Operational Guidelines, Lisa Wong, Senior Specialist, Non-Discrimination, ILO Geneva)
Moderator: Henrike von Platen, Head, Fair Pay Institute, Germany
   
12:00-13:00 Lunch
   
13:00-15:00  Working Group Sessions
  Three individual working group sessions, each discussing the following three draft documents:
  • Vision
  • Operational Guidelines
  • Resource Mobilization
Facilitators:
  • Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, OECD
  • Lopa Banerjee, Chief, Civil Society Section, UN Women
  • Raphael Crowe, Senior Gender Specialist, , ILO Geneva
  • Thomas Fischer, Head of Unit “Fair Income Prospects”, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
  • Henrike von Platen, Head, Fair Pay Institute, Germany
  • Lisa Wong, Senior Specialist, Non-Discrimination, ILO Geneva
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
   
15:30-17:00  Feedback from Working Groups & General Discussion
 
Moderator: Henrike von Platen, Head, Fair Pay Institute, Germany
   
17:00-17:30  Wrap up and Next Steps
 
  • Lopa Banerjee, Chief, Civil Society Section, UN Women
  • Willem Adema, Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, OECD
  • Manuela Tomei, Director, Conditions of Work and Equality Department, ILO Geneva
  • Thomas Fischer, Head of Unit 412 “Fair Income prospects” Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany
   

Further information

Please contact EPIC@ilo.org