High-level Group on Gender Mainstreaming - HLG, Zagreb - Main contents

date	January 29, 2020 09:30 - 18:00
city	Zagreb, Croatia
location	National and university library in Zagreb, Hrvatske Bratske Zajednice 4
organisation	Croatian presidency of the EU (Croatian presidency) i

The meeting of the High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming (HLG) is held on 29 January 2020 in Zagreb.The High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming is an informal group chaired by the European Commission.

It helps the Presidencies and the Commission to identify gender equality subjects and priorities which are of political relevance, including for the Council debate. Since 2003 the group has been helping the European Commission prepare the report on equality between women and men to the European Council. It is also a main forum for planning the follow-up of the BPfA inside the EU and for preparing the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The HLG holds meetings twice a year, in accordance with the order of the EU Council Presidency. The meetings are chaired by the European Commission with the participation of representatives of the Member States responsible for gender equality policies. The Republic of Croatia is represented by the Director of the Office for Gender Equality of the Government of Croatia.