Economic and Political Working Groups

World Learning STAR Network's economic and political working groups identify needs for technical assistance and exchange opportunities by regularly monitoring women's economic status and political participation.



The first economic working group meeting in Skopje in January 2000. Fuada Stankovic, FR; Natasa Goronja, B-H; and Justina Shiroka Vula, Kosovo discuss replicability of successful B-H microcredit models.

Each of STAR Network's Regional Advisory Board members currently participates in one of the two regional working groups. The groups meet intensively during Board meetings, conducting a critical assessment of the economic and political situation in each country and in the region. Members propose activities and regional expertise exchanges, plan conferences and seminars, and broker links between STAR Network and other regional initiatives such as UNIFEM and the Gender Task Force of the Stability Pact. Board members undertake specific responsibilities for project implementation and engage intensively in long-term planning of STAR Network regional and country-specific programs.

Expert advisors and guest speakers from Central and Eastern Europe are invited to Board meetings to give briefings on new approaches and issues, such as The Combined Impact of Globalization and Transition on Women (a lecture by Marina Kokanovic, Senior Economic Advisor of the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia, RAB meeting, March 2001, Mostar, B-H).

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