Founded in 1997, registered on March 16 2004 Board entirely composed of women mayors and councillors, (also includes seats for former women politicians and observers) Services (most of it free for all members): Phone support 450.536.0843 Debriefing on legal issues Strategies Network within MRC between women politicians, including other women Website www.eluesmonteregie.qc.ca include six self-help guides Reports and statistics on women and municipal politics Support to Women and the City committees On-line training (workshops available): Guide to Women and the City committee The Swedish 3-R model (gender equal municipalities) Women and municipal politics (Simone Lindsten’s guide) 6 PPT to understand municipal politics Women and Sustainable Development (workshop only) Guide to build a network The REMME participates with the: Women and Municipal Affairs Group supervised by the Ministry of Regional and Municipal Affairs (MAMR) Women and Regional Development Committee (Montérégie Est) The REMME holds workshops with: The main municipal associations: Union des municipalités du Québec (large and middle-size cities) Québec’s federation of municipalities (small towns and groups of cities) Canadian Federation of municipalities The RÉMME holds an annual conference since 2000 on subjects such as sustainable development, public-private partnerships, gender equality, reputations and ethics, local and regional projects including social and economic development The RÉMME is very proud of its results: 5 out of 9 women mayors heading MRC (a sub-regional division of regrouped municipalities – 96 in Québec) are in Region 16 (Montérégie) Percentage of women mayors is 15 % in Montérégie VS 13 % in the rest of Québec The level of municipalities with men-only town council has dropped by 50 % since 2003 Many of RÉMME’s board members now head committees at the main municipal associations The RÉMME collaborates with the UMQ and FCM for international networking with Sénégal and Bolivia There is a close collaboration between the RÉMME and the regional authorities (CRÉ Montérégie Est) Gender Equality is one of six Montérégie Est’s core values English documents will be available soon on the website: RÉMME brochure CFDRM brochure (Women and Regional Development Committee – CRÉ Montérégie Est) Report on the RÉMME 8th Annual Conference on Sustainable Development (2007) Guide to gender equality in rural municipalities Gender equality and sustainable development (Swedish report) UNICEF report on gender equality (2007) The World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index (2007)