The capacity building programme responds to the needs of those who are contributing to and can become involved in institutional change towards gender equality in research and innovation (R&I) as well as in Higher Education (HE), taking into account differences between target groups (in terms of professional profile/position, gender, socio-cultural background, discipline, etc.). The Gender Equality Academy (GE Academy) will both tackle issues of gender equality in research institutions and research teams through structural change, and issues of gender dimension into research contents, following the three main ERA objectives set for gender equality in research. At the same time, a pan-European network of gender trainers, both female and male, is being established. Trainers, practitioners and researchers are trained, coached and upskilled for delivering gender training sessions tailored to the R&I and HE communities all over Europe and beyond.
Since the beginning of the project and up until the end of December 2021, GE Academy conducted a series of training sessions both online and face-to-face:
- 28 in-person training sessions
- 17 workshops
- 14 webinars
- 3 Summer Schools
- 3 Train-the-Trainers' sessions
in different topics including: "Gender action plans: getting them right and making them happen" Dealing with resistances", "How to avoid gender bias in recruitment and promotion", "Towards a gender-aware research organisation: what you need to know (but never dared to ask)", "Gender in Research & Innovation" engaging with more than 445 organisations and 936 participants in various countries (60 nationalities) throughout Europe and beyond.
More than 134,193 views GE Academy's website reached and more than 4000 people reached via the project's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MailChimp). GE Academy videos on youtube reached more than 5400 views. Additionally, GE Academy participated in 23 conferences and workshops to increase public awareness and share its experience with external experts in the field including activities organised jointly with other EU sister projects. 50 leaflets were distributed in the Zagreb, Presidency conference. GE Academy communicated its results at the final event organised on 18 November 2021 with more than 100 participants. It took place online due to COVID-19 pandemic, therefore no leaflets were distributed. GE Academy produced two policy briefings and had two conference presentations. Last but not least, GE Academy's belongs to a wider community of sister projects numbering more than 30 projects focusing on the promotion of Gender Equality in R&I).
