VIENNA 2006
CONFERENCE SUMMARY
AGENDA
The Changing Role of the Spouse
Sweden
- Requirements before leaving for a posting:
- Safety and security
- Employment for the spouse
- Good schooling for the children.
- Proposal
- – Better Family Policy on the part of MFAs
Families in Difficult Situations (Finland)
- Security at post
- Evacuations
- General Accident Insurance for officers and dependants while on posting abroad:
- Proposals
- Briefing of spouses on security matters before going on difficult posts
- In case of evacuation, the policy of repatriation of families should be defined; interim schooling for children in the same school system guaranteed.
- MFAs should not only insure the officer, but also spouse and children on postings
Family Officer Models
- Dutch MFA Family Officer
- President of the UK Association
COADM/COPRO: an update
Austria
WORKSHOPS
- MFA Family Officer – job description
- Association Achievements – Negotiation Strategies
- How to Keep an Association Alive
- Post Reports – Template created by Ireland
- Bilateral Agreements
Guest Speaker
Mary MacKinnon, spouse of the Canadian Ambassador in Cairo
- The Global Staircase: the issue of mobility for spouses and families
