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Historical
Information : NEW PARTNER OF BPW INTERNATIONAL:
FONDAZIONE FIDAPA |
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Global Forum on Migration
and Development, Brussel, Belgium, 10-11 July
2007 |
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BPW
Italy Project "Women & leadership",
June 2006 - December 2008 |
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BPW
Italy Project "Bully & dolly",
September 2006 - June 2007 |
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BPW
International joins Global Consortium to End
Cervical Cancer, June 2007 |
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Report
Global Summit of Women 2007, June 2007 |
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Message from Katrin
Grass for BPW at Global Summit of Women, Berlin,
14-16 June 2007 |
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President Chonchanok
visited BPW Germany, June 2007 |
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European Coordinating
Committee Meeting (ECC), 26-30 April 2007 |
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BPW Ireland Annual
General Meeting, 21 April 2007 |
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BPW UK National Conference,
12-15 April 2007 |
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BPW Danube Net Meeting in
Rumania, March 2007 |
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SOCIAL
RESPONSABILITY PROJECT OF BPW SÃO PAULO
"Community with Quality", April
2007 |
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BPW Prague and
Equal opportunities for women : Past and Present,
27-29 May 2007 |
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Preparing for European Presidents’
Meeting, January 2007 |
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The Annual Meeting of BPW
France, January 2007 |
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BPW
Ireland Public Speaking Competition for Senior
Schoolgirls in 2007 |
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BPW at Council
of Europe Seminar in Strasburg in December
2006 |
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The first Forum of the BPW
Danube Net in November 2006 |
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Eufemia Ippolito got re-elected
as board member of European's Women Lobby,
October 2006. |
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Annual Meeting of BPW Italy
in Cervia 29 Sept - 1 October 2006 |
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15th Anniversary Celebration
of BPW Arad, September 2006 |
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Congress Site Inspection in
Helsinki - for Congress in 2011. |
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The 12th European BPW Congress
in Stockholm, June 2006 |
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New BPW clubs in Lille and
Toulouse, January 2006 |
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Past president of BPW Cyprus,
Artimis Toumazi, won Global Summit of Women:
Enterprising Women International Entrepreneur
Award, June 2006 |
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The first BPW Club in Turkey,
Club Ankara, February 2006 |
| Belgium: |
Global Forum on
Migration and Development, Brussel, Belgium
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan
represented BPW International, which was
one of 180 NGOs chosen out of over 500 NGOs
to attend the Civil Society Day of the Global
Forum on Migration (GFMD) in Brussels, Belgium
on 9 July 2007. This forum derived recommendations
for governments attending Global Forum on
Migration on 10-11 July 2007.
The sessions were highly
interactive. Dr. Chonchanok’s key
recommendation was to reduce undocumented
(illegal) migration by making the borders
more open. She pointed out that climate
changes have potential to cause over a billion
of people to migrate in 21st Century. Increasing
the restrictions for migrants would not
stop the flow of people, but would only
increase undocumented migrants – who
are more prone to 4-D jobs (Dirty, Difficult,
Dangerous and Demeaning).
GFMD was initiated from
the recommendation from the United Nations
High Level Dialogue on International Migration
in 2006. It was fully sponsored by King
Baudouin Foundation, Belgium.
After GFMD, President Chonchanok
was also warmly welcomed by BPW Belgium.
Annarosa Colangelo, First Vice President,
organized her visit. President Chonchanok
enjoyed having lunch at the house of Mariette
Debou in Knokke, a boat ride in the beautiful
town of Bruges and dinner with over 22%
of BPW Belgium’s members of Belgium,
hosted by BPW Belgium President Caroline
Couvreur. President Chonchanok and Annarosa
also met with potential new BPW members
who want to form a new club from French
business and professional women living in
Brussels.
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan
BPW International President |
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| Germany: |
BPW at Global Summit
of Women, Berlin
The Global Summit of Women
was held in Berlin on 14-16 June 2007. It
was a gathering of over 1,000 strong minded
women from 95 countries with lots of high
calibre participants. Fifty government ministers
attended the conference and came together
at the ministerial roundtable. BPW was present
with a delegation of 22 members from Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, France, Egypt, Russia
India and Thailand. They all met to a Kick
Off before the Summit started, among them
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan, BPW International
President and Dr. Bettina Schleicher, President
BPW Germany.
BPW was also involved in
organizing the Global Summit. Dr. Chonchanok
Viravan, BPW International President joined
the Planning Committee and Katrin Grass,
Board Member BPW Berlin was a member of
the National Host Committee of the Global
Summit. BPW successfully nominated six speakers
for the Breakout Sessions at the Summit.
They shared with Summit participants their
experiences: how to develop win-win negotiating
skills, to use technology to build a brand,
to market yourself internally within a corporation
or how to learn from business downturns.
President Chonchanok Viravan
gave a talk on Win-Win Negotiation Strategy,
which was very well received by participants.
She also gave a speech at the closing ceremony,
announcing that BPW International is one
of the first three organizations to join
Global Summit of Women’s initiative
on “Global Consortium of Women to
End Cervical Cancer”.
President Chonchanok Viravan
also took the opportunity to meet members
of BPW Frankfurt and BPW Berlin when she
attended the Global Summit of Women in Berlin.
She learnt about BPW Germany’s activities
and briefed members on the progress of Organization
Review and Reform. She was also warmly welcomed
at a reception organized by President of
BPW Germany, Dr. Bettina Schleicher and
the BPW Germany Executive.
For more information, speeches
and presentations of BPW members and the
photo gallery of this event, visit www.bpw-international.org/activities/global-summit-women-2007.htm.
Katrin Grass
Board member of BPW Berlin |
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| Germany: |
President Chonchanok
visited BPW Germany
President Chonchanok Viravan
took the opportunity to meet members of
BPW Frankfurt and BPW Berlin when she attended
the Global Forum on Migration and Development
in Brussels. She had opportunity to learn
of BPW Germany’s activities and briefed
members on progress of the Organization
Review and Reform. She was also warmly welcomed
at a reception organized by President of
BPW Germany, Dr. Bettina Schleicher and
the Executive of BPW Germany.
Christine Heinze
Member, BPW Frankfurt |
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| Czech
Republic: |
BPW Prague and Equal
opportunities for women : Past and Present
During 27-29 May 2007,
BPW Prague organized the “Equal opportunities
for women in the Czech Republic” and
the Memoir of the founding President of
BPW Czechoslovakia, Frantiska F. Plaminkova.
She served as a senator of Czechoslovakia,
1925-1942 and Vice President of BPW International,
1930-1942. She advocated for women’s
rights at a dangerous time, and became a
victim of World War II in 1942. This event
was attended by 2nd Vice President Liz Benham
and European Regional Coordinator Gabriella
Canonica.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| France: |
European Coordinating
Committee Meeting (ECC)
ECC meeting was held in
Le Thillot, France on 26-30 April 2007.
A press conference with local newspapers
was held. ECC members also met with Mayor
of Le Thillot, Mr. Yves Ceresa. They also
put the first stone to open a new BPW Club
in Le Thillot.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Ireland: |
BPW Ireland Annual
General Meeting
BPW Ireland AGM was held
in Sligo, Ireland on 21 April 2007. Deidre
McGrath, past National President of BPW
Ireland passed on the presidency to Moyra
McMahon. The most notable project presented
at this meeting was the “Speaking
Competition for Senior School Girls”,
which is held every year to encourage and
foster good public speaking skills in young
girls who are at senior level in secondary
schools. In 2006 BPW Galway coordinated
the event. (For more information, please
visit www.bpwinternational.org/activities/bpw-activities
project-bpw-ireland-speakingcompetition-
senior-schoolgirl.htm). President
Chonchanok Viravan gave the after dinner
talk on “Take the Lead: The Challenges
in Reforming BPW”, which was very
well received by members.
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan,
BPW International President |
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| United
Kingdom: |
BPW
UK National Conference
Young BPW UK pilot projects were launched
at national BPW conference 2007 in Edinburgh,
United Kingdom on 12-15 April 2007 with
young BPW members from Northern Ireland,
London and Nottingham. Young BPW is set
to take full flight at conference 2008 and
is open to any members aged 35 and under
in the UK. Nikki Bennett-Willetts succeeded
Ann Wiseall as National President of BPW
UK.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Spain: |
Preparing for European
Presidents’ Meeting
On 29 January 2007, Ma
José Mainar, President BPW Valencia,
Spain, Isabel Mañas, Member BPW Valencia,
Gabriella Canonica and Enrichetta Bellini,
Finance Officer BPW Europe came together
at the preparatory work session for the
Presidents Meeting in Valencia and the open
Hearing of BPW International – which
will be held in October 2007. President
of BPW Alicante Club, Pilar Gonzales, informed
Gabriella Canonica that they increased membership
to 30 and they have a goal to increase it
to 50 in the next month. This is fantastic!.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Rumania: |
BPW Danube Net Meeting
in Rumania. Prof.
Dr. Dorina Ardelean organized, on the morning
of 16 March 2007, a round-table discussion
with two topics: management methods and
leadership skills. Twenty women from Arad
discussed the presentations and subjects.
They exchanged different ideas and opinions
and brought in personal experiences and
experiences from their professional lives.
The workshop was organized by two colleagues
and members of BPW Arad, Gabriela Nitu si
Nuti Neamtu in cooperation with Medium and
Small size Companies (IMM) and the Arad
Chamber of Commerce. In the evening 80 guests
attended the BPW candlelight dinner, which
included a raffle for a hospital for leukemia.
It was a very successful and celebratory
evening. Prof. Dr. Aurel Ardelean, Senator
of Romania, also joined the event.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| France: |
The
Annual Meeting of BPW France was
held in Paris on 27 January 2007. Thegood
news is that France is increasing Membership.
This event featured interesting workshops
and discussion.
Prior to BPW France AGM,
Amélie Leclercq and I visited the
Head-office of ICC, International Chamber
of Commerce in Paris. Samone (Blandthorn)
Cottenceau,a young woman who received a
scholarship through BPW Australia16 years
ago, is now working there. She opened the
door for us to see the Manager of ICC. We
are evaluating whether to have partnerships
throughout Europe and the World with the
Chamber of Commerce. This is the real success
story of Samone from Australia!.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| France: |
BPW at Council of
Europe Seminar in Strasburg, December 2006.
BPW Europe activates and
promotes the participation to "Seminar
on the Participatory Element of Democracy",
organized by the INGO Conference of the
Council of Europe as a contribution to the
Forum for the Future of Democracy. 4-5 December
2006, in Strasbourg. Out of 15 registrations
the Council of Europe has chosen three participants:
Nicole Pelletier, President of BPW France,
Sanja Ronga, President of BPW Switzerland
and Arzu Ozyol, President of Associated
BPW Club Ankara, Turkey. Congratulations
to all three of you!.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Hungary: |
The first Forum
of the BPW Danube Net in November 2006
The first Forum of the
BPW Danube Net took place in Budapest on
10-12 November 2006. Five of the eight BPW
Danube Net countries were represented by
their Country Presidents or members of their
Executive Boards: Austria, Croatia, Germany,
Hungary – the host country – and Romania.
The European Coordination
Committee was also there in its entirety.
Over the weekend, 40 participants from a
total of eleven countries exchanged ideas
and experiences and, in presentations and
workshops, informed themselves about the
business situation in the Danube countries.
New contacts were made and existing ones
were strengthened. On November 11 the BPW
Danube Net was launched in a special founding
ceremony. Step by step it will now be developed
into what it was envisaged to be: a network
for BPW businesswomen in the Danube countries.
The Net is based on the four elements of
business, networking, influence and culture.
The next BPW Danube Net is to be held in
Pula/Croatia on 16-18 November 2007.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Czech
Republic: |
Eufemia Ippolito
got re-elected as board member of European¡¯s
Women Lobby, October 2006.
The Annual meeting of the
European Women’s Lobby (EWL) took place
in Prague on 20– 21 October 2006. Among
many business sessions (all information
on www.bpw-europe.org) elections were carried
out for the new board. We are happy to announce,
that our permanent representative Eufemia
Ippolito (BPW Italy) was re-elected
and will carry this task for another 2 years.
Congratulations to Eufemia! Many BPW Members
from different countries participated in
this event, and the day before, I had the
possibility to hold a seminar for the Members
of BPW Prague.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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| Italy: |
Annual Meeting of
BPW Italy in Cervia 29 Sept - 1 October
2006
was held in Cervia on 29
September - 1 October 2006. International
President Dr. Chonchanok Viravan, 1st Vice
President Dr. Annarosa Colangelo, 2nd Vice
President Liz Benham and myself took part
at the annual Meeting of BPW Italy. The
Italian President, Dr. Margherita Gulisano
led the meeting in a top professional way
throughout the whole 3 days. Important decisions
were taken on national level, including
ones to strengthen the collaboration at
international level and to integrate projects
in the BPW Europe community. The Project
"Women for President", which was
already presented during the European Congress
in Stockholm in June 2006, was promoted
amongst the Italian BPW members. At this
occasion, the International Executive also
took the opportunity to hold internal meetings
and speak about upcoming decisions in the
international board.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator |
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Romania: |
15th Anniversary
Celebration of BPW Arad
The 15th Anniversary Celebration
of BPW Arad in Romania was held during 9-10
September 2006 in the beautiful city of
Arad. Many Rumanian BPW members and BPW
guests from all over Europe participated
in this event. Livia Ricci represented her
club BPW Verona Est, which helped set up
BPW Arad club and is still twinned with
it. The city authorities were also present.
BPW President Prof. Dorina Ardelan has highly
profiled programs for the future and we
are collaborating on European level with
many joint programs, such as the upcoming
BPW Danube Net. Gabriella Canonica spoke
about BPW Europe and International matters.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator
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Congress Site Inspection
in Helsinki ? for Congress in 2011.
Because Helsinki will be
the site for BPW International Congress
in 2011, Elizabeth Benham and I visited
Helsinki for Congress Site Inspection during
12-16 June. The date was selected so that
it was approximately the same time as the
actual congress date, which will be 17-21
June 2011. Together with Paula Hjelt-Putilin,
president of BPW Finland and Rita Nurminen,
secretary of BPW Finland, we visited Finlandia
Hall, which was designed by Alvar Aalto
and in itself, a work of art. Finlandia
Hall has plenty of space as required for
BPW International Congress and it is easily
accessed by variety of transportation so
the location easily passed the inspection.
BPW Finland is under the patronage of Tarja
Halonen, the woman President of Finland..
Since President Tarja Halonen has been re-elected
in 2006 to serve during 2006-2012, it's
quite likely that she will be at the opening
ceremony of BPW International Congress in
Helsinki 2011 Congress.
The Mayor of Helsinki has offered to host
a reception at City Hall, which is a beautiful
historical building. We visited many possible
sights for social events. Helsinki offers
a variety of accommodation that ranges from
30 Euros a night to over 300 Euros a night,
but early booking is needed as June is still
a tourist season. One post-congress event
that you can't miss is "Mid Summer
Night"? where you can experience a
day when the sun does not set! In fact,
if we go up the mountain in Finland, Paula
told me that we will see the sun"goes
around" us instead of setting on that
day. Sound exciting?
Dr. Chonchanok Viravan
International President |
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The 12th European
BPW Congress in Stockholm, June 2006
Our 12th European BPW Congress
is over! And it was a really good congress,
full of interesting events, panels, workshops,
seminars and networking, besides the "hard"
work in the Closed President Meetings. Thank
you very much for your collaboration! About
250 people participated and made 9-11 June
2006 in Stockholm the most important days
for BPW in Europe in 2006. Thank you very
much for your active contribution. The Opening
Ceremony, Wine Reception, Presidents' Dinner
at Gondolen, Young BPW Events, Friends and
Fellows Boat trip, the Gala on Saturday,
the Farewell on Sunday (with the marvellous
surprise of the Boat Trip) were the extra
highlights! Thank you BPW Sweden and the
HPC for the well organised Congress. You
will find all the details on the homepage
http://www.bpw-europe.org click on Events
and then choose "looking back".
Enjoy!
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator
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| France: |
New BPW Clubs in
Lille and Toulouse.
Two new Clubs have been
founded in Lille and Toulouse . BPW France
has decided on the annual meeting in Paris,
on January 28th 2006 that they will restart
the Young BPW Section in France . Viktoria
Balensiefen, Young BPW Representative for
Europe and Gabriella Canonica, Regional
Coordinator Europe, took part in the meeting
and promoted the relevant topics of BPW
Europe and BPW International.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator
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| Cyprus: |
Past president of
BPW Cyprus, Artimis Toumazi, won Global
Summit of Women: Enterprising Women International
Entrepreneur Award.
Immediate Past President
of Cyprus, Artemis Toumazi has been selected
to receive this important recognition /
award for her work in the Women¡¯s Co-operative
Bank in Cyprus. The prize will be given
to her during the Global Summit in Cairo,
June 10-12th Congratulations to Artemis,
we are very proud of you!
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator
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| Turkey: |
The first BPW Club
in Turkey, Club Ankara
We proudly announce the
official opening of the first Club in Turkey
, BPW Club Ankara. The founding ceremony
took place on February 11, 2006 at the Hilton
Hotel in Ankara . More than 100 persons
attended the event. Opening speeches are
given by the elected President Arzu Ozyol
and Regional Coordinator Gabriella Canonica.
Gabriella Canonica
European Regional Coordinator
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