The Roundtable 
      Association of Veszprém is an independent legal person, non-govermental 
      civic woman organisation, which was established as a real „grassroots” 
      association by the strong women of a rural town Veszprem in 1995. We are 
      working under our own organisational constitution. 
      
      
      Our address is: 
      
      
        
        
        Veszprémi Nők 
        Kerekasztala Egyesület
        
        
        8200 Veszprém Dózsa György 
        u 2. 
        
        
        Tel/Fax 36 
        88 411 976
        
        
        E-mail: 
        
        venoke@chello.hu
        
        
        
        Homepage: 
        
        www.venoke.hu
        
      
      
      Our focus 
      issues are:
      
      To promote 
      balanced participation of women and men in public life, equal 
      opportunities, and treatment for women and men, encouragement and 
      empowerment of women, fighting against the invisible barriers and against 
      every kind of violance. To help women to protect their interest, and 
      welfare. We help women succesfully find their place in the new European 
      reality, therefore we focus of attention on teaching and using Internet.
      
      We organise 
      trainings, lecturers, meetings, publications to promote women’s 
      participation in public life, and decisionmaking. We have large 
      connections in Hungary and abroad. All of our members work as volunteers.
      
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        Our main 
        problems are: money, time and the bureaucracy.
         
      
      
      Some 
      important previous activities of the organisation:
       
      
       We focus on the following issues:
       
      
        
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      We promote balanced participation of women and men in public life, equal opportunities, treatment for 
      women and men | 
        
        
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      We encourage and empower women, we fight against the invisible barriers and against every kind of violence. | 
        
        
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      We help women to protect their interest, and welfare and we help them in order to successfully find their place in
      the new European reality, therefore we focus on teaching and using Internet. | 
        
        
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      We organise  training, lectures, meetings, publications to promote women’s participation in public life and decision-making. We have large connections in Hungary and abroad. All of our members work as volunteers. | 
      
       
      Our main problems are: 
      money,  time  and bureaucracy.
      
      
        
          | 1997. | 
          
          
          
          We 
          organized the Volunteers Talent Bank.  
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          | 1998. | 
          
          
          
          
          We carried out  a project "Democracy"
          supported by Soros fund and 
          Leuge of Women Voters of      America.  
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          | 1998. | 
          
          
          We wrote and 
          published a book: Nőszemközt az ezredfordulóval. It is about 
          the women's problem during the  transition of   political system.  
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          | 1999. | 
          
          
          
          We made and carried out a project for young ladies to 
          prepare them for the public life  
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          | 2000. | 
          
          
          A project  for women  of 
          Veszprem county: Women’s statements and life stories for 
          next generations.   (This project is continued, until now  300 
          women wrote their life and messages, and 400 women  attended the prize 
          giving celebration.)  
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          | 2000. | 
          
          
          We published a 
          nice book in which we selected from the best writings of  women. 
          The title of the book 
          is: Mi visszük 
          át... (1000 
          copies)  
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          | 2001. | 
          
          
          Project  about the violence 
          against women and children. It was supported by the local  
          council.          
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          | 2001. | 
          
          
          Training for the parents of 
          mentally retarded  children.  
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          | 2002. | 
          
          
           Project for 
          potential  women candidates  to help them  preparing  for the 
          election.  
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          | 2002. | 
          
          
          2002.
          We wrote  and published a book . Title: Hiányzol, Éva!  
          (We 
          miss you, Eva!) The book contains 77 good pieces of advice for women 
          candidates and 7X7  "wisdom" for women in public life 
          (1000 copies).  
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          | 2002. | 
          
          
          
          
          We 
          helped the women candidates during the municipal elections.  
           
          (Training,  campaign for women, posters 
          for women. etc....)  
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          | 2002. | 
          
          
          
          We covered the expenses of the computer studies for our  30 
          members.  
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          | 2003. | 
          
          
          
          We 
          made our homepage
          
          www.venoke.hu  and we started new topics for women.  
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          | 2003. | 
          
          
          
          We 
          organised a two days  national conference: Women  in the Heart of
          Europe-Europe in the Heart of Women.
             
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          | 2003. | 
          
          
          
          We expressed our opinion on  different  drafts 
          of new laws- latest the  National Civic Basic Law.  
           
          (NCA)  
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          | 2003. | 
          
          
          
          
          We are founder  member of Hungarian Women's  Lobby. It is a  member of EWL 
          (European Women's Lobby) and we established a  working committee for 
          "women's public life."  
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          | 2004. | 
          
          
          We organised 
          programmes for introducing  EU to women and working together with 
          other women organisations (Várpalota, Keszthely) we produced  great 
          events in three towns.  These were  Európa nő! days.   
          (its a 
          play on words, nő means both to grow and woman) 
            We made a cultural 
          women portal on Internet  
          
          
          http://sophiaporta.gportal.hu  
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          | 2004. | 
          
          
          We have published a 
          beautiful book written by Mihaly Praznovszky literary historian.It is 
          about famous women of Hungarian history and literature. 
            
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          | 2004. | 
          
          
            
            
            We carried out a 
            project about the actual problems of gender mainstreaming, 
            concentrating the problem of the role of modern men. We wrote a book 
            under the title„We miss you, Adam!”(unfortunataly becouse of 
            financial problems we were not able to publish it. 
           
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          | 2005. | 
          
          
          
          We 
          celebrated the 10th anniversary of the foundation of our organisation. 
          We appreciated the work of our volunteers and the civic life in our 
          town.. We had a project, a conference and some great meetings about it.
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          | 2005. | 
          
          
          
          We had a film made about oru life, and we collected the 
          memories from the civic organization of our town..  
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          | 2005. | 
          
          
            
            
            We made a SWOT analisis 
            about the civil life of our town 
            We were one of the organisators of the first mother- in- law 
            festival in Hungary in Rátót. 
            We explored the history of women’s organisations in XIX-XX centuries 
            in Veszprém, and we organised a conference about it.  
            We took part different national and international women 
            organisations’ work. Our president was a delegate in the GA of 
            European Women’s Lobby in London. 
            We organised an commemoration to remember the first primeminister 
            Joseph Antall on the anniversary of his death. 
            We organised our books review in different neighbouring towns ( 
            Pápa, Nagyvázsony, Balatonfüred, Várpalota) 
             
           
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          | 2005. | 
          
          
          We have carried out our 
          project „We miss you, Adam!” It was about the actual problems of 
          gender mainstreaming. We organized some very popular meetings in this 
          topic . We have written a book under this title, but unfortunatly, 
          becouse of our financial problems we have not been able to publish it.  
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
          
          
          Let speak about Europe
          . We participated in a movement about how to make the EU’s actual 
          problems popular. We organised a conference about the civil 
          organisations’ and women’s problems in Europe. Our lectures were women 
          MP-s in the EU Parliement.  
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
            
            
            Creative women in 
            our town. Ehibition for „amateur” women in the fine arts. Near 
            40 women’s work were 
            displayed for a month . It was very succesful. 
           
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
            
            
            Great project 
            for the 50th anniversary of Hungarian Revolution in 1956. 
            The project title is: 
            
            „ 
            The dark pearls of 
            our young age” We collected the memories of the survivers of the 
            dark years of Hungarian 
            history.  
           
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
            We are going to raise a monument to the memory of the women of 
            Veszprém who demonstrated with flowers in their hands against the 
            Russian tanks on 
            6th December 
            1956  
           
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
            
            We built up 
            connections with Hungarian women in public life in Slovakia and 
            Transylvania. We visited each other and we changed our 
            experiances. We presented them with 200 copies of our adviser book „ 
            We miss you , Eva!” 
           
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          | 2006. | 
          
          
            
            
            Our actual 
            problem is (except our constant financial problems) how to make our 
            organisation rejuvenated, and how to bring younger women into public 
            life.  
           
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          Veszprém 2006. october             
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            Júlia 
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