Ljubljana, June 8-10 2000
  THURSDAY, JUNE 8
9.30 - 9.45 Opening the Conference: Open Society Institute-Slovenia
9.45 - 10.15 Introduction to Conference:
Joanna Regulska, PhD, Chair, Department of Geography, Director of Local Democracy in Poland program, Rutgers University
`Eastern` Enlargment: Europian Union and its Commitment to women
10.15 - 11.15 Slovenia
Alenka Verbole, PhD, Regional Women in Development Officer, FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
A Case Study of Slovenia
Bernarda Čebulj, Master in Rural Sociology
Socio-economic Situation of Farms in Slovenia with the Emphasis on Rural women
Marija Markeš, PhD
Slovenia and the Europian Union
Mihaela Logar, BSC in Biology, President of Association of Countrywomen of Slovenia
Organisation of Countrywomen in Slovenia
11.15 - 11.45 Break
11.45 - 12.30 Poland
 Ewa Tyran, PhD, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Agribusiness Department
Rural Women of Poland - their Present Situation and Hope for the Future
Józef Kania, PhD, Chairman of Association for Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Extension for Rural Women in Poland
12.30 - 13.15 Czech Republic
 Vera Majerová, PhD, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague
Economic and Social Position of Rural Women in the Czech Republic
Magdalena Hrabankova, CSc., Ministrz of Agriculture, Europian Union Department
The Role of Women in the Integrated Development of Rural Areas with the Support from the Structural Funds of the European Union
Paper was presented by
Darja Holatova, PhD, Department of Management, South Bohemian University
13.15 - 14.45 Lunch
15.00 - 15.45 Slovakia
Jela Tvrdonova, Director of Agency for Rural Development
Rural Women and Families in Rural Development in Slovakia
Ida Závodszká, Head of the Information Centre for European Union, ISTIA Nitra
Rural Women in Slovakia in the Process of Accession to theEuropean Union
15.45 - 16.30 Estonia
Renate Pőder, Head of Foreign Affairs, Co-ordinator for International Rural Trainees, Estonian Farmwoman Federation
A Time of Change in Terms of Accession to the European Union
Mare Laande, Farmer, Board Member of Estonian Rural Women Association, Chairwomen of local Rural Women Association
Rural Women and their Expectations
18.30 Dinner
  FRIDAY, JUNE 9
9.15 - 9.30 Introduction: Rastko Močnik, Chairman of the Board of OSI-Slovenia
9.30 - 10.15 Latvia + Sweden
Britt-Marie Gustafsson, The Swedish Farmers Assistance
Nina Rakstina, Head of Rural Economy and Environmental Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Latvia Rita Cigane, Chair of the Women"s Section in Latvian Farmers Federation
Rural Women in EU Accession and Member Countries over the Baltic Sea
10.15 - 11.00

Austria
 Elisabeth Loibl, Dipl. Ing., Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less- favoured Areas
Social Innovation is a Women's Issue - Women in Rural Development (Austria)
Elfriede Fischer, Frauenmanagement
FrauenManagement-Genossenschaft and the Experience with the European Union

11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 12.15 Ireland
 Tess Murphy, manager, Longford Women"s Centre
Longford Women"s Centre - Addressing the Marginalization of Rural Women
Anne Marie Kilkenny, Secretary to the Advisiory Committiee on the Role of Women in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Core Issues for Women in Rural Ireland
13.00 - Visiting a Slovenian Farm
  SATURDAY, JUNE 10
11.15 - 13.15 Round Table - "European Union: Hope or Illusion?" Moderator: Darja Zaviršek, PhD
13.30 - Lunch
   
Cooperative at the conference: representative from Brussels -Andries Brandsma.