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The first Steering Group Meeting of GENDERWISE was held in Brussels on January 9-10, 2006, to enhance gender equality through local and regional action plans focusing on men's roles as change agents. The meeting established local cross-sectoral action groups aimed at identifying measures to promote gender equality, sharing domestic responsibilities, and implementing gender equality in the workplace. Key outcomes included the development of an online policy marketplace and a stipend-supported action plan involving multiple partners across Europe.
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GENDERWISE Overview 1st Steering Group Meeting – Brussels 9-10 January 2006
GENDERWISE Structure of Presentation • Background: Policy Context • Overall Aim and Objectives • Activities and Outcomes • Partnership • Action Plan(six months) • Budget
GENDERWISE Background: Policy Context • EU gender equality framework • Shift from sex-based discrimination focus to more « gender » focus relations between men and women
GENDERWISE Overall Aim • Overall aim is to support the development of integrated local/regional action plans for gender equality – with specific focus on the role of men as change agents
GENDERWISE Objectives • To establish local cross-sectoral local action groups which will: • Undertake local/regional mapping to identify what measures (compatible with contextual factors) can/need to be taken to develop + promote the role of men as change agents • Undertake local dissemination/consultation • Make links with national agencies • Produce action plan
GENDERWISE Objectives (cont.) • To undertake three transnational peer review and development workshops: • Sharing of domestic responsibilities • Gender equality in the workplace • Socialisation and education • To capitalise existing practice at local, national and EU levels and create an online policy and practice « market place » (Agora-praxis) • To develop a transferable framework/methodology for developing LAPs and RAPs
GENDERWISE Partners • ACCEDO • ITD (Innovación, Transferencia y Desarrollo) • Asociación de Mujeres Empresarias de Sociedades Laborales • Federación de Municipios y Provincias de Castilla la Mancha • Shantona Women's centre • Regional Development Agency Senec - Pezinok • Centro Sicilia Servizi • Comitato Progetto Porta Palazzo - The Gate • JOL-LET Foundation • Institute of Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences • District council Southeast Amsterdam
GENDERWISE Action Plan(Six Months)
GENDERWISE Budget Total Budget(15 months) € 566.306.06 EC Grant(15,8%) € 429.486.52 Partners € 136.819.54 = € 13.000 per Partner