Events

Invitation to participate in GENDERACTIONplus stakeholder consultation on recommendations for inclusive research careers in the ERA

Do you have knowledge on research careers and how to make gender equality and inclusiveness an integral part of the career path? Join us at an online stakeholder consultation on Inclusive Research Careers – what to recommend and how to implement? on Monday 30 September 2024 at 14-16 CET. Following a Europe-wide survey and subsequent report on Inclusive Research Careers, GENDERACTIONplus partners have developed a set of policy recommendations for European policymakers, national authorities and research funding organisations on ways to improve inclusive research careers. This online workshop is a platform to discuss these draft recommendations and gather valuable feedback from a diverse group of stakeholders. Discussions will focus on ways to bridge the gap between well-established European priorities and barely existing national policies, while respecting the diversity of national contexts and the particular national ownership of these policies. To attend, please complete this registration form. Registrants will receive a...

Mutual Learning Workshop on Resistances

When: 12 – 14 June 2024 | Where: Madrid Our Mutual Learning Workshop have brought together members of our two Communities of Practice to learn more about various forms of resistance to gender equality, build competence to react to these resistances and take self-care in the face of them. You can find a press release on our consortium meeeting and Mutual Learning Workshop here. In preparation for the workshop, we mapped the experience of our consortium members with various forms of resistance. So what are the most common forms reported? Representatives of national authorities most often face non-prioritisation, where preference is given to another problem over gender equality, with denial of the relevance of the issue and inaction next. The situation is very similar in our research funder community, with non-prioritisation first and inaction and denial of relevance next. In connection with this, we will be communicating on our social...

Consortium meeting of GENDERACTIONplus

Delighted to engage with all our partners at our regular consortium meeting today. We have reflected our #FutureofInclusiveERA conference in February at Brussels, sharing the feedback received, but also discussing the work that has been done in the previous months. We are looking forward to the exciting work ahead of us, and awaiting the forthcoming Madrid consortium gathering in June!

Mutual Learning Workshop on Gender-Based Violence in Brussels

When: 12 February 2024 | What: MLW on Gender-Based Violence – Practice Perspectives On 12 February 2024, the South Denmark European Office in Brussels hosted our Mutual Learning Workshop (MLW) on policies to end gender-based violence. The objective of the MLW was to share practical perspectives and foster collaborative efforts to address gender-based violence within in research and higher education. Policy CoP members shared and discussed the current state of the art, challenges faced and successes achieved, and shared good practices on how to keep institutions accountable. The workshop commenced with an exchange among CoP members on the recent advances in national policies to end gender-based violence and a presentation of the results of the Horizon 2020 UniSAFE project, including its 7P model. Experiences from Spain, Ireland and France were presented, highlighting their protocols, practices, and experiences with policy implementation. These presentations served as a foundation for in-depth discussions on...

GENDERACTIONplus consults stakeholders across Europe on intersectionality policy recommendations

On 15 January, the EU-funded GENDERACTIONplus project ran its third stakeholder engagement event. The purpose was to gather valuable input and feedback on recommendations aimed at lifting the focus on intersectionality and inclusion in European and national and RFO policies for higher education and research and innovation. Participants in the online consultation included representatives of European and national organisations, such as national authorities, research funding bodies, and organisations representing researchers as well as marginalised groups (including disability, gender, LGBTQ+ and ethnicity). The engagement of a diverse range of stakeholders is crucial to ensuring that the recommendations can be implemented as widely as possible. Developed by partners within the GENDERACTIONplus project, the policy recommendations highlight ways in which inclusion and intersectionality can be advanced at three levels – European, national (policy) and research funding organisations. The recommendations are informed by the results of a benchmarking survey carried out by GENDERACTIONplus during...

ERA of Inclusive Gender Equality. Conference by GENDERACTIONplus

ERA of Inclusive Gender Equality Keeping the Momentum, Addressing Challenges through Joint Action When: 13 February 2024 | Where: BOSA, Brussels The conference was organised by Horizon Europe GENDERACTIONplus project under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU  Date: 13 February 2024 from 9:00 am CET to 5:00 pm CETVenue: BOSA, WTCIII building, 30 rue Simon Bolivar, 1000 Brussels, Belgium You can find more information in this article. The conference brought together relevant stakeholders to discuss the future priorities for inclusive gender equality in the European Research Area. This has been done against the backdrop of the results of GENDERACTIONplus benchmark studies on gender equality policy implementation in European research, which have identified ongoing challenges and gaps and highlighted advances achieved in recent years. The debates highlighted the need for advancing intersectional and inclusive approaches to gender equality policy, focusing on creating an inclusive research...

GENDERACTIONplus consultation gathers stakeholder insights across Europe on national Gender Equality Plan monitoring guidelines

The EU-funded GENDERACTIONplus project recently hosted its second stakeholder engagement event on 29 November 2023 to gather input and feedback on draft guidelines for establishing Gender Equality Plan (GEP) monitoring systems at the national level. Representatives of national authorities from 14 European countries actively participated in the online consultation, sharing valuable insights, needs and challenges. The event was organised and moderated by VA (Public & Science) as part of its stakeholder engagement work in the project. Developed by partners within the GENDERACTIONplus project, the guidelines aim to provide concrete guidance on how to set up an effective monitoring system at the national authority level to monitor GEP implementation. Incorporating multiple levels of proposed monitoring, they are designed to meet the needs of both Member States and Associated Countries at different stages of national gender equality policy implementation, where GEPs are a mandatory state requirement as well as where they are...

RFOs CoP meeting in Vienna

The RFOs CoP has met twice during the consortium gathering in Vienna. The main purpose of the pre-meeting on 22 April 2023 was to get to know each other and the work of the various RFOs in implementing gender equality in the research and innovation funding process. The main objective of the RFO COP workshop organised following the consortium meeting and mutual learning workshop on intersectionality on 25 April 2023 was to share and scale knowledge and practises between RFO CoP members on intersectionality in the R&I funding process. The workshop was organised by using the NOW, HOW, WOW model. The NOW entailed an introduction and state-of-the-art presentation by Vinnova with the aim to get all members on the same starting point before entering the WOW; this took the form of a workshop in smaller breakout groups to discuss what achievements would be desirable to reach during the project time....

Consortium meeting and MLW on Intersectionality

Between 22 and 24 May, GENDERACTIONplus consortium met in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the work ahead and learn more about intersectionality and what it means at the research and innovation policy level. More than fifty representatives of beneficiaries and associates partners engaged in lively discussions that moved us forward in understanding the issues we face and clarifying mutual expectations. The event took place on the premises of our partner Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). On 22 May the two communities of practice, one of RFOs and the other of national authorities, meet to discuss the upcoming work and priority topics. On 23 April, after the opening speeches of Roberta Schaller-Steidl from the hosting BMBWF and the project coordinator Marcela Linková, the meeting participants were updated by Heidi Holt Zachariassen (Committee for Gender Balance and Diversity in Research) and Fredrik Bondestam (University of Gothenburg) on the results...

Webinar: Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation (GiRI)

The webinar held online on the 26th of April 2023 was designed for RFO CoP members, but all other GENDERACTIONplus partners were welcome to participate. Members of the policy CoP learned about the challenges of RFOs and become aware of potential support measures.  For years now, the Commission has requested that beneficiaries integrate the sex and gender dimension into research content and innovation (GiRI) in order to increase scientific excellence and innovation. GiRI has become of increasing relevance since it was included as a recommended thematic area in the Gender Equality Plans mandatory for Horizon Europe funding.  By taking gender (and other social dimensions like age, disabilities, ethnical background etc) into account in the production of knowledge and innovation (in research questions, data collection and analysis, prototypes etc) research funding outcomes will be more useful and beneficial to all members of society.  The main aim of this webinar was to...