Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GENDERACTIONplus (Gender Equality Network to Develop ERA Communities To coordinate Inclusive and sustainable policy implementatiON)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-06-01 do 2023-05-31
Specifically, the project aims to: 1) Develop strategic policy advice on existing and emerging policy solutions in the five thematic areas; 2) Enhance the policymaking process through engaging with stakeholders, CSOs and citizens; 3) Build capacities, competence, and expertise for gender equality and mainstreaming in R&I among the policy and RFO community members, with special attention to countries with a less comprehensive policy; 4) Create impact through communication, dissemination, and exploitation, including national impact plans and an EU impact plan, policy briefs and position papers based on the policy advice developed.
This work will be achieved through the work of a policy Community of Practice consisting of national authorities from 11 MS and 2 AC and 7 MS Associated partners and a research funder community of practice consisting of 8 MS RFOs and 2 AC RFOs and 6 Associated partners, and 3 RFOs joined through Memorandum of Understanding.
Throughout the life of the project, the GENDERACTIONplus will work toward making the following impacts: 1) Advanced policy coordination among MS and AC and through stakeholder and citizen engagement; 2) Improved research careers and working conditions in European R&I, by developing policy dialogue and solutions on inclusion and intersectionality, combating gender-based violence and promoting institutional changes through GEPs; 3) Increased research quality and social responsibility of knowledge through the integration of gender dimension in R&I, and 4) Reduced geographic inequality by targeting less experienced/engaged countries and regions.
In addition to this, the work of the two CoPs was launched, support was provided to project partners and associated partners on the expectations and design of the National Impact Plans to ensure the uptake of the policy advice generated in the project. In addition, communication and dissemination activities were launched (including project website, Twitter account, and newsletter) and contacts were established with relevant stakeholders and sister projects and.
In the area of the integration of the gender dimension in R&I specifically, the benchmark builds on a similar exercise of mapping policies conducted by the GENDER-NET Plus initiative in 2020, which in turn was an update of a former mapping conducted by GENDER-NET in 2015. By ensuring updated information on the gender dimension in R&I policies for both the Commission and “sister projects”, GENDERACTIONplus has generated knowledge that will be crucial to assess progress, identify gaps, and propose an innovative design of these policies in the upcoming years.