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15th May 201 4. Prof.Dr .Çiler DURSUN Scientific Coordinator and Manager at AU cdursun @ ankara .edu.tr www. genovate . eu. What is Genovate about ?.

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  1. 15th May 2014 Prof.Dr.Çiler DURSUN ScientificCoordinatorandManager at AU cdursun@ankara.edu.tr www.genovate.eu

  2. What is Genovateabout? • Genovate is an actionresearchpojectbased on theimplementation of GenderEqualityAction Plan at 6 differentEuropeanUniversities. • 3 areaswereidentifiedformakeintervention in academicinstitutionsforgendermainstreaming: • Recruitment, progressionandresearchsupport • Workingenvironment, work-life balance, institutionalculture • Standartsanddiversity in researchexcellenceandinnovation

  3. SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

  4. Each partner university has itsowntailored GEAP accordingtoitsneedsandpriorities on gendermainstreaming. Knowledgeexchange, sharingexperiencesandongoingparticipatoryevaluationarethekeyactivities of theprojectwhichinvolvesmanynationalandinternationalstakeholders

  5. MainPurposes of AU’s GEAP 1-Knowledgebuildingandinformationnetworking: it has beenaimedtodevelopgenderequalitypoint of viewandexpand it tothewholeorganizationalstructure. 2- Secure a genderequalityperspective as a managementpriorityon administrativelevels of thevariousunitsand in thelevel of universityadministration 3- ToIncreasetheproportion of women in seniorleadershippositionsparticularly at theRectorate, Vice-Chancellorlevel, andincludingDeans, Chair of DepartmentsandSeniorManagersandtostrengthenthe presence of femaleacademics’ seniorpositions

  6. AU is leading WP: Workingcultureandclimatechange WP4 is directed towards changing working culture and climate for gender equality in the institutions. Evaluating the current atmosphere and concrete indicators of gender equality is a starting stage AU team was lead to conduct the gender climate assessment report of partner institutions in order to grasp gender equality perceptions of the academics in their institutions. The objective of these assessments is to identify the gaps, needs and areas for the improvement of gender equality.

  7. WP4

  8. Method of ClimateReportandDissemination Survey, interview and focus group data gathering technics were usedby as mixedmethod. All partners have an opportunity to identify each institutions own contexts according to the perceptions of academics and inclusion mechanisms in decision making process and leadership in the institutions. GenderEqualityClimateandCultureReport of AU wasdistributedover 4000 academicswiththesignatory of AU RectorProf.Dr. Erkan İbiş in May 2014.

  9. Ankara University Gender Equality Climate Assessment Report May- June 201317 July 2013 submission

  10. Institutional Needs of AU Absence of a monitoring system to track applications, recruitment, promotion, appointment processes of academics in the institution Absence of an academic mentoring program/system for the academics at the institution Frequent and sometimes radical changes/improvements in the appointment and promotion criteria Absence of an in service training program for the academics in order to raise awareness for gender equality in academia Promoting gender balance in the relationships between the academics and industry through the companies at university’s techno-park Absence of genderbalance in allocation of researchfundsprovidedby the ScientificResearchCoordinate Office Absence of substantive gender balance among the members of commissions and committees at AU Lack of motivation of women academics for leadership positions and for chairs of decision making bodies of AU Need for promoting working conditions for academics

  11. GenderGompetentLeadershipPackage AU team is also responsible for preparing D4.1. online leadership package on gender competent leadership and management for January 2015. Embedding GECATs in the faculties can be seen as a part of supporting implementation of WP4 goals. We’vefounded 2 GenovateChangeAcademyTeams: VeterinaryFacultyandFaculty of Educationalsciences. Wehavemoderated 2 GenovateCafe’s at thesefaculties in ordertogetfacultyspecificneedsanddemands.

  12. Networking – ImplementationStrategies • AU established close connections with the Coordinatorship of Women Platform and Coordinatorship of Equality Policies through small meetings to be able to give a force for embedding some policies into the academic life of AU. • “Gender equality selective courses” for the undergraduate classes was accepted by the Rectorate and will be implemented by Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Medicine at first.

  13. ACTIVI TIES ACHIEVEMENTS (Jan.2013- May 2014) 1- National stakeholders meeting 2- Establishment of national learning circle 3- Genovate Opening Convention- UK 3- Gender Equality Action Plan Commission established 4- Genovate Launch in AU 5- Dissemination-Content provided to the national, local, institutional media Ulusal, yerel, üniversite medyası için içerikler verildi (interviews, openings etc.) 6- MobbingDirectiveandUnitestablished 7- Academicworksandstudies on genderissuesweregivencredit as academicpromotionalcriteria in a Universityin 2013.

  14. WP4: Support female academic researchers in accessing opportunities for advancement in their careers TrainingGraduateStudentsfromdifferentdepartmentstoimprovetheirobtainingresearchfundswiththeirprojects: SupportforThesisProjects. Toincreaseportion of researchfunds of doctoralstudentsfrom %1 to %3. 45 Graduate students were trained to improve their access to research funds in and outside AU in 26th February 2014. Mentoringprogramme is part of AU’sagenda. We can supportimprovement of Ph.D. Supervisoryefforts of theacademics.

  15. EmbeddingStructuralChanges • ● An Official Unit of AU Against Mobbing was established in February 2014 and chairs of the Unit are distributed in favour of women academics. • Directiveforsolvingmobbingissues in AU is accepted in February 2014 in Senate.

  16. AU Workplan2014 2- A.U graduate students training sessions and meetings to promote their access to research funds 3- Stakeholder meeting (26th May 2014) 5- GenovateCafe meetings and work related GeCat 6- Code of Practice to be submitted to TUBITAK 7- Online gender competent leadership toolkit preparations 9- Changes in ways action plan commission works 10- Preparing papers to submit international and national journals 11- Raising gender equality awareness Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği farkındalığını arttıracak paylaşım çalışmalarına hız vermek 12- Strengthen the relations with National media 13- Strengthen relations with Women Centers in other universities, share experience and knowledge to initiate their action plans

  17. Dissemination: Interview– January 2013

  18. First Stakeholder Meeting 18 January 2013 KASAUM BAP SKS TÜRK ÜNİVERSİTELİ KADINLAR DERNEĞİ ÇUKUROVA KADAM İNSAN HAKLARI ABD KARİYER DANIŞMANLIĞI MRK. ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTELİLER DERNEĞİ

  19. TRT Radio – GENOVATE20 January 2013

  20. FIRST GENOVATE CONVENTION 5-8 MARCH 2013- UK PROF.DR.ÇİLER DURSUN PROF.DR.GÜZİN EVLİYAOĞLU UNICA- KRİS DEEKONJESTA

  21. ACTION PLAN COMMISSION –FIRST MEETING22.04.2013

  22. GENOVATE LAUNCH MEETING IN AU22 MAY 2013

  23. GENOVATE LAUNCH MEETING 22 MAY 2013

  24. NATIONAL MEDIA-GENOVATE- MİLLİYET NEWSPAPER ANKARA 21 OCTOBER 2013

  25. GENOVATE WEB PLATFORMS www.genovate.eu http://www.genovate.unina.it/community/ http://kasaum.ankara.edu.tr/ http://ankara.edu.tr

  26. DISSEMINATION

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